{"id":11389,"date":"2022-02-21T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1588413"},"modified":"2022-02-21T13:34:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:34:08","slug":"is-destiny-2-down-server-status-when-scheduled-maintenance-ends","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/is-destiny-2-down-server-status-when-scheduled-maintenance-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Destiny 2 down? Server status &amp; when scheduled maintenance ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Leane\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 21 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Is Destiny 2 down? Considering that this much-loved game depends on its servers to keep the players online, that question does raise its curious head from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>The Destiny 2 developer <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/sony-buy-bungie-playstation-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Bungie was bought by Sony<\/a> recently, but that hasn\u2019t slowed the game down at all. The big <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/destiny-2-witch-queen-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Destiny 2 Witch Queen release date<\/a> is still right around the corner, and that major DLC requires a bit of scheduled maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the Destiny 2 server outage has been announced in advance, and we\u2019ve got all the details you should need below. Keep on reading to find out when Destiny 2 will go offline, and when it should return.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Destiny 2 scheduled maintenance today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On its <a href=\"\/\/help.bungie.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360049199271-Destiny-Server-and-Update-Status&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, Bungie has shared the following timetable for this week\u2019s scheduled maintenance, which will bring The Witch Queen content into the game.<\/p>\n<p>Destiny 2 will go offline as 6:45pm PST on Monday 21st February. Translated into UK time, this means that the Destiny 2 servers will go dark at <strong>2:45am GMT <\/strong>on\u00a0the morning of\u00a0<strong>Tuesday 22nd February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, players will be removed from games and will not be able to start any new ones. Destiny 2 will be down for a number of hours while the patch takes place.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When does Destiny 2 come back online?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Destiny 2 will come back online at 9am PST on 22nd February, the developers have promised. Here in the UK, that means you should be able to jump back into Destiny 2 from\u00a0<strong>5pm GMT\u00a0<\/strong>on 22nd February.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, you should be able to pre-load the Destiny 2 Update 4.0.0.1 patch at any time from 3am GMT on the morning of 22nd February, but you won\u2019t be able to launch the game or its new Witch Queen content until 5pm.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Read more on Destiny:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/destinys-crow-actor-killing-cayde-exclusive\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Crow actor talks embracing villainy in our exclusive interview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2><strong>Destiny 2 sign-in problems and queue times expected<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bungie said on its website that between 5pm and 6pm GMT on 22nd February, \u201cplayers logging into the game may be placed in a queue and may experience sign-on issues as background maintenance is still ongoing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>From 6pm onwards on 22nd February, the background maintenance is \u201cexpected to conclude\u201d. Bungie encourages any players that are still having problems after that to report them on the game\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.bungie.net\/en\/Forums\/Topics\/?tg=Help&amp;tSort=3&amp;tType=0&amp;d=0&amp;lang=en&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">help forums<\/a>.<\/p> <h2><strong>Destiny server status: How to check if Destiny 2 is down<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re reading this article at any other time and wondering if Destiny 2 is down, there are a few places you can check to see if the problems go beyond just you.<\/p>\n<p>The official <a href=\"\/\/help.bungie.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360049199271&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Destiny Server and Update Status webpage<\/a> will clue you in about any planned downtime, so that should be your first port of call if you\u2019re experiencing problems.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, it\u2019s also worth checking the community-generated <a href=\"\/\/downdetector.co.uk\/status\/destiny\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Down Detector website<\/a>, which will allow you to see if anyone else is reporting problems at the same time as you.<\/p>\n<p>If problems seem to be wide-spread on Down Detector, it\u2019s likely that Destiny 2 is currently offline or experiencing other difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-minute updates from the Destiny 2 developers, it\u2019s also worth keeping an eye on the official <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/BungieHelp&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Bungie Help Twitter<\/a> account, which should let you know about any issues. 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