We’ve known for a while now that Bungie is preparing a new IP, which is due to launch sometime in the next four years. Now, Bungie has revealed a bit more about its plans for this game, with some new details revealed through job listings. There are several new job …
Read More »Bungie acknowledges 12-player raid bug, promises not to fix it straight away
Over the last week, Destiny 2 players discovered a bug that allowed 12 players to join a single raid. As you would expect, this completely changed raid runs and opened up new ways for players to tackle challenges. As a result, there was some hope that Bungie wouldn’t patch it …
Read More »Bungie announces huge studio expansion, plans to release new IP by 2025
Bungie took a big step in 2019 after splitting off from Activision and becoming a truly independent studio. So far, things seem to be going very well, with Bungie announcing a huge studio expansion and plans to release a new IP within the next four years. Speaking about the expansion, …
Read More »Halo: The Master Chief Collection is finally getting a custom server browser
With Halo: The Master Chief Collection moving to PC over the last year, a lot of players hoped for a custom server browser in-game to quickly find community-ran games. Soon, we’ll be getting exactly that, with testing set to begin in the next Master Chief Collection Flight version. In this …
Read More »Bungie has ‘no plans’ to expand Destiny 2 Cosmodrome location after all
While Bungie initially had Destiny 2 players excited with the idea of the Cosmodrome location growing over time, the studio has since walked back on those plans. This week, Bungie confirmed that there are ‘no plans’ to further expand the Cosmodrome to include more Destiny 1 content. With Destiny 2’s …
Read More »Destiny 2 will get cross-play in 2021, in addition to other improvements
Destiny players have been clamouring for cross-play for a long time now. Bungie took the first step in this direction last year with the introduction of cross-platform saves but the next big piece of the puzzle is coming in 2021, with the studio confirming plans for full cross-play. In 2021, …
Read More »Bungie has been working on new games for the past 3 years
Ever since the launch of Destiny in 2014, Bungie have seemingly been putting their all into the successful live-service title and its sequel. That being said it would appear as though a new game has been permeating for a while now internally, as the studio’s CEO recently revealed that the …
Read More »Destiny 2 will be 120fps in PvP on next-gen consoles
One of the more disappointing aspects of Destiny 2 on current-gen consoles is the 30 frames per second cap. Fortunately with next-gen consoles, the game’s frame rate will be getting a bump, in both PvE and PvP modes. Bungie has already announced plans to release a graphical upgrade patch for …
Read More »Bungie takes aim at Destiny 2 cheat seller
Bungie is beginning to crack down on Destiny 2 cheat sellers ahead of the release of the game’s next expansion. This time around, a cheat group specialising in ESP and aimbots was targeted. Perfect Aim is known for selling cheats for a number of online shooters, including Counter-Strike and Battlefield. …
Read More »Destiny 2’s next-gen update arrives in December with an FOV slider
Over the course of the current generation, we saw the first real introduction to the notion of games as a service. Many of these most popular titles are still very much healthy and active, and as such will continue to be supported long into the life of the next-gen consoles. …
Read More »Bungie denies Microsoft acquisition rumour
This week was somewhat eventful for Microsoft studio acquisition news. Reports from a couple of notable outlets claimed that Microsoft had been in and out of talks with Bungie to re-acquire the studio following their split from Activision, an idea that would excite many Xbox fans. Jeff Grubb of VentureBeat …
Read More »A huge chunk of Destiny 2 content is leaving the ‘live’ game in November
As part of Bungie’s plan to kickstart a new era for Destiny 2, complete with a new trilogy of expansions, the studio is introducing ‘The Vault’, which will see outdated, older content removed from the game periodically and occasionally brought back into the live game in order to better manage …
Read More »Destiny 2: Beyond Light has been delayed
Just a couple of months ago, Bungie announced the future of Destiny 2, outlining plans for a trilogy of expansions. The first one, Beyond Light, was announced for release in September but after some extra evaluation time, the studio has decided to push the new content back to November. Destiny …
Read More »Bungie creates Black Lives Matter pin and Destiny 2 emblem
Ever since George Floyd was murdered by police officers on the 25th of May, there have been global protests for racial equality and justice, with many companies announcing and offering their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, Bungie has announced that it will be selling a collectible pin …
Read More »Director of Destiny confirms there will not be a Destiny 3
Yesterday, Bungie showed off the next three major expansions for Destiny 2, Bungie’s online multiplayer first-person shooter. With content lined up until 2022, and Destiny’s Director Luke Smith stating that Bungie does “not want to start over from scratch and make a sequel”, many were wondering whether Destiny would ever …
Read More »Everything learned from Destiny 2’s triple expansion reveal
We all knew Bungie was going to be revealing this year’s major expansion for Destiny 2 during a livestream today. However, the studio gave us much more than we bargained for, lining up the next three major expansions and some huge changes to Destiny to finally turn it into the …
Read More »Bungie’s next IP will be an RPG featuring necromancy
Ever since its release in 2014, Bungie has seemingly been solely focused on Destiny: the MMO-lite first-person shooter. It would appear as though the studio is finally gearing up to expand to new IPs, as new job listings have been posted online for a game which is said to feature …
Read More »Destiny 2 expansion teasers continue
Bungie began teasing ‘the future of Destiny 2’ last week, both with in-game Easter eggs and some cryptic teaser cinematic and audio clues posted to social media. Today, the latest piece of the puzzle was revealed, this time featuring The Drifter. The first teaser showed Eric’s Morn walking through the …
Read More »Bungie begins teasing Destiny 2’s next major expansion
Bungie seemingly slipped up last night by posting and then removing a brief teaser trailer for what appears to be the next major Destiny 2 expansion. While the post was removed, eagle-eyed fans were quick to preserve it. The teaser was posted to Instagram, so presumably this was a scheduled …
Read More »Bungie to overhaul rewards in Destiny 2 and make changes to the Eververse store
Bungie has had some mixed success with its seasonal content plans lately, particularly when it comes to pursuing rare, new or unique gear. This has also led to complaints about the Eververse, which has been at odds with the game’s balance for a while. As part of this week’s update …
Read More »Bungie confirms that Destiny 2 will be coming to next-gen platforms
With the current generation of consoles, the notion of the ‘live-service’ game really came into fruition. With that, one of the major talking points surrounding the next generation is which games are set to make the leap to the new consoles, and which will be left behind. In the wake …
Read More »Bungie acknowledges rise in Destiny 2 cheaters, makes plans to toughen anti-cheat
While Destiny 2 was relatively safe from cheaters on PC at launch, over time cheat creators have found ways to circumvent Bungie’s protections. As part of a weekly update blog this week, Bungie admitted that cheating in Destiny 2 has risen by about 50% since January. At this point, Bungie …
Read More »Destiny 2 will be removing paid loot boxes from its game
Though there was once a time when loot boxes were being implemented into a large number of games, it would seem the many controversies surrounding the exploitative nature of the randomised system has led to many of these developers backtracking on the mechanic. The latest game to remove loot boxes …
Read More »Bungie begins hiring for new non-Destiny project
Remember a couple of years ago when Bungie received a huge $100 million investment and trademarked a new game series? Well that project seems to be finding movement this year, as the studio begins expanding, seeking talent to help out with a brand new IP. Ever since leaving Microsoft and …
Read More »Destiny 3 will ‘have to wait a bit longer’ as Bungie continues work on seasonal Destiny 2 content
Around this time last year, there were some rumours floating around about the impending release of Destiny 3, with Bungie beginning work on the project prior to splitting up with Activision and going fully independent. Since then, Bungie has dialled back a bit, refocusing its major efforts on Destiny 2, …
Read More »Bungie removes a game breaking weapon from Destiny 2 which gave players instant supers
Bungie has had to disable an exotic rifle in all activities, amid the discovery of a glitch that allowed you to instantly charge your super. The offending weapon, the “Telesto”, is a fusion rifle which was released with the first Destiny 2 expansion “Curse of Osiris” back in December of …
Read More »Destiny 2 is off to an excellent start on Steam
Bungie’s efforts to reinvent Destiny 2 this year seem to be paying off, with the new expansion being well received so far in addition to the game getting a big show of support from players on Steam. Not only has the game accrued some very high concurrent player numbers, but …
Read More »Bungie is planning to be a multi-franchise studio by 2025
Ever since leaving Microsoft and Halo behind, Bungie has been working on the Destiny franchise. However, with the studio’s new and complete independence, Bungie is looking to do a bit more, with plans to push more franchises out into the market by 2025. We had our first hint of this …
Read More »There are just two days left to transfer your Destiny 2 content to Steam, F2P content detailed
Back in June, Bungie made several huge announcements for Destiny 2. For starters, the game is leaving Battle.net behind and relaunching on Steam. The base game and Year 1 DLC content are also being packaged together and put out as the free to play ‘Destiny 2: New Light’. There is …
Read More »Destiny 2 PC owners can now transfer their accounts over to Steam
Back in June, Bungie made several huge announcements for Destiny 2. Not only are we getting a new expansion, but cross-save is being implemented across all platforms, the base game is going free to play and Destiny 2 will officially be moving over to Steam. This does mean that once …
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