Tag Archives: Destiny 2

It has been just over a month since Bungie announced its first independent expansion for Destiny 2. Shadowkeep arrives in September and will finally bring back the moon as a playable location, after being removed in the jump from Destiny 1 to Destiny 2. Now, a new trailer has released …

Last week, it was widely reported that Destiny 2 was not able to run on AMD’s new 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and X570 motherboards. Bungie began investigating the issue fairly swiftly but it turns out that the main problem was on the AMD side, as Destiny 2 and several major …

Update (12.07.19): Earlier this week we learned that Destiny 2 players upgrading to AMD’s new Ryzen 3000 CPUs and X570 motherboards were having trouble launching the game. Bungie has been investigating the issue this week but so far, the developers haven’t been able to patch out the problem. Fortunately, it …

When Google first announced Stadia, I think many of us assumed that PC versions of major games would be hosted on the servers for all to play. As it turns out, Stadia versions of games are separate from other platforms, so some titles like Destiny 2 will have multiplayer limited …

Over the last week, Bungie has announced plenty of major changes coming to Destiny 2. Not only is the game coming to new platforms with full cross-save functionality, but the base game and its year-one content will be made free to play and a new expansion is coming out in …

Now that Bungie is independent once again and working Destiny all on its own, we are going to be seeing some major changes to the game this year. Not only is timed exclusive content going away for the PS4 version of Destiny 2, but the game’s year-one content is going …

Bungie is scheduled to announce the next major Destiny 2 expansion later today but one of the big changes coming to the game has already leaked out ahead of time. Destiny 2 and its year-one expansions will be going free-to-play in the near future as part of Bungie’s effort to …

Earlier this year, Bungie and Activision officially parted ways, turning Bungie into an independent studio once again with full control over the Destiny IP. This was exciting news for fans of the series, who had often accused Activision of meddling with the game’s content and monetisation plans. Now, we are …

While Destiny has always been a multi-platform series, it has always had close ties with PlayStation, with the PS4 version often getting the majority of marketing. Unfortunately, this deal seems to have had an adverse effect for Destiny 2, as Sony reportedly pushed back on the idea of allowing Destiny …

Not all is equal in Destiny 2, as an on-going timed exclusivity deal with Sony ensures that new content hits the PlayStation 4 before it comes to other platforms. Bungie has inadvertently reminded us of this over the weekend, when the developer accidentally released a PS4 exclusive weapon onto PC …

It has been just over a week since it was announced that Bungie would be splitting away from Activision and handling Destiny independently. Right now, there are still more questions than answers surrounding what this means for the future. Clearly though, Bungie is in good spirits about the whole thing, …

After eight years working with the company on its Destiny series, Bungie has announced that it is parting ways with Activision. The developer has managed to retain “full publishing rights and responsibilities” for the shared world shooter, and hopes to bring more of a “seasonal experience” moving forward. The partnership …

Update: Inside sources at Reuters supposedly “familiar with the matter” suggest that Neumann has been “poached” by Netflix. An official announcement is yet to be made, however Neumann is supposedly pegged to replace current CFO David Wells after 14 years of service. This has since been confirmed. Original Story: Activision …

While Destiny 2’s Forsaken expansion seemed to get critics back onboard with the game, it apparently hasn’t been doing the business for Activision’s bottom line. During the publisher’s most recent earnings call, heads at Activision confirmed that Destiny 2: Forsaken has not met internal sales expectations. During the call, Activision’s …

Since launch Destiny 2’s quickplay PvP mode used a traditional skill-based matchmaking system, pitting players with similar stats against one another for longer, tougher matches. A recent bug threw this out the window in favour of matching up pretty much anyone, and Destiny 2 players strangely love it. Due to …

Over the last few months, Bungie has been trying to figure out how to improve Destiny 2 and adjust it to meet long-term players’ expectations. This culminated in a ‘community summit’ last week, where notable streamers and YouTubers gathered with the developers to discuss changes for the future. Now, Bungie …

Over the last few months, Bungie has been wrangling with Destiny 2 in an effort to turn it into the game that many fans expected at launch. The last few months have seen several quality of life updates, but the next major content addition is just around the corner, with …

While Bungie is still working away on updates to implement community-requested features and fixes into Destiny 2, development hasn’t stopped on future DLCs. Today, Bungie announced the release date for Destiny 2’s second expansion ‘Warmind’, and gave some details surrounding what to expect. Bungie’s official tease for the Warmind expansion …

Bungie is no stranger to subtly changing the way things work behind the scenes in Destiny 2, without telling anyone what’s going on. This has already netted them one controversy back in November when it was revealed it had implemented a hidden XP scaling system, and now Bungie has been …

It has only been a few weeks since the launch of Destiny 2’s The Curse of Osiris expansion but we are already starting to hear about what’s next. The current expansion pass for Destiny 2 covers two expansions, now thanks to an early PSN listing, we know a few key …

One of the big things keeping players coming back to Destiny 2 is the promise of exotic loot. Last week in order to make obtaining exotics through gameplay a bit easier, Bungie re-introduced the ‘Three of Coins’ item that is supposed to boost the chances of an exotic loot drop …

The holiday season is upon us, which means it is time for various online games to start rolling out their Christmas-themed events. Bungie is on the ball this year with ‘The Dawning’, a festive event that will be taking over Destiny 2 for the rest of the month. During this …

Last week when Destiny 2’s ‘Curse of Osiris’ expansion dropped, players found that some parts of the game were now locked behind the expansion paywall. End-game content like Trials of the Nine, Nightfall Strikes and Prestige raids now require the expansion to play. Since this is how things operated in …

Earlier this week, Destiny 2’s The Curse of Osiris DLC landed and with it came the most overpowered weapon the series has ever had. It seems Bungie has a temporary ‘fix’, if you could call it that, by selling the Prometheus Lens to everyone. The Prometheus Lens came in crashing …

Destiny players are no stranger to overpowered weapons making their way into the game, as the first title brought in the infamous Vex Mythoclast. Destiny 2’s The Curse of Osiris expansion brings with it something much worse, the Prometheus Lens. That’s not to say that The Curse of Osiris is …

The first expansion for Destiny 2 releases tomorrow, sending players to Mercury to meet a fabled character in the series. Ahead of its launch, Bungie has released a trailer for The Curse of Osiris that gives a first look at its upcoming raid. Players missed out on new details surrounding …

As Bungie promised, last night, the studio posted details on what’s next for the future of the game in an effort to address growing concerns among regular players. They key message seems to be that going forward, Bungie wants to do more to support players who want Destiny to be …

Later on today, Bungie was scheduled to hold a livestream going over new details for Destiny 2’s upcoming expansion, The Curse of Osiris. However, there has been growing unrest within the player base over the last couple of weeks, so instead of an expansion livestream, Bungie will be looking to …

It looks like Bungie is looking to rope some fresh players into Destiny 2 as this week, the game finally received its free trial version. Destiny 1 had a free trial period too some time after launch, though there are some changes this time around for the sequel. The Destiny …

Last week, players discovered that a hidden XP scaling system was active in Destiny 2. The system essentially limited the number of Bright Engrams players could earn at once by ramping down how much each XP point was worth after playing for a period of time. Since then, Bungie has …