Tag Archives: Destiny

PlayStation leadership has reaffirmed its commitment to live‑service development, despite a growing list of project cancellations, studio closures and criticism from fans who have been disappointed with Sony’s single‑player output during the PS5 generation compared to the PS4 era. As first spotted by wccftech, in a new interview with Famitsu, …

Bungie confirmed layoffs yesterday but didn’t share specific numbers. However, reports now indicate that around 400 employees are being let go, aligning with earlier claims that Bungie was preparing to reduce its headcount by roughly 50%.

Bungie has confirmed that it is undergoing a major downsizing effort, marking the end of Destiny 2 development and a significant shift in the studio's future plans. The announcement follows the release of Destiny 2's final content update earlier this month. As reported by Insider Gaming, PlayStation Studios head Hermen …

The launch of Marathon Season 2.5 will bring with it a number of welcome changes and additions – including the first instance of a PvE game mode: Vault Breaker.

Bungie has now shipped its final content patch for Destiny 2 and will soon begin to shift all of its resources over to Marathon. However, due to mounting financial pressures, Bungie will also reportedly undergo significant downsizing. 

Last night, Bungie officially announced that it is ending development of Destiny 2. Fans immediately began hoping that this would mean that Destiny 3 is entering development, but that turns out to not be the case.

In a shocking announcement today, Bungie has confirmed that it is ending development on Destiny 2. Destiny has been Bungie's most successful game to date, but with player numbers dwindling, Bungie has decided to walk away and explore new projects. In its statement today, Bungie confirmed that on June 9th, …

Following plenty of controversies, Bungie’s Marathon finally launched just over a month ago to solid reviews and a decent playercount. Whether or not the live-service extraction shooter is a success or not remains to be seen, with insiders claiming that the title cost over $200 million to develop – possibly $250 million.

Just weeks away from its planned release, Bungie has delayed the next Destiny 2 update 'Shadow and Order' by 3 whole months.

It is no secret that Destiny 2 has been having a bad year. The Edge of Fate expansion didn't land well with long-time players and did very little to bring new players on board. Now, Destiny 2's director has admitted that the expansion failed to deliver. In a recent interview …

Bungie asked Destiny fans what they would like to see improved with the game from a lengthy list as part of a new exclusive player survey.

In partnership with GreenManGaming, Bungie has released a Destiny charity bundle including all available past content and even the upcoming Renegades expansion.

After multiple rounds of layoffs, Bungie had to make some major changes to how it handles expansion and seasonal content in Destiny 2. Moving forward, we get two ‘mid-size' expansions per year, with two ‘seasons' in-between. Looking at the game's Steam numbers, it is becoming increasingly clear that this new …

The Borderlands series pretty much invented the looter-shooter genre when the first entry in the now ubiquitous franchise launched all the way back in 2009. Two console generations and over 15 years later, Borderlands 4 is finally upon us, bringing with it more freedom, replayability – and of course – loot than ever before. That said, in amongst all of the sequel’s many changes and improvements, by far the most impactful is its overhaul to movement.

Ahead of its arrival this December, Bungie has announced a developer livestream dedicated to the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion ‘Renegades’.

Humble has unveiled its line-up of titles for September as part of the company’s Choice subscription – including the likes of Destiny 2: Legacy Collection.

Earlier this month during Sony's most recent earnings meeting, executives made comments alluding to Bungie losing its independence and becoming more integrated with PlayStation Studios. Now just weeks later, Bungie's long-time CEO, Pete Parsons, has announced that he is leaving the company.  Pete Parsons first became CEO of Bungie in …

The launch of The Edge of Fate was supposed to mark a big return for Destiny 2. Unfortunately, early player numbers aren’t looking too hot.

With almost a decade of bloat across countless updates, Bungie is looking to make the onboarding for new Destiny 2 players “a more curated experience.”

Ahead of the launch of Edge of Fate, Destiny 2 is offering a free open access period featuring all of the game’s expansions and its most recent episodes.

Following its announcement last year, Destiny: Rising is officially coming to iOS and Android globally on the 28th of August.

As part of the company’s Days of Play celebrations, Sony is adding a bunch of bonus titles to its PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium subscriptions.

Last year, a writer sued Bungie, claiming that Destiny 2's Red War campaign copied from his own stories published online. The Red War campaign was the original set of story missions that launched with Destiny 2. This campaign hasn't been available in Destiny 2 for several years at this stage …

Bungie is finally gearing up to unveil their first major Destiny 2 expansion since The Final Shape – with The Edge of Fate set to be shown off next month.

Following a long bout of silence in the wake of the initial Marathon teaser, Bungie looks set to finally give us a proper look at the game.

Bungie has announced the next crossover coming to their game, with Destiny 2 x Star Wars set to go live next month during February.

Destiny Rising is a new multiplayer shooter from Bungie and NetEase, bringing the franchise to iOS and Android for the first time.

A $40 'premium' PvP game with a cosmetics store and battle passes ... what could possibly go wrong?

With all the commotion going on at Bungie, the studio has been somewhat in disarray, with the Destiny maker’s future plans being influx. That said, according to a new report, the team’s upcoming extraction shooter Marathon might be a premium-priced game – costing the same as the ill-fated Concord. In …

A few months ago, we learned that Bungie veteran and Marathon director, Chris Barrett, was no longer at the company. This week, we learned that he was in fact fired from the company, following the results of an investigation. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier broke the news last night, stating that ‘at …