Prior to Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, various rumours pointed to a new poison/decay subclass being added to the game. That didn't end up happening this expansion, but it looks like Bungie has now confirmed it for Lightfall. Bungie is currently preparing to reveal the next phase for Destiny 2. …
Read More »Bungie disables Destiny 2 text chat due to crashing exploit
If you were playing Destiny 2 over the weekend, then you likely had a frustrating experience. On Friday evening and early Saturday, players discovered an exploit in the latest patch, allowing players to use the text chat to crash the game for other players. The exploit was most common in …
Read More »Destiny 2 PvP is finally getting skill-based matchmaking
PvE content has always been the true centrepiece of the Destiny games, but there is still a pretty big PvP audience. There have been plenty of complaints about Destiny 2's PvP over the years, from its map pool and lack of modes to rampant cheating as well as issues finding …
Read More »Bungie will unveil Destiny 2: Lightfall in August
This year has been hugely exciting for Destiny 2. The fantastic campaign in The Witch Queen expansion was just the beginning, with Bungie adding more key moments during seasons. We're still a little while away from the next major expansion, but Bungie will begin revealing Lightfall next month. Bungie has …
Read More »Bungie is now officially a PlayStation studio
Sony and Bungie surprised us all earlier this year with a merger announcement. Sony looked to acquire Bungie and its flagship IP, Destiny, in a $3.6 billion deal. Now just a few months later, the deal has officially closed. As of Friday evening, Bungie is now officially part of the …
Read More »Cheat makers agree to pay Bungie $13.5 million in Destiny 2 lawsuit settlement
Over the last few years, Bungie has been tackling Destiny 2 cheats with lawsuits, suing the developers and companies selling cheat tools to players. This week, Bungie actually settled with the people behind a few different cheating sites, with the sellers agreeing to pay $13.5 million USD in damages. After …
Read More »The FTC is launching an investigation into Sony’s $3.6 billion Bungie acquisition
Any major acquisition over a certain value faces regulatory scrutiny, although recent changes at the FTC have empowered the commission over fears that big tech corporations are getting too powerful. Just as Microsoft is facing an in-depth investigation over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Sony is also facing an …
Read More »Destiny 2 easter egg may reveal Bungie’s new IP
Bungie has been quite open about the fact that it has a new IP in the works, totally separate from Destiny, with plans to launch in the next few years. Outside of that, not much has been revealed, but there apparently are clues hiding within Destiny 2 right now. According …
Read More »Bungie files lawsuit following fraudulent YouTube DMCA takedowns
Bungie found itself in the hotseat recently when a wave of copyright takedown requests were sent out against Destiny 2 content creators on YouTube. Bungie quickly admitted that it was just as confused about the situation as the rest of us and now, the studio is suing a number of …
Read More »Bungie threatens to ban Destiny 2 players running on Steam Deck
Bungie has found itself in a spot of controversy this week, as the studio has revealed that it intends to ban any Destiny 2 player attempting to access the game on Steam Deck. Bungie says the Deck is an ‘unsupported platform', despite the fact that the game can run using …
Read More »Bungie warns of log-in queues ahead of Destiny 2: The Witch Queen launch
Destiny 2 is set to enter a new era later tonight with the launch of The Witch Queen expansion, but as with any major online game launch, there are going to be a lot of players trying to play on day-one. With that in mind, Bungie has already forewarned of …
Read More »Sony plans to launch 10 ‘Live Service’ games by 2026
PlayStation has typically been known for being the home of single-player story-focused third person games. While this continues to be the case, the recent Bungie acquisition indicates their move towards live service titles. They have now doubled down on this, wanting to release almost a dozen such titles within the …
Read More »Destiny 2’s Forsaken expansion is being removed next year
With the last major expansion, Bungie introduced the Content Vault to Destiny 2 and immediately cycled out some older content to keep the game at a manageable size. It has been a while since anything in Destiny 2 has been vaulted, but with the new expansion coming up, Bungie has …
Read More »KitGuru Games: Destiny 2 is finally getting its ‘Avengers’ moment
Bungie has tried to reinvent the 'Destiny' experience many times over the years to varying degrees of success. When Bungie first introduced the seasonal content model, it felt like things were heading in the right direction, but over time, we came to realise that those early seasons weren't building up to the big story moments many players were hoping for. That is all finally starting to change this year, with Season of the Lost and The Witch Queen expansion showing signs of living up to the ambitious promises Bungie sold us on all those years ago.
Read More »Destiny 2 finally gets cross-play support today
Last year, Bungie announced plans to bring cross-play to Destiny 2. The feature mistakenly went live early in May and was later rolled out again in a limited time beta test. Now, with Season of the Lost, cross-play will be officially live in Destiny 2. During Bungie's big stream this …
Read More »Destiny 2: The Witch Queen expansion details leaked via PlayStation Store
Bungie is just hours away from its big Destiny 2 reveal event, during which we expect to see announcements for the next season, as well as the next major expansion, The Witch Queen. Unfortunately, the PlayStation Store has leaked some details early, including the release date for the new expansion. …
Read More »Bungie targets three more cheat sellers with lawsuits
Just recently, Bungie teamed up with Ubisoft to go after one of the larger Destiny 2 and Rainbow Six Siege cheat providers. Now, shortly after confirming that BattleEye will be implemented into Destiny 2, Bungie has filed three more lawsuits targeting cheat sellers for copyright infringement. As reported by TorrentFreak, …
Read More »Ubisoft and Bungie team up to sue cheat selling site
We've seen publishers launch lawsuits against cheat makers and cheat selling sites plenty of times in the past, although it is rare to see two publishers going after the same site at once. This week, it emerged that both Ubisoft and Bungie are suing a cheat site, which sells ESP …
Read More »Bungie to show Destiny 2: Witch Queen expansion at upcoming event
While Destiny 2's next major expansion, The Witch Queen, won't be coming out until 2022, Bungie will be giving us a look at what to expect this year. Today, the studio confirmed that it will be hosting an event in August. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is set to be …
Read More »Bungie will be beta testing Destiny 2 cross-play next week
Last week, Bungie accidentally switched on cross-play in Destiny 2, a feature that wasn't expected to roll out until later this year. The feature was quickly disabled, but now the studio is ready for a proper beta test. Between the 25th and 27th of May, Bungie will be officially testing …
Read More »Bungie accidentally enables Destiny 2 cross-play, will disable again later this week
If you've logged into Destiny 2 within the last 24 hours, then you may have noticed that Bungie went live with PC and console cross-play. Unfortunately, the feature wasn't supposed to go live yet and as a result, it is being disabled. After seeing social media buzz about cross-play being …
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 »Destiny 2: The Witch Queen expansion pushed to 2022
While Bungie had initially planned to ship another Destiny 2 expansion later this year, the studio has since realised that it is going to need more development time. As a result, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen will now be coming in 2022 instead. As part of this week's Destiny 2 …
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 »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 players will need to re-download the game when Beyond Light launches
Destiny 2 is about to undergo some huge changes this year. Beyond Light, the game's next major expansion, is coming out and Bungie is making some huge changes to content in Destiny 2. A lot of older maps and missions are being removed. Due to all of these changes, Destiny …
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 …
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