Tag Archives: Destiny 2

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 …

It looks like Bungie may have a few questions to answer, as an investigation into Destiny 2's XP system has revealed some interesting tricks at play. This week, it has come to light that Destiny 2 may use a ‘dynamic XP' system, which means players may often be rewarded a …

With many gamers having finished Destiny 2's base campaign and had their fill of the end game content already, it is time to look towards the first expansion. Bungie is set to release The Curse of Osiris in early December and this week, the studio began detailing what content would …

The October rush of games may be over, but there are still a couple of major releases set before the end of the year. This week, we have Injustice 2 and Star Wars Battlefront II coming out on PC, which means it is time for another Nvidia driver update. This …

Destiny 2 has been out on consoles since September, but with the new expansion coming out in less than a month's time, Bungie has taken the time to include some general improvements to the base game. In December's Destiny 2 update, Xbox One X and PS4 Pro owners will be …

Destiny 2 has enjoyed an incredible launch, surpassing 1.3 million concurrent users early in its console life. Now that the title has release on the PC platform, publisher Activision has announced that it is pleased with just how well Destiny 2 is doing, and that has surpassed its predecessor in …

If you’ve been grinding away at Destiny 2 since its launch on consoles in September, or even PC last week, then you might be wondering when Bungie’s next big content drop will be landing. Today at Paris Games Week, Sony had the chance to show off the first Destiny 2 …

Update: Bungie has responded to reports of players being unjustly banned in Destiny 2 on PC. In an updated blog post, the company outlined some of its policies when it comes to security in Destiny 2 and how the banning process works. However, the studio ultimately identified a group of …

Destiny 2 released on PC just yesterday, and as expected, dataminers got to work on uncovering as many details about the title as possible. Currently-unused lines of dialogue give us insight in what is to come in upcoming expansions, as well as what Destiny 2 once was before it underwent changes in its pre-production.

With Destiny 2’s release on PC, many were concerned as to how the controls would hold up as the shooter is primarily built around the use of a controller. It seems that the developers are running with a similar build to the beta, keeping aim assist on PC version. The …

Back in July, we found out that Bungie is getting a helping hand with Destiny 2 from two extra studios, Vicarious Visions and High Moon. While this is to keep content, particularly DLC flowing at a decent pace, this also means that PC players won’t suffer like they have with …