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 …
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 »Bungie’s first live Destiny 2 event has Guardians watching The Almighty explode
Bungie decided to end this season of Destiny 2 with a bang, setting up a big live event that players had to gather at The Tower for. The event just came to an end after a very lengthy wait, bringing The Almighty crashing down onto Earth's surface. The Almighty was …
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 »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 »Stadia ‘breaks’ its promise of 4K60 – Google responds
Google Stadia has struggled to find any good press recently. Stadia launched with comparatively few games, the service itself was missing many of its promised features, and game technology analysts such as Digital Foundry revealed that many of the games that Google promised would run at 4K60, in fact run …
Read More »Total app downloads and in-game player counts show Google Stadia’s launch week performance
Stadia hasn't had the best launch but sometimes those controversies don't have as huge an impact on launch-week sales as we would expect. Google hasn't announced the streaming service's earnings yet or mentioned a specific number of engaged users, but some mobile app store analyses gives us a pretty solid …
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 »Destiny 2 goes offline in preparation for Steam move and Shadowkeep launch
Today is a big day for Bungie, with the studio establishing its new era of independence with a new expansion, a free to play version of Destiny 2 and a platform switch, with Destiny 2 officially leaving Battle.net and coming to Steam. All of these changes take time though, so …
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 …
Read More »Bungie pushes back Destiny 2: Shadowkeep and free to play launch
It has been almost two months since Bungie first announced Destiny 2's next expansion and plans to make the base game and first-year DLCs all free to play. At the time, the new expansion and free to play transition were due to take place in September but a small delay …
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