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Wednesday29th May 2019
News Bungie Promises to Detail 'New Era' of Destiny 2 Following Season of Opulence Launch
"Buckle up and stay tuned"
The start of the year saw a big change for the Destiny series. Bungie and Activision parted ways, with the developer keeping hold of publishing rights for its shared world shooter. However, for players, it's more or less been business as usual. With Bungie pledging long term support for the franchise, Destiny 2
Wednesday10th Apr 2019
News Oh No! PS4 Exclusive Gun in Destiny 2 Accidentally for Sale on Xbox and PC
Whatever will we do
All those people who bought Destiny 2: Forsaken on PlayStation 4 purely for the platform exclusive Wavesplitter exotic trace rifle have just been done a great disservice. Or at least, they would have if such people actually existed. The aforementioned gun has shown up on Xbox and PC, where infamous tentacle-faced NPC Xur is...
Friday1st Mar 2019
News Destiny 2 Goes Deep on Season of the Drifter, Teases Content After Annual Pass
What comes next
Destiny 2's next batch of content, titled Season of the Drifter, is set to kick off next week, and in true Bungie fashion, the team has detailed what we should expect over the next few months in the form of a ViDoc. Check it out above. Focused on the character of the Drifter, the gentleman who takes centre stage in the PvEvP mode...
Friday18th Jan 2019
News Bungie Pledges Long-Term Commitment to Destiny
It must be destiny
Following on from Bungie and Activision's separation, there's been a lot of speculation over the now independent developer and the future of Destiny. Would Bungie keep it all going, or would it gradually turn its gaze to something new? Well, going by the studio's latest statement, it sounds like it's prepared to stick to its guns...
Friday11th Jan 2019
News Destiny Devs 'Cheered and Popped Champagne' as Bungie Announced Break Up with Activision
Light without dark?
Bungie's broken up with Activision, if you haven't already heard. Coming to the conclusion that it was in the best interest of both parties not to continue their agreed contract over Destiny -- which saw Activision publish the property -- it's Bungie who now owns the sci-fi shooter. In other words, when it comes to Destiny,...
News Bungie Splits from Activision, Takes the Rights to Destiny
The light returns?
Destiny's ups and downs have been well documented, and judging from this breaking news, neither Activision nor Bungie were happy with how things were going. The publisher and developer have decided to put an end to their contract, with the rights to the Destiny property being transferred over to Bungie. Wow. "We have enjoyed a...
Monday12th Nov 2018
News Bungie Defends Destiny 2: Forsaken Following Activision's Sales Disappointment
"We are not disappointed"
In response to the recent news that Activision isn't entirely happy with the commercial performance of Destiny 2: Forsaken, director Luke Smith has taken to Twitter on behalf of developer Bungie. Smith writes, "We are not disappointed with Forsaken." "We set out to build a game that Destiny players would love, and at...
Friday9th Nov 2018
Forsaken is right
Destiny 2: Forsaken sales haven't met publisher Activision's expectations despite the expansion making a ton of money when it launched in September. "Some of our other franchises like Destiny are not performing as well as we’d like," the company stated rather bluntly during its most recent earnings call. The problem appears to...
Monday5th Nov 2018
News Destiny 2 Is Still Making Activision a Crazy Amount of Money
More than Spider-Man in September
We don't know if you feel the same, but from our perspective, it seemed like Destiny 2 dropped off a cliff almost as soon as Forsaken launched back in September. The expansion was well received by both critics and players, but to us, it feels like no one's talking about Destiny anymore outside of its core fans. With...
Monday15th Oct 2018
News Destiny 2 Trailer Gives a Glimpse of the Haunted Infinite Forest
Event starts tomorrow
Halloween's just around the corner, and you know what that means. Every game with an online element is getting spooky, and Destiny 2's Festival of the Lost appears to be going in quite heavily this year. Alongside the return of masks that you can acquire with a new currency, the Infinite Forest is getting an overhaul, and it...
Friday12th Oct 2018
News Destiny 2: Forsaken Will Include Previous Two Expansions Starting Next Week
Bundled into one package
Destiny 2: Forsaken launched last month, but in order to play it, you need the base Destiny 2 game as well as its two Expansion Pass expansions, Curse of Osiris and Warmind. However, starting from next week, on the 16th October, Forsaken will actually include Curse of Osiris and Warmind as standard. Buy that, and you own...
Thursday11th Oct 2018
News A More Robust Festival of the Lost Returns in Destiny 2 Next Week
Bungie dishes out the treats
Festival of the Lost is returning to the world of Destiny 2 next week, and Bungie has detailed what players can expect from the game's upcoming live event. The Tower will be overhauled with eerie little lights and all that usual stuff, but it sounds like the developer has focused on delivering a more robust event this...
Friday28th Sep 2018
News Bungie Plans on Making Masterwork Cores More Plentiful in Destiny 2
Masterworking it out
One of the hot topics among the Destiny community right now is the availability of Masterwork Cores. These items are necessary for infusion -- the process of powering up equipment that you like using. However, Masterwork Cores are currently very hard to find or farm, meaning that infusion is a costly decision to make. Bungie...
Friday21st Sep 2018
News Quick Destiny 2 Update Makes Ace of Spades Exotic Easier to Get
That's ace
Ace of Spades, Cayde's trademark hand cannon in Destiny, is up for grabs in Destiny 2: Forsaken. It's an Exotic weapon that's yours to uncover at the end of the expansion's main story, but actually restoring the gun's power takes time and effort. Previously, in order to make Ace of Spades what it once was, you needed to fulfil several...
Tuesday11th Sep 2018
News Using Destiny 2: Forsaken Prime Engram Exploit Will Come Back to Bite You, Says Bungie
Dev suggests it's a bad idea
There's a hot exploit doing the rounds in Destiny 2: Forsaken that allows players to gain Prime Engrams at a dramatically increased rate. The weapons and armour that you acquire from said engrams is usually an improvement over whatever you have equipped, and once you're past the soft power level cap of...
Tuesday4th Sep 2018
News Destiny 2 PS4 Patch 1.24 Out Now Ahead of Forsaken Launch
Here it comes
Destiny 2's final update ahead of Forsaken's launch is available to download now on PlayStation 4. Patch 1.24 is 7.5GB in size, and makes way for the aforementioned expansion, which goes live later today. As you'd imagine, the update paves the way for Forsaken, and obviously, you'll need to get it downloaded before you can have a...
Thursday30th Aug 2018
News Destiny 2: Forsaken Gets 24 Minutes of PS4 Exclusive Strike Gameplay
It's got worms
Nab Destiny 2: Forsaken on PlayStation 4 and you'll get access to an exclusive Strike called Broodhold. It sees players shoot a lot of evil aliens and, er, pick up large worms. That's pretty much all we gathered from the PlayStation Underground gameplay that we've embedded above, anyway. To be fair, it looks like another...
Wednesday29th Aug 2018
News Destiny 2 Available Right Now on PS Plus
A week early
September's PlayStation Plus games have just been announced, and in a surprise twist, the headline act, Destiny 2, is available to download right now. According to the PlayStation Blog, you can get the game on PS Plus today in order to partake in a trial of a new game mode. "As a special treat, the game is available on PS Plus today...
Tuesday28th Aug 2018
News Massive Destiny 2 Patch 2.0 Is Out Now on PS4
35GB!
Ahead of Destiny 2: Forsaken's launch on the 4th September, Bungie has deployed patch 2.0 on PlayStation. You can go ahead and download it now, but be warned: the thing's 35GB in size. Yowza! As you'd expect, the patch notes are bloody gigantic too, with the developer making numerous changes across the board in preparation for the...
News Destiny 2: Forsaken Gets a Typically Great Launch Trailer
Another one
Destiny as a whole gets a lot of criticism, but we can't deny that it's had some hella hype trailers over the years. This latest video for Destiny 2: Forsaken is no different. Clocking in at three minutes, it's a great clip from start to finish, filled with slick cinematics and punchy gameplay. Top stuff from Bungie once...
Thursday23rd Aug 2018
Gamescom 2018 Destiny 2: Forsaken's New Multiplayer Mode Gets a Free Trial
Get your Gambit on
Ahead of Destiny 2: Forsaken's launch on the 4th September, a free trial of the expansion's new Gambit multiplayer mode will be made available to all Destiny 2 players. Gambit sees two opposing teams of Guardians take down waves of foes all while attempting to sabotage the progress of their opponents. The trail begins on the...
Friday3rd Aug 2018
News Destiny 2 Has Wasted a Collective 25 Years of Players' Time with Its Crap Shaders System
Delete, delete, delete
There's no getting around the fact that Destiny 2 butchered the cosmetic shader system of the first game so that it could exploit the whole thing in the name of microtransactions, and as if we didn't hate the overhauled system enough already, we've just found out that it's wasted a combined 25 years of players' time...
Tuesday31st Jul 2018
News Destiny 2's Solstice of Heroes Event Starts Today for All Players, Promises Powerful Gear
Live and kicking
Destiny 2's Solstice of Heroes begins today on PlayStation 4. The lengthy live event is available to all players regardless of which expansions you own, and it lasts until the 28th August, meaning that you have around a month to get stuck in. The big draw here is that those who get involved can nab some powerful armour...
Thursday26th Jul 2018
News Bungie Seems to Be Stepping It Up with Destiny 2: Forsaken Exotics
The life exotic
Now that's a bit more like it, Bungie. The developer finally seems to understand how Exotic gear should be handled, as this small showcase of items heading to Destiny 2: Forsaken has got us relatively excited to find some of this stuff and put it to use. For too long, it's felt like Exotic equipment in Destiny isn't all that...
Wednesday18th Jul 2018
News Destiny 2 Update 1.2.3 Is a Step in the Right Direction, Out Now on PS4
Keep going
The July update for Destiny 2 is out now on PlayStation 4, and it's one of the more important patches that Bungie's shooter has received in quite some time. Ahead of Destiny 2: Forsaken's launch in September, the developer is trying to lay the groundwork for change, and with update 1.2.3, things seem to be heading in the right direction...
Friday13th Jul 2018
News Bounties Arrive in Destiny 2 Next Week, Promising Better Rewards
Everything has a price
Update 1.2.3 is the next reasonably big step forward for Destiny 2, and it's set to drop on Tuesday the 17th July. The patch will add bounties to the game -- a system that longtime players may remember from the original Destiny. Essentially bite-sized objectives, you'll be able to pick bounties up from vendors, although...
Wednesday27th Jun 2018
News Destiny 2 Is Free to Download and Play This Weekend on PS4
Worth a shot?
Okay, so Destiny 2's going through some rough times, but why not form your own opinion of Bungie's shooter by taking it out for a spin this weekend? That's right, Destiny 2 is free to download and play starting this Friday (that's the 29th June) on PlayStation 4. You can even go ahead and pre-download it right now. Any progress you...
Tuesday12th Jun 2018
E3 2018 Destiny 2: Forsaken Trailer Drops a Bit of a Bombshell
Bang
Now, before you say anything, yes, the storytelling in Destiny isn't great and it never has been, but Cayde-6, the wisecracking robot, is easily one of the game's better characters. And his popularity makes this new trailer for Destiny 2: Forsaken that much more interesting. We won't spoil it here, so give it a watch and let us know if...
Tuesday5th Jun 2018
News Big, Promising Destiny 2 Changes Coming with Forsaken Expansion This September
Not quite forsaken
The future's suddenly looking a lot brighter for Destiny 2 off the back of Bungie's latest livestream. Earlier, the developer outlined the big changes hitting its shooter this September, as the alterations are rolled out alongside the title's next expansion, Destiny 2: Forsaken. Let's run through the core gameplay changes first...
Live Destiny 2 Year 2 Content and Forsaken Expansion Revealed
Forsake this
It's time to learn what Bungie has in store for the second year of Destiny 2 -- and what we can expect from the game's big Fall expansion, titled Destiny 2: Forsaken. The developer will be hosting its livestream from 17:00 UK time -- that's 15 minutes from when this article is published. Hopefully it'll provide plenty of information on...
