Destiny 2 (PS4) News Articles
Friday24th Nov 2017
News Destiny 2 Actively Prevents You From Getting Bright Engrams Too Quickly, Says Fan Research
And why would that be?
Hmmm, well this is rather interesting, isn't it? According to Reddit user EnergiserX, Destiny 2 has a system in place that prevents you from obtaining Bright Engrams too quickly. For those who don't know, Bright Engrams are basically Destiny 2's version of loot boxes. You earn one Bright Engram every time that you level...
Wednesday22nd Nov 2017
News The Reaction to Destiny 2's First Expansion Hasn't Been All That Positive
Bungie's got work to do
Destiny 2's first expansion is due out in just a couple of weeks or so, but despite Bungie's best efforts to showcase the add-on via recent livestreams, the community doesn't seem all that hyped -- or at least, people on the internet aren't. Now, we know all too well that forums and other places of online discussion tend to...
Monday20th Nov 2017
News Destiny 2's Infinite Forest Sounds Pretty Cool, By the Way
Vexing
Destiny 2's first expansion, Curse of Osiris, is bringing a bunch of new bits and pieces to the game. It's upping the level cap for starters, and introducing new story missions alongside some offshoot Raid content. But perhaps its most interesting addition comes in the form of the 'Infinite Forest'. Bungie hasn't said too much about...
Wednesday15th Nov 2017
Live Watch Bungie Drop Details on Destiny 2's First Expansion
Ooosiris
Destiny 2's first expansion, Curse of Osiris, is due out early next month, and Bungie's ready to drop some juicy details. The developer's taking to Twitch in order to talk about the upcoming add-on, and it all kicks off at 11:00 PT/19:00 GMT. Will you be tuning in with us? What kind of stuff would you like to see the studio cover? Join a...
Friday10th Nov 2017
News Destiny 2's Long Overdue HDR Patch Will Deploy Next Month
Look at those colours
A HDR patch for Destiny 2 has been promised for quite some time now, and thanks to the latest post over on Bungie's website, we now know when that will hit. The high-dynamic range patch will release alongside the Curse of Osiris DLC and the beginning of Season Two on 5th December. As well as that, the PS4 Pro will be treated...
Wednesday8th Nov 2017
News Oh FFS, There's a Loot Cave in Destiny 2
The return
If you're a veteran Destiny player, then you probably know of -- or you've at least heard of -- the infamous loot cave that players farmed for precious engrams in the first game. Back in the early days of the original Destiny, the loot system wasn't exactly rewarding, and in order to bypass the grind, many players took to standing in...
Tuesday31st Oct 2017
PGW 2017 Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris Has a PS4 Exclusive Map at Launch
Shoot to kill
Officially revealed yesterday during Sony's Paris Games Week 2017 press conference, Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris is the game's first expansion, and it's set to launch on the 5th December. Naturally, as per Activision's marketing deal with Sony, the add-on will feature PlayStation exclusive content on release. In this case,...
Monday30th Oct 2017
PGW 2017 Destiny 2's First Expansion Revealed, Curse of Osiris
Vexing
Destiny 2 has had its first expansion officially revealed. Titled Curse of Osiris, the add-on got a trailer at Sony's Paris Games Week 2017 press conference. It's looking pretty interesting, with the titular Osiris fighting a bunch of Vex. We get a glimpse of some new enemies, new locations, and, most importantly, new equipment. Curse of...
Friday27th Oct 2017
News Destiny 2 Endgame, Loot, Rewards are Being Improved, Bungie Reveals Upcoming Changes
Eyes up
Now that Destiny 2 has launched on PC, it looks like Bungie is going to get stuck into improving the overall experience. In a new developer blog post, game director Christopher Barrett outlines the various changes that the studio is currently working on. We've pasted all the details below for your perusal. New systems and rewards to...
Thursday19th Oct 2017
News Destiny 2 Is Down For Maintenance at Prime Playing Hours Yet Again In Europe
Goes offline later today
Heads up, Guardians: Destiny 2 will be down for yet more maintenance later today. Such periods of downtime have become a regular occurrence since the game launched near the start of September, and a lot of players still aren't too happy about the timing -- especially in Europe. Indeed, here in the Old World, the...
Friday13th Oct 2017
News Destiny 2 Retail Sales Down a Whopping 50 Per Cent in USA
How the mighty have Fallen
Destiny 2 saw big sales declines at retail in the UK and Japan – and now the trend can be officially applied to the United States as well. NPD data reported by CNBC note
News Bungie Is Looking Into Improving Destiny 2's Endgame
Get your grind on
It's safe to say that the Destiny 2 honeymoon period is over. Around launch, the majority of players seemed to agree that it was a much improved sequel, but here we are just over a month later, and we're starting to see more and more criticism. Of course, this is only natural. We're at that point where many Guardians have exhausted...
Friday6th Oct 2017
News Bungie Wants to Know What You Want from Destiny 2's First Expansion
More of everything?
We feel like Destiny 2 got off to a good start, but as with the first game, we're now seeing a lot of complaints floating around the 'net. The most popular criticism seems to be that the sequel's endgame just isn't compelling enough. Once again, we're seeing dedicated players polish off just about everything that the release has...
Tuesday3rd Oct 2017
News Destiny 2 Down For Another 4 Hours Today, European Players Aren't Too Happy
Prime time downtime
Destiny 2 will be down for another four hours today as Bungie once again takes the title offline and performs maintenance. This'll be the fourth time that the game has been taken down since it was released on the 6th September, so that's about one round of maintenance per week. These haven't been especially short downtime...
Monday25th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 Is Down for 6 Whole Hours Today
Six bloody hours?
With the Faction Rally looming, Bungie will be taking Destiny 2 offline today for a lengthy period of maintenance. If you're in North America, the timing isn't too bad -- the game will be down from 06:00 to 12:00 Pacific. It's a little worse on the East coast, though, where it'll be offline from 09:00 until 15:00 Eastern...
Friday22nd Sep 2017
News Familiar Faces Return to Destiny 2 in Faction Rallies
New loot
Despite being less than a month old, Destiny 2's first special event is about to get underway. Starting 26th September, players will be able to take part in the Faction Rallies, a new affair that pits the three factions from the original game against each other in a bid to gather supplies and obliterate enemy resources. Guardians will be...
Monday18th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 Is Down for Another Few Hours Today
Quick fix
More Destiny 2 maintenance is incoming later today as Bungie fiddles with things and introduces a quick update. You'll be unable to log in from 07:00 Pacific/15:00 UK time, and then at 08:00 Pacific/16:00 UK time, anyone still playing the game will be kicked out. The maintenance is set to last around three hours, until...
Friday15th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 Crashing Issues on PS4 Pro Are Apparently Fixed
Activision says it's sorted
As you may or may not have heard, some Destiny 2 players were experiencing crashes when playing the recently released game on a PS4 Pro. We use the word 'were' because according to Activision, the problem's been resolved. There's some speculation that the recent PlayStation 4 firmware update, which
News Destiny 2 Is the PlayStation Store's Biggest Ever Day One Launch
Destined to go digital
Destiny 2 has clearly been a hit for Activision, but the extent of the game's success has been hard to read thus far. Physical sales are down on the first game in both the UK and Japan, and we assume that the same has happened in North America, although we don't have those numbers just yet
Thursday14th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2's First Raid Beaten in 6 Hours, Bungie Launches New Crucible Map
A new record
Destiny 2's first Raid, which went live earlier today, was beaten in around six hours by The Legend Himself. That's the clan name, by the way, not some ultimate solo Destiny player. We won't spoil anything regarding the Raid here, but if you want to see the final moments of the team's triumph, then check out this clip. Brilliantly,...
Tuesday12th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 Down for Scheduled Maintenance Later Today
Even Guardians need some rest
Heads up, all you eager Guardians: Destiny 2 will be going offline for scheduled maintenance later today. The timing isn't so bad if you're in North America, but those of us Europe won't be able to have a session until a bit later on in the evening. From 07:00 Pacific (15:00 BST), you'll no longer be able to...
Monday11th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 PS4 Pro Crash Issues Being Investigated by Sony and Bungie
Firms collaborating on fix
Destiny 2 has a crashing problem on the PlayStation 4 Pro which is affecting a sizeable number of gamers playing specifically on Sony’s supercharged system. While the CE-34878-0 error doesn’t appear to be hindering everyone, it has proved prevalent enough for the platform holder to release a statement on the bug...
Sunday10th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 Is Looking Like the Sales Smash Hit We All Expected
Sequel posting huge numbers already
There were a whopping 1.2 million players on the Destiny 2 servers across all platforms earlier, suggesting that Bungie’s new first-person shooter has been a gargantuan success. The developer just so happens to have announced the tidbit as steamroll success PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds clocks one million...
Thursday7th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 Butchers Shaders for the Sake of Microtransactions
Colour us disappointed
Remember shaders in the original Destiny? They were cosmetic items that you could apply to you character's armour, changing its colours whenever you liked. You could use shaders as many times as you needed, equipping them and replacing them to suit your style. That's no longer the case in Destiny 2. We're...
News PSN Down For Some as Destiny 2 Servers Struggle on PS4
Status errors, connection issues, and more
And it was all going so well! Destiny 2 launched yesterday with only a few not-so-widespread connection issues, but today, it seems as though Bungie's sequel is struggling to stay online for some players. What's more, the PlayStation Network appears to be having problems of its own, with reports of users...
Wednesday6th Sep 2017
News Destiny 2 Clans Won't Be Up and Running for 'Several Days'
Band together
Destiny 2's launch seems to be going reasonably smoothly thus far -- barring some queuing issues -- but the sequel's all-new clan system isn't quite up and running yet. Bungie has said that clan features will be "unavailable for several days after launch", so if you were looking forward to organising a session with fellow clan members...
News Japan's Destiny 2 Trailer Dances All Others Off the Face of the Galaxy
Dance the light away
Japan's only gone and done it again. As was the case with the original Destiny, the Land of the Rising Sun has its own live action Destiny 2 trailer, and quite frankly, it blows the Western one out of the water -- and we thought that one was pretty good to begin with. We won't spoil it by describing it here, but let's just...
Tuesday5th Sep 2017
News Bungie Addresses the PlayStation Nation in Destiny 2 Launch Video
That's our line
We've been using the term "PlayStation Nation" for years purely because it sounds so terrible, but we guess the phrase may not be quite as uncool as we thought. Bungie's put out a special message to those picking up Destiny 2 on PlayStation 4, and the developer's quick to mention the PlayStation Nation. Is PlayStation Nation an...
News The Destiny 2 Servers Are Live for Physical Copies of the Game
Early bird
Just a quick heads up for those wondering: the Destiny 2 servers are now live, meaning that if you have a physical copy of the game, you can jump in and get started. Those who are going the digital route will obviously have to wait until the title unlocks at midnight tonight. Destiny 2's official launch date is tomorrow, the...
News Take a Quick Look Inside Destiny 2's Hidden Dungeons
Into the depths
Bungie's squeezed out another short Destiny 2 video, this time detailing Lost Sectors, which are essentially hidden dungeons that you can find in patrol zones. Unsurprisingly, they're home to enemies who would like nothing more than to pop your head like a watermelon, but they also promise some sweet loot, so they're probably...
