Destiny 2: news and videos

[Update: Bungie addressed the bungle in their recent This Week at Bungie post, noting that their "current goal is for cross-play to ship in season 15," but a "beta" will begin early this week. It actually kicks off Tuesday, May 25, and will...

Over time, Destiny 2 has become more of a grind. But the recent transmogrification system (or "transmog," or even simpler, the ability to swap out cosmetic looks for gear, similar to MMOs) is a grind upon a grind, seated on a throne of...

It looks like some secrets are drifting around for intrepid Destiny 2 detectives to discover. Some attentive players noticed that some clips going around actually held code that, when deciphered, led them to a special new emblem. Detai...

That Guardian in the header staring into the sky kind of sums up how I've felt about the Destiny series' various implementations of MMO-like features pretty much since it started. In case you missed it, Bungie finally explained what transmo...

I can't say I'm surprised at this point that Bungie would take a concept as old and as simple as transmogrification (cosmetic changes) and "Bungiefy it." They've done it so many times in both Destiny 1 and 2 that I'm immune to it....

The Guardian Games have begun in Destiny 2, which serves as an in-game Olympics of sorts for all three classes. As Bungie points out Titans won last year, and they're hoping they'll see a new winner this time around. And as usual, Bungie is...

Destiny 2 is messing with weapons again, and of course, some things are on the chopping block. Let's get to the big stuff first. Exotics. You know, the most personality-driven items in the game, the stuff that's usually overtuned and gets n...

As soon as both Destiny games launched, players managed to spy hundreds of potential quality of life upgrades in a matter of days. While internal testing can't match a wide rollout, Bungie has implemented some very questionable mechani...

Bungie has been having an issue with Trials of Osiris, one of its high-level premiere PVP events (alongside of Iron Banner) ever since it debuted in Destiny 2 last year. Like many things Bungie, the team can't really figure out how to ...

[Update: And it's gone! It took roughly two weeks, but Bungie has put an end to the fun, as evidenced by the latest patch notes. Here's the rub: "Fixed an issue where players were able to cram 12 people into activity that clearly couldn&rsq...

In this post-Activision Destiny 2 world, Bungie has made several big missteps. One is "vaulting," which takes away chunks of game content with the aim of making the base download more manageable. The other, far more contentious aspect,...

Bungie has announced their plans to expand on their official blog this week, with two new board of director additions (one of which is from Viacom CBS) and an expansion of their headquarters. Bungie explains that they broke ground on an "ex...

What time is it? Summertime! Hey, It's our vacation! Wait no! It's the dead of winter and Bungie is making more promises about how much better Destiny is going to be. This time it's from assistant game director Joe Blackburn, who is lo...

Destiny, as a franchise, may as well be called "The Monkey's Paw: The Game." Having followed the development of the franchise since the alpha, I can attest to rocky decision after rocky decision from Bungie. I originally came away from...

So Destiny 2 just had an ice-themed expansion, which is perfect timing. Once again, as is tradition since the original Destiny, Bungie is holding their Christmas event: titled "The Dawning." It starts next week and will involve winter ...

Did you finish the new Deep Stone Crypt raid in Destiny 2? Well, you still have plenty of time to do it going forward, but if you wanted the jacket, you had until December 1. As it turns out, a lot of people tried to get that jacket, as Bun...

If you've been slipping under the new Destiny 2: Beyond Light era, you aren't alone. The "wow" factor and splendor of expansions has been missing since Forsaken, as Bungie is struggling to deliver content with a big impact ever since i...

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Another expansion, another Destiny 2 raid. Although I've bowed out of the excitement a bit of new Destiny raids these past few weeks for multiple reasons, Bungie is still doing their "world first" streamer-focused events; the next of w...

Google has made plenty of questionable decisions with Stadia, but this one checks out. Starting November 19 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific, everyone with a free Stadia account will be able to stream Destiny 2 (minus the premium expansions) to their h...

Destiny 2's "next-gen upgrade" is shaping up to be pretty boss. It doesn't come until December 8 (nearly a month after the latest expansion), but it's great on paper regardless. Next-gen console owners can expect 4K resolution, as well as 6...

We're down to the wire here with Destiny 2: Beyond Light folks. Bungie giveth and Bungie taketh away: as the expansion due on November 10 will arrive alongside of new content and the "vaulting" (read: removal) of a lot of legacy stuff....

Destiny 2 is about to shift into a completely different game. Bungie is vaulting a ton of content, but there's an expansion on the horizon too, which is bringing some significant changes to the game, like an extra skill tree and a new story...

We're getting down to the wire when it comes to Destiny 2's "vaulted" content. Look, I sort of get it. Bungie doesn't want the game to be overly bloated to the point where it requires an unwieldy amount of storage space on consoles. But...t...

Man it's going to take me the rest of the year to get that right. "Prime Gaming." In case you missed it, Twitch Prime is no more. Oh no! Wait, there's more. It's "Prime Gaming" now, and everything you redeemed in the past is still linked to...

Bungie is giving Destiny 2 a next-gen boost with FOV options, snappier load times, and a smoother frame rate, but the full update won't be ready in time for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S launch. Destiny 2 will have "faster load time...

Amid the new Festival of the Lost celebration in Destiny 2, Bungie recently shared a new development in Destiny 2's New Light experience: a completely overhauled new player onboarding process. Bungie shared some concerns recently that brand...

Destiny's Festival of the Lost event has always been one of the more wholesome seasonal goings-on in the series. Back when the original Destiny was devoid of content it was over far too quickly, but as time has gone on and the Destiny&...

Destiny 2 is undergoing some huge changes this fall, most notably the fact that it's going to be jettisoning a ton of previous content to make way for new things. Bungie has hinted at some upcoming backend changes for a while; but now ...

While Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion was initially set to debut this week, Bungie pushed back the release a bit due to the current global situation, and it kind of worked out for them. Now, kicking off on November 10, Beyond Light will ...

Two of Bungie's most popular games join Xbox Game Pass today even though they launched about a decade apart. It's a union of new and old, with the throughline being that they're both beloved. Let's tackle this chronologically. Halo 3: ODST...

If you're looking forward to the new Destiny 2 expansion, you're probably focused in on the upcoming stasis subclasses. It's a pretty huge deal for the series as they haven't had a new subclass...since the start, and now all three clas...

If you missed the Gamescom Opening Night Live Destiny 2 stasis power clip: I don't blame you! It was in the middle of the day, after all. But while stasis was the highlight last week, it isn't coming to Destiny for quite some time. Ins...

"Stasis" is going to be a huge aspect of Destiny 2: Beyond Light, when it arrives later this year. Billed as a drastic shift in mechanics, you can basically wield the power of stasis to take down enemies, which is heavily entwined in the lo...

As the developer confirmed earlier this year, Destiny 2 is going to have a lot of content cut out of it come November 10 to "make room" for the new expansion. In short, they're using the Disney Vault method. Bungie took the time this w...

Destiny 2 is turning three years old next month, but before that happens, developer Bungie is kicking off the Solstice of Heroes event. It runs from today through September 8, and features the typical array of event cosmetics you've come to...

If you've been playing Destiny 2 you may have noticed some lingering issues in specific activities, but Bungie is squashing those issues next Tuesday. No, it's not as catastrophic as the bug from February, but some recent Nightfall run...

In September 2020, Destiny 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass – including "all current expansions." Destiny 2 is also planning to show up on xCloud (if you're a Game Pass Ultimate member) and Xbox Series X (with a 4K60FPS version). Is it ...

Last month, Bungie announced their next expansion for Destiny 2: Beyond Light. This month, they're delaying it. Revealed this week, the studio says that Beyond Light will miss its originally scheduled September 22 date, and will now be...

Destiny 2 has had a good run this year in terms of Twitch bonuses. Rather than dabbling in the program every so often, Bungie pulled a full-Riot-Games and decided to dive in with both feet. Each month Destiny 2 players (who are also Twitch ...

Later this year Bungie set to introduce the controversial "vault" system into Destiny 2. In short, certain elements will be sunset (removed) from the game, possibly to return at a later date. That includes items as well as full-on acti...

In case you missed it, a new Destiny 2 DLC pack just arrived on Twitch Prime. But while Twitch was coy about what it actually entailed, Bungie has the whole drop broken down on its weekly blog. As the sixth reward in sixth months, you'...

For a bit, Destiny 2 has been plagued by an annoying bug that involves sprint-canceling: which is kind of a huge part of the game, especially when it comes to endgame events. In short, if you press the sprint button more than once...

As far as I can remember (which is the alpha for Destiny 1), the Destiny series has had wonky PVP in some form or another. Whether it's balance issues, a lack of variety or matchmaking woes, Destiny 2 continues that legacy; though...

Destiny 2 has a long future ahead of it. Yesterday Bungie introduced plans for right now, plans for this coming fall and plans throughout 2021 and 2022. It seems as if the company is committed to working on Destiny 2 full-time, without...

Today Bungie re-affirmed their commitment to Destiny 2. How so? Well, how about pre-announcing the next two expansions-level-committed (as well as Beyond Light, which is out in September). Rather than go the Destiny 3 route (at least r...

As expected due to the Australian PSN leak, the new Destiny 2 expansion is on the way and dated for September 22. Now that the official reveal is upon us though we have an actual name: Beyond Light. "All currently supported platfo...

[Update: The Season of Arrivals is fully confirmed and starts today: you can watch the trailer below. A new dungeon called "Prophecy," involving The Nine, will launch later today. You can find the entire breakdown of what's coming in the se...

[Update: Bungie has posted (then subsequently deleted) information on Instagram that states a reveal is coming on June 9 at 12PM ET. The clip shows Eris Morn on what seems to be a Jupiter-based location, which could tie into the new race.] ...

Once again Bungie is having a change of heart on how things work in Destiny 2. While we covered some of the upcoming alterations already, which sound good on paper, a new Bungie blog is covering power levels. In case you don't play Destiny ...