Destiny 2: news and videos

We already knew the second (of three) season was on the way for Destiny 2's "Year Two" post-Forsaken world, but thanks to a roadmap rundown and developer video we have a better idea of what it entails. New exotic quests, lore bits and ...

If you haven't played Trials in Destiny before, you're missing out. Years back in the original Destiny, Bungie introduced the "Trials of Osiris" activity into the game. It was a hit with the community, cemented by its unique ancient Eg...

Bungie, who is now going at Destiny 2 alone, has announced their annual "Crimson Days" Valentine's event. It'll run from February 12 through February 19, and will once again focus on "Crimson Doubles," a 2v2 PVP playlist in the Crucibl...

In case you haven't heard, Bungie drops raids every so often into the world of Destiny as a sort of top-tier endgame event, which tasks groups of six players with taking down various puzzles and spongey bosses. The latest raid for Dest...

Today is the day that I get to take the "Activision" tag out of a Destiny story. Yep, Bungie is jettisoning themselves from the situation and now they'll have to take care of the series all on their lonesome. Director Luke Smith (the s...

It's really hard to find a company in recent memory that's gotten in their own way as much as Bungie. Their art and mechanics teams are almost always on point, delivering beautiful worlds and rock solid shooting fundamentals. But the compan...

I've been raiding in Destiny since the Vault of Glass dropped in the original and have played with some really ingenious people. Divining secrets and solutions is one of my favorite pastimes in gaming, and for the most part the Destiny...

Bungie is re-iterating that they're "not doing traditional story DLCs anymore" (until they do), and are soldiering on supporting Destiny 2 with the season concept. It's a great way to get people to pony up $40 and have their expectatio...

Several weeks ago Activision announced live at BlizzCon that Destiny 2 would be free on PC by way of its Blizzard Launcher. Well the time for the promo has almost passed (it expires on November 18), so if you want it, you have another day t...

Over time players started to collectively notice that in Destiny 2: Forsaken, long times were significantly longer in some cases on consoles. Perhaps it's a sign of the underlying problems with Destiny 2's code (a factor Bungie has bro...

The executive saw his shadow, so it's time for [x] more months of add-ons. Speaking on an earning's call in regards to how well their franchises have been doing, Activision COO Collister Johnson noted that Destiny 2: Forsaken has "under-per...

Those expansions aren't going to sell themselves! For a limited time, Bungie and Activision are giving away Destiny 2 for free on PC. All you need to do is log into Battle.net and you'll see a prompt for a free gift. The promotion is set to...

When a developer typically posts patch notes, especially for an RPG, MMO, or otherwise numbers-heavy game, they provide data. People like to roast Fortnite for its cartoony feel but Epic Games consistently provides detailed patch notes...

Destiny as a series has had a Refer-a-Friend program floating around for a while, but they've just announced a new update that's on the way on October 30 through their weekly update blog post. It's specifically for the recent Forsaken ...

Destiny celebrates Halloween tomorrow, as its Festival of the Lost event runs October 16 through November 6. That's a long time to push through the Haunted Forest and to earn unsettling masks. Last week, we detailed everything we knew...

I mostly just associate the Festival of the Lost with spooky masks, but for this year's Halloween celebration in Destiny 2, Bungie is sweetening the deal a bit. There's a new limited-time activity that sounds like a neat extension of the In...

Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion brought a lot of great changes for the sequel, essentially bringing out of the dark ages in some aspects. But since Bungie is always tinkering, despite the fact that they already had a winning formula near the...

If you missed your chance to try Destiny 2's wonderful mishmash of PvP and PvE because you were hanging in Seattle for PAX or were otherwise indisposed, good news: Gambit is getting another trial. All Destiny 2 players will have access to G...

Gambit is an all-new mode introduced in Destiny 2: Forsaken expansion, and it's arguably the best part of the DLC. It's also a tad confusing if you're jumping into it sight unseen, so here's some tips to help you along and assist you in pic...

As most of you know by now a piece of Destiny DLC isn't done with its campaign, and that principle still applies to Destiny 2: Forsaken. There's no spoilers present (only lightly in terms of mentioned names), so dig in as I guide you t...

The original Destiny's Taken King expansion (otherwise known as The Big One) offered up extra subclasses for players to experiment with, and Destiny 2's Forsaken add-on follows that up with something a little different. Now you can try...

Bungie occasionally tucks away secrets in the Destiny series for folks to locate, and this is one of their least hidden Easter eggs yet. Immediately after unlocking the open world portion of the Destiny 2: Forsaken expansion (Tangled Shore)...

It's been several years since the Destiny franchise launched, and now Bungie is attempting something new with their proprietary Bungie account system. In short, all players can opt-in to a reward system of sorts, which kicks off with the Fo...

New Destiny hub, new public events, and new ways to trigger the Heroic (read: expanded version) phase of them. On Destiny 2: Forsaken's Tangled Shore you'll come across public events in wide open areas with Fallen prisoners, and t...

Destiny 2 has a lot riding on today's Forsaken update. Many of its fans quit at various stages of its content rollouts, including the two micro-expansions, and this big drop is seeking to be the thing that keeps people hooked. In short it's...

For the past week or so Destiny 2 has been running on its Forsaken expansion pre-patch, but now that the whole shebang is live, we know a little more about how future infusions will work. Even minute infusions like purples in...

There once was a time when Destiny updated early in the morning, US time, and my entire crew loved it. Taking off work or simply logging in in the wee hours of the morning was an incredible feeling, like you were starting your day with...

Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion is out next week, but its initial raid offering isn't. Last Wish is actually due to spring up 10 days after its launch, which has created a rift within the community. Some think it's not long enough, and some ...

Destiny 2's latest expansion that's going to be more inline with the big Taken King update in Destiny 1 and less piecemeal, is ready to launch next Tuesday -- but before then we'll get a quick look at content Sony is getting exclusively for...

Destiny players are used to waiting for raids. Usually, a raid will go live a few days after an expansion launches. For Destiny 2's Forsaken add-on, players will have to wait more than a few days. Bungie has just confirmed that F...

I've been waffling on Destiny 2, but this is too tempting to ignore. Just ahead of the Forsaken expansion, Bungie will give all players trial access for the new PvPvE invasion mode Gambit on September 1. Barring any incidents, you'll have 2...

Destiny 2 just kicked off one of its biggest grinds in the series -- the Solstice of Heroes. I'll my best to break it down below (you can also just scan and subsequently close this spreadsheet from Reddit user Guyovich67), but suffice to sa...

While the vast majority of my crew has quit Destiny 2, I'll at least be starting up again to see what the Forsaken expansion has to offer. If it aligns with Destiny 1's lifecycle it'll fix quite a bit, but there's so much still wrong w...

Anyone who has sat out on Destiny 2 thus far won't have much trouble getting caught up when this fall's Forsaken expansion releases. Activision predictably has made the on-boarding process quite simple by introducing a new versio...

I love discovering gaming setups. As an amateur collector witnessing how others curate their own collections is a rush, and "rush" definitely describes the feeling I got after looking at this Destiny setup from jagger393939 Noting that...

The Destiny cycle has begun anew. Note that I'm not necessarily qualifying that statement with "Destiny 2," as this whole saga kicked off and was completed with the first Destiny -- the game launches, big changes take twice as long as most ...

A dual-firing rocket launcher, armor that reflects projectiles while you slide, and a bow that lets you peer through walls -- yeah, Destiny 2 is stepping up its gear game with September's Forsaken expansion. I'm also extremely down for One...

In the upcoming Destiny 2: Forsaken DLC, it seems that Nathan Fillion will not be returning to the role of Cayde-6. Speaking with Kotaku's Jason Schreier, Fillion revealed that Nolan North (Uncharted's Nathan Drake) will be stepping in to f...

Every time I come across a quirky feature or an Easter egg I make a judgment call of sorts. It really just boils down to "is this worth sharing?" And given that the vast majority of the responses that I've read had no idea this concept exis...

If you still happen to play Destiny 2, you'll definitely want to log in on July 31 to get in on the new Moments of Triumph event. Just like the previous celebrations for Destiny 1, it's an achievement hunting set of tasks that require playe...

Bungie just updated its playerbase on Destiny 2's latest happenings by way of their weekly blog post, and on July 17, parch 1.2.3 hits. Among other things like PVP updates it'll finally bring Prestige difficulty to the game's two raid lairs...

Bungie is looking to sway newcomers with a Destiny 2 free trial weekend on PS4. All modes are included and the promo runs from Friday, June 29 at 12:01am Pacific until Monday, July 2 at 10:00am. You can download the trial right here. It's...

Bungie recently did a new pass on Destiny 2's exotic weapons, tuning them up so that people will actually use them outside of the few meta min-maxed items for high-end content. It was long overdue, but they left out a huge aspect of the re-...

Bungie's showcase of Gambit, the upcoming PvPvE mode for Destiny 2, did what it needed to at E3: it convinced me that I'm still capable of getting back into this game -- and this is the mode to pull me in. Not new storylines or loot grinds ...

Platform exclusive wars have become fucking cat fights. When Sony famously took Microsoft to task on its E3 stage for its now-reversed regressive stance on used games, MS would in turn retort a few years later with double-generation backwar...

Directly following the announcement of the upcoming major Forsaken expansion, Bungie dropped some big news in their reveal stream -- the "season pass" concept is getting a complete overhaul. Rather than do the whole "one big expansion,...

Bungie has revealed the new expansion for Destiny 2, dubbed "Forsaken," and it looks like the first substantial update since launch. It takes place on the Tangled Shore (part of the Reef), and deals with a horde of prisoners -- or as B...

In what is one of the slowest cycles for a AAA game in recent memory, Bungie is slowly chipping away at issues in Destiny 2. It hasn't quite solved the content problem, given that the last two expansions were tiny and only introduced normal...

Destiny 2, much like the original, has been having a whole host of issues since launch. Bungie will often times just push the "go" button and deploy patches while closing their eyes, and all sorts of code will just rattle around in the proc...

Although they will have a presence at the show, Bungie is going ahead and skipping a full E3 reveal for its "Year 2" plans, and will instead reveal them completely ahead of time on June 5. The stream will take place on Bungie's Twitch chann...