In a chat that also featured him talking about handhelds for the many-th time this year, Xbox's Phil Spencer has had some thoughts on where the games industry's at in 2024. What's he said, you ask? Well, "We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles", a line that definitely doesn't seem like it might potentially be a bit of a cheeky jab at a certain rather expensive console that came out pretty recently.
]]>Halo 2 had a bit of a troubled development, and now a couple of important designers have shared their perspective on working on it.
]]>The release of Bungie's Marathon reboot was pushed back into 2025 this time last year, amid layoffs at the publisher. Thankfully for those craving updates on the game, which there's been relative radio silence on, here's a fresh update on it from game director Joe Ziegler.
]]>Netflix has reportedly closed its in-house triple-A game studio known as "Team Blue", with a number of high profile developers it'd hired to be part of that studio, as part of its efforts to expand into the video game sphere, having left the company.
]]>Bungie has announced that starting in 2025, it'll be switching to offering two "medium-sized" expansions for Destiny 2 per year, rather than the annual expansions it'd previously constructed its plans around. Why? Well, according the game's director, things were getting "too rigid" and feel a bit "formulaic" in terms of these add-ons.
]]>Hoping to learn more about whatever Destiny 2's Codename Frontiers is? Bungie has some details to share with you next week.
]]>Sometimes you just can’t predict whether a game will be the next big thing, so it’s not worth kicking yourself if you get that call wrong. Or at least that seems to be the philosophy of Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who says that he doesn’t regret not making the original Destiny and Guitar Hero platform exclusives, even if those calls look a bit questionable in hindsight.
]]>Following Chris Barrett having been replaced as director of the Marathon reboot earlier this year, a new report is claming that the veteran developer was fired from Bungie following an internal investigation into misconduct.
]]>Starfield finally got its first land vehicle this week, via a free update Bethesda revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live alongside the Shattered Space DLC’s release date. While it almost definitely won’t convert you if you weren’t already interested in playing more of the game, it is at least spawning an inevitable array of interesting vehicle mods.
]]>It reportedly didn't matter whether Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion delivered a "blockbuster performance", Bungie's latest layoffs were in the works prior to its release and "couldn't be avoided" even if the much-hyped bit of DLC, which garnered a positive reception, had been a runaway commercial success.
]]>Since Bungie was acquired by Sony back in February 2022 for $3.6 billion, the Destiny 2 developer's CEO Pete Parsons has seemingly spent over $2 million on classic cars and motorcycles via auction site Bring A Trailer. A number of the account in question's purchases have come in the months surrounding mass layoffs at Bungie.
]]>UPDATE (01/08/24, 08:33 AM BST): Jason Schreier has now tweeted that, rather than the 75 initially specified, he's been told that "closer to 40 people are moving from Bungie's incubation team to the new Sony studio".
]]>Sorry, fans of the live-action Halo TV series, which proved a bit controversial at time, but did end up winning a fair few folks over. After two seasons, it's set to be cancelled by Paramount+, which has served as its home up until this point. Though, it sounds at though this might not necessarily be the end of the road.
]]>Hello. Remember Splitgate? Well, its sequel, Splitgate 2, has just been revealed and is set to arrive in 2025.
]]>From the moment of its release, players have been calling out The First Descendant for how much, inspiration, it takes from other popular loot shooters. The two most commonly cited examples are Warframe and Destiny 2.
]]>From the moment of its reveal, many players’ feelings on The First Descendant were that it’s a hodgepodge of mechanics, ideas, systems, structures and designs found in other popular live service loot shooters.
]]>Destiny 2 is currently in its 10th year, and Bungie has promised more for Year 11, but it will apparently focus more on "world-building" than linear storytelling.
]]>Hi. There's an expansion coming out this week. It's called Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree and you probably haven't heard much about it. Anyway, within a day of the reviews of it coming out ahead of its arrival on June 21, it's casually become the highest rated game of 2024 and the highest rated DLC ever among critics on Metacritic.
]]>Bungie revealed a look at some upcoming Destiny 2 episodes today, but it also offered a very vague tease for the future of the series.
]]>Another remaster of Halo: Combat Evolved looks to be in the works, and - close your eyes if you've attatched your happiness to a certain green brand in a rather unhealthy manner - could be in consideration for a release on PS5, in what would be a pretty noteworthy moment for a series that's long been considered one of Xbox's hallmark exclusives.
]]>Destiny 2 players booted up the game en masse yesterday excited to experience The Final Shape expansion for on launch day. But while these guardians were keen to see the defeat of The Witness firsthand, they've been able to witness very little as error messages and server issues plague the game a full day later.
]]>So, Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion. It's bringing some pretty big changes with it when it properly arrives on June 4, but before then Bungie's decided to give us a nice idea of just how much install space it'll require. Via Steam, for both the game and the expansion you might be looking at...er...something like five times the size of one Elden Ring install.
]]>Bungie has now won its lawsuit against Destiny 2 cheat sellers AimJunkies/ Phoenix Digital, though it's not much of a win.
]]>Microsoft is reportedly considering a "no red line" approach to porting games to PlayStation consoles, in a new strategy to increase margins for its released video games. According to a report by Windows Central, this would include even the company's most excusive and beloved IPs.
]]>Hello, Helldivers 2 people. And Star Wars people. You'll both be glad to know that there's a mod pack in the works which'll bring both of those two things together, by visually transforming the shooter into the perfect tool to re-enact some Clone Wars battles.
]]>While you wait for Marathon, why don't you play Marathon, the classic Bungie shooter that's currently free on Steam.
]]>Classic Marathon, the revival of Bungie's classic first-person shooter released in 1994 for Macintosh, is now available and free-to-play on Steam for Mac and PC.
]]>Sony has made three Destiny 2 expansions free to play through its Expansion Open Access incentive.
]]>Sony, yes, the company behind PlayStation, is reportedly considering making a bid to buy Paramount, the massive media that currently has the likes of Nickelodeon and MTV, as well as Paramount Pictures and Paramount+ - though you might well have been able to guess those latter two - under its umbrella.
]]>Hello there, Destiny 2 people. Bungie's just dropped a huge update on its plans for the game's much-hyped next big expansion, the Final Shape, and there's a lot of stuff to unpack. For example, there's a new sublclass, Prismatic, which looks like it'll basically let you revamp how all of the game's existing classes play, as well as, er, achieve the enlightement required to lob some new grenades.
]]>It’s been a rough last little bit for Bungie, despite Destiny 2 having continued to get some interesting little additions from time to time. Now, the studio’s Marathon reboot has switched directors, amid reports of a wider shakeup going on around the shooter.
]]>Ok, so, you remember Halo and Destiny co-composer Marty O'Donnell, known for putting together the soundtracks to your childhood with the likes of Michael Salvatori? Well, he’s now running for US congress in Nevada, with a campaign site that looks like something a lovechild of Master Chief and Captain America might appear behind.
]]>I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a bit of chatter going on at the moment about Xbox and exclusivity, with a recent job listing at 343 Industries that might - depending on how you interpret it - suggest that the next Halo game could be available across multiple platforms being the latest thing to get people talking.
]]>Bungie has announced a collaboration with BioWare which will see Mass Effect-inspired items added to Destiny 2.
]]>Pablo Schreiber, the actor who portrays the live action version of Master Chief in the Halo series, has some choice words for those that don't like the helmet-less Spartan.
]]>Roughly one month before its premiere, a new trailer for season 2 of the Halo TV series on Paramount+ has arrived, and it's full of action and grit.
]]>If you think the one big thing missing from Starfield is a touch of Bungie shooter magic (ok, you probably don’t, but bear with me), a new mod that adds Destiny 2’s Exos to it as a playable race is definitely worth checking out.
]]>The Epic Games Store is offering folks the Destiny 2: Legacy Collection for free.
]]>Destiny 2 developer Bungie could potentially lose its independence under Sony in the event that it falls too far short of meeting its financial targets, a report claims.
]]>The first trailer for the second season of the Halo TV series is here, giving us a first look at the very thing the name is based on (it's a Halo).
]]>Following substantial backlash from players, Destiny 2’s recently released Starter Pack DLC has been yanked from storefronts.
]]>While we've known about it for weeks now, Bungie has officially delayed its upcoming Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape.
]]>Bungie is collaborating with CD Projekt Red to bring Geralt of Rivia to Destiny 2 - sort of.
]]>Destiny 2 has entered seemingly its worst chapter since it first released - which is really saying a lot. After Bungie laid off "around 8%" of staff recently, reports came out suggesting that a sharp drop in revenue is partly to blame for the layoffs.
]]>The Game Awards announced its nominees last night, yet Destiny 2 has landed a Best Community Support nomination despite Bungie laying off numerous community managers.
]]>Bungie has released an official blog post acknowledging the substantial layoffs put upon staff who've been working on Destiny 2, as well as assuring fans that the upcoming expansion for the MMOFPS would be "an unforgettable Destiny experience". This comes as fans mourn the departure of various key figures in the game's development.
]]>What keeps you coming back to Destiny 2, year in, year out? Is it the best-in-class gunplay? The labyrinthine lore? A sense of Stockholm Syndrome for a game that’s already eaten away at a decade of your life? A bit of all of the above? It’s nebulous, isn’t it, this game – this strange hybrid of MMO and FPS. From the moment I took up the mantle of Guardian, blinking to life in the plaid light of the Cosmodrome with Peter Dinklage’s tired voice beckoning me to fight, I knew Destiny was special – the sort of game I’d be playing for years.
]]>The recent layoffs at Bungie were reportedly motivated, at least in part, by poor player retention numbers for Destiny 2 in the aftermath of the Lightfall expansion.
]]>Bungie, the studio behind Destiny 2 and the upcoming Marathon reboot, has been hit by layoffs, the exact scope of which currently remains unclear.
]]>Following layoffs at Bungie, the developer's next expansion for Destiny 2, The Final Shape, alongside the upcoming Marathon have been delayed.
]]>I don't have a driving licence. I can't drive a car. People assume I can because I like games with cars in them. I don't bother to correct people anymore, as I'm almost 41 years old and I simply can't be bothered. If you've ever imagined me driving a car because you assumed I could drive a car and this revelation has shaken you to your core, changing your worldview and altering your very existence on this earth, I'm sorry. To be clear, I have been in cars, just not driven them. I mostly walk places.
]]>Whether it’s Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Sean Bean in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, or Terrence Stamp in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, there are numerous examples of big name hollywood actors showing up in video games, and it’s always an exciting little surprise to hear a familiar voice that isn’t Troy Baker. But sometimes, there are cameos or guest starring roles that aren’t even particularly well advertised. Did you know, for example, that Lynda Carter of Wonder Woman fame played every female Nord and Orc NPC in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion?
]]>Bungie has announced in its latest Destiny 2 this Week at Bungie blog a major change to the game's economy. Legendary Shards, one of the game's many, many currencies is going away.
]]>Bungie has delivered a big reveal livestream for Destiny 2: The Final Shape, the next expansion in the long-running loot shooter series. The Final Shape is the final chapter of what Bungie has retroactively been referring to as The Light and Darkness Saga.
]]>Though the timing may be awkward, considering the other major livestream taking place today, it's nonetheless time to see how Bungie plans to end Destiny 2's first arc with the reveal of The Final Shape.
]]>Bungie has shed a bit of light on one of its in development projects, which is apparently partially inspired by "frog-type games."
]]>Destiny 2 is looking to change things up with Season 23, and game director Joe Blackburn says that there will be an "all-new mechanic" in the next season.
]]>The Xbox 360 first launched in 2005, and if you were fortunate enough to not encounter the ‘Red Ring of Death’ that the earlier consoles suffered from, then you were set for a good few years of gaming.
]]>Before the release of Destiny 2: Beyond Light, there was a very important weapon at the heart of the game – the controversial, amazing, badly-judged grenade launcher, The Mountaintop.
]]>Bungie's upcoming extraction shooter Marathon has apparently added Halo Infinite's multiplayer lead to its team.
]]>Bungie has grown itself into a studio that's capable of handling more than a single game. As the developer continues to pump out content for Destiny 2, there's no end in sight for when support for the long-running loot shooter is going to end - even if The Final Shape expansion sounds like the end of the road for major content.
]]>Bungie has said it will credit and compensate an artist whose Destiny 2 fanart was "mistakenly" used in a recently added cutscene.
]]>Believe it or not, Halo was actually at not-E3 this year. You didn't miss it during the Xbox Showcase, instead it made a brief but lovely appearance at the Ubisoft Forward event last night. Both Master Chief and The Arbiter are coming to Brawlhalla.
]]>Bungie will host a Destiny 2 Showcase event on August 22 where it will fully reveal The Final Shape.
]]>It's been a long time coming, but we've finally got word on what Bungie has been cooking up over the past few years.
]]>Destiny 2 Bounties are making a comeback for the sequel. On September 27 for a very limited amount of time, you'll be able to head into the Crucible with a Fireteam and try to find and take down a team comprised of four Bungie developers. We'll run down the rewards for taking down the team, as well as their identities, in this Destiny 2 Bounties guide.
]]>A Destiny 2 Fireteam isn't exactly the easiest thing to put together, especially if you don't have anyone on your friends list who happens to be playing the game. In this Destiny 2 Fireteam Finder guide, we'll be walking you through how to put together your very own squad, no matter which platform you're playing on.
]]>Whenever the three Destiny 2 Factions reappear in the Tower, you'll be able to pledge your allegiance to one of them, and then trade in Faction Rally Tokens to your side, in exchange for various rewards. In this Destiny 2 Faction Rally event guide, we'll be walking you through how to pledge your allegiance to one side, as well as how to earn Faction Rally Tokens.
]]>Destiny 2 Glimmer functions as the main currency of the game, and it's the most common item you'll earn from fallen enemies, as well as trading with merchants. In this Destiny 2 Glimmer guide, we'll be walking you through how to earn Glimmer quickly, as well as what you can actually spend Glimmer on once you've stocked up on the currency.
]]>In this Destiny 2 Power level guide, we'll be going over the best methods to enhance your Power level once it reaches a certain point in the endgame. The Power level that most people tend to stall at is 265, but we'll be running down methods to help you increase your Power level no matter where you're at, so you cn hit the Destiny 2 Power Level cap in no time.
]]>Destiny 2 introduces the new currency of Legendary Shards, and they work in tandem with one of the more infamous vendors in the game. In this Destiny 2 Legendary Shards guide, we'll be walking you through how to get Legendary Shards quickly in Destiny 2, so you've got no shortage of the mysterious items.
]]>In this Destiny 2 Damage Types and Weapons guide we’ll explain how enemies and weapons have different damage types. We’ll explain how this corresponds to their Arc, Solar, and Void damage type, and look at Kinetic damage. In short, this Destiny 2 guide will explain what the orange, purple and blue shields mean that you see around certain enemies, and how best to deal with those enemies.
]]>In this Destiny 2 Riptide Story mission guide we’ll help you restore power to the station. It’s not as simple as you’re told, meaning the instruction to get in and flip a switch soon becomes multifaceted and more dangerous. There are plenty of enemies to take on during the Destiny 2 Riptide mission, so follow our walkthrough and guide tips to make it through in one piece.
]]>In this Destiny 2 Hope mission walkthrough guide, we’ll help you through the first mission set on Titan. Complete the Hope mission in Destiny 2 and you’ll unlock the Riptide mission.
]]>In this Destiny 2 Combustion mission walkthrough guide, we’ll help you through the mission set by Devrim Kay on the European Dead Zone. Complete the Combustion mission in Destiny 2 and you’ll unlock Titan in the Director screen.
]]>If you've made it the very final boss fight of Destiny 2, then it's time to up your game and face Dominus Ghaul himself, the final boss of the main Destiny 2 campaign. In this Destiny 2 Ghaul boss guide, we'll be walking you through every attack you can expect from the big bad in Destiny 2, as well as the best weapons you should bring with you to take him down with.
]]>The currency of Silver is back in Destiny 2, and once you’ve managed to get your hands on some Destiny 2 Silver through purchasing it with real world money, you’ll be able to unlock some high ranking items from Tess Everis on the Farm. This Destiny 2 Silver Guide will tell you all you need to know about the currency, incuding all the Destiny 2 Silver prices, and what you can buy with silver.
]]>>Destiny 2 begins with a series of solo missions to set the scene for the game. This Destiny 2 Spark Mission Walkthrough will help you get through one of the early missions and tell you how to unlock the Farm and Crucible in Destiny 2. Follow this guide and you’ll breeze through Spark in no time at all.
]]>Your Destiny 2 Power level is going to be determined by the current gear you have equipped, but that's just one levelling system in Bungie's game. In this Destiny 2 Power level guide, we'll be walking you through how the game handles the levelling system, including how you can earn XP quickly and easily to increase your overall character level.
]]>Destiny 2 opens with a big bang, in the form of the Homecoming mission. In this complete Destiny 2 Homecoming walkthrough, we'll be taking you through the mission as easily as possible.
]]>Destiny 2 might have been out for two years now, but there's still a ton of content coming to Bungie's game. In this Destiny 2 beginner's guide, we'll be providing you with all the essential tips you need to get started with the game.
]]>Bungie has announced that it is raising the cost of Destiny 2's season passes by 20%, though in real world money it will technically cost more.
]]>PlayStation is supposedly due to receive 10 live service games by 2026, but PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst promises they'll cover a range of genres.
]]>Bungie has removed the Terminal Overload chest farm from Destiny 2: Lightfall, making the process of quickly acquiring reputation and loot far harder for the average player. Whether an honest trick or exhaustive exploit, the community is reeling nonetheless.
]]>Not every Destiny 2Destiny 2: Lightfall player was happy with the latest expansion, and Bungie has acknowledged it "missed the mark" in some places.
]]>Head of creative on Halo Infinite and cinematic director on the original three Halo games Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft.
]]>Following the passing of actor Lance Reddick, Bungie has shared that there are still "performances yet to come," in Destiny 2.
]]>A new hotfix landing in Destiny 2 Lightfall on March 23 is going to address a major issue that's been causing players grief since the start of the latest expansion's launch: finally, Cabal Thresher damage output is going to be nerfed.
]]>Prolific actor Lance Reddick passed away on Friday, March 17, from natural causes at the age of 60.
]]>There I was, kicking my heels after racing through an absurd amount of content the night of the Destiny 2 Weekly Reset – I’d done some main missions, done the social calls to catch up with each of my vendor pals, and was considering flexing my inner masochist in the Crucible to see out the night. Then, just as I swung my chair around and set my sights on Shaxx, a Reddit post caught my eye… “there’s a new Exotic quest called ‘The Variable’” it said.
]]>Destiny 2: Lightfall servers suddenly went down last night, as players were experiencing huge login queues, connectivity issues, and abrupt booting into orbit. This comes only a day before The Root of Nightmares raid.
]]>Today, as of the start of Week 2 of Lightfall, Bungie has added a new Exoitc Quest to Destiny 2. The weekly reset appears to have introduced this new quest line into the game, and it's not the first time we've seen the developer sneak in new content during one of its weekly refreshes, but it's been a while. I believe the last mission like this was Zero Hour – which was released about four years ago!
]]>Destiny 2 Lightfall currently sits at ‘mostly negative’ on Steam. Twitter and Reddit are awash with posts complaining about, highlighting issues with, and outright mocking the latest expansion. Even MyNameIsByf, a longstanding Destiny loyalist with a razor sharp eye for criticism and commentary, has expressed his profound disappointment with Lightfall and the future it sets up for Bungie.
]]>To Hero is the second part in a two-quest chain in Destiny 2: Lightfall, which forces you to do a bit of exploration and combat in order to nab some decent rewards.
]]>The Winterbite exotic glaive is one of the most sought-after weapons in the first week of Destiny 2: Lightfall. Not only is it hugely important lore-wise, but it’s also quite good too! As such, you’ll want to know how to get the Winterbite exotic glaive.
]]>With any Destiny 2 expansion there's a huge amount of content to dive into, and Destiny 2: Lightfall is no exception. Exotic quests, reputation to farm, weapon patterns to unlock and a new subclass to explore. It's easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of stuff to do. It's not quite as straight forward as you may expect.
]]>If you’ve recently started playing Destiny 2: Lightfall, you’re bound to start the hunt for Neptune region chests sooner rather than later.
]]>Destiny 2: Lightfall is out, and while the story itself is a mixed bag, we thankfully still have a raid on the horizon: The Root of Nightmares.
]]>Unfinished Business is an exotic quest in Destiny 2: Lightfall once the player has completed the main story of the expansion. It’s an important quest to complete as soon as possible, as doing so will grant you the Deterministic Chaos exotic machine gun.
]]>Soon after you are let loose on Neptune in Destiny 2: Lightfall, you’ll be introduced to Nimbus. He plays the part of your reputation vendor, offering plenty of loot and passive buffs to those who grind for his favour.
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