Destiny 2
Bungie promises to fix Destiny 2's new metroid-style morph ball as it makes players sick and glitches out on ultrawide monitorsJul 19, 2025 - PC GamerDestiny 2's new expansion, Edge of Fate, is not having an easy time winning over players, with fewer returning to check it out and controversial balance changes souring the mood. You can also add making players physically ill to the list, with the game's new Matterspark prompting widespread complaints of motion sickness... Read more.Destiny 2 dev denies accusations that The Edge of Fate introduced 'stealth nerfs' after players identify missing changes in the expansion's massive changelog: 'We would be completely out of our minds if we thought we could slip something under the rug'Jul 19, 2025 - PC GamerDestiny 2's latest expansion The Edge of Fate is already facing an uphill battle, launching with the lowest concurrent player counts for a Destiny 2 expansion ever, while the community rail against a raft of controversial mechanical changes detailed in some of the longest patch notes Bungie has ever produced. Now, it turns out that the aforementioned changelog was still not long enough, with Bungie apologising for missing out numerous adjustments that players have claimed are "stealth nerfs"... Read more.Destiny 2: The Desert Perpetual Raid Race is LiveJul 19, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsWatch Evanf1997 and CBGray spotlight fireteams from around the globe as they compete to become the World First Race winners. Here’s the one Destiny 2 Portal modifier that makes A-grade easy, showering you with new loot in The Edge of FateJul 18, 2025 - PC GamerWith the launch of The Edge of Fate expansion, we’re introduced to yet approach to gear and levelling in Destiny 2, including Armour 3.0 and world/gear tiers. I swear it’s a yearly overhaul at this point. But boy, what a grind it is this time around, pushing us towards the Portal—a brand-new ‘main menu’ so to speak—to climb through the ranks. While it's already caused some controversy, such as stealing the spotlight from the iconic Director screen (and sapping much of its personality), Portal does a cool trick up its sleeve: customisable modifiers... Read more.With Steam launch concurrents at an all-time low for Destiny 2's latest expansion, I think Bungie is finally paying the price for years of mistakes—the biggest being the time it removed paid contentJul 18, 2025 - PC GamerThis week, a new expansion launched for Destiny 2. The Edge of Fate marks the start of a brand new saga—and ushers in a major overhaul to some key systems, seemingly aimed at making the game more accessible for newcomers and more sticky for its remaining playerbase. In theory, then, this should be a big moment—a new adventure, and a shot in the arm for an aging shooter... Read more.This Week In Destiny - 07/17/2025Jul 17, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsThis Week in Destiny, we launched The Edge of Fate and now we are getting ready for The Desert Perpetual raid when it goes live on Saturday. And we guess you are doing that too! So, how about we jump right into today's topics so we can all go back to doing that? Yes, we want to play, too! The Edge of Fate!!!Voice Acting UpdateNew raid incomingBrief 003Season: Reclamation is hereNew Bungie Rewards availableBungie Foundation updateRead the rest of the TWID here.How to complete the Vessel of the Nine quest in Destiny 2: The Edge of FateJul 17, 2025 - PC GamerThe first side quest you're likely to run into in Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate, Vessel of the Nine, is all about none other than Lodi and helping him get to grips with his situation. It's a brilliant story, but the actual quest steps leave a lot to be desired. Specifically, the objective markers seem to be even more broken than usual, causing it to be an unnecessarily confusing quest... Read more.Destiny 2: How to get Graviton Spike, its intrinsic upgrades, and catalystJul 17, 2025 - PC Gamercquiring the Graviton Spike exotic hand cannon in Destiny 2's new The Edge of Fate expansion is likely the first thing you'll want to do after you complete the main campaign. For one, you can't actually do it before, but grabbing the fancy new destination exotic has always been a nice post-campaign cooldown, solving a few lil’ puzzles and getting an exotic out of it... Read more.Destiny 2: The Desert Perpetual RaidJul 16, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsGather your fireteam and prepare for Destiny 2’s next great challenge . The Desert Perpetual World First Raid race begins on July 19 at 10 AM PT. Contest mode will be enabled for the first 48 hours. Destiny 2 Phoneutria Fera god roll guide: Best perks, barrels, and magazinesJul 16, 2025 - PC GamerThe Edge of Fate expansion adds a few new weapon archetypes to Destiny 2, including a new shotgun-style hand cannon known as a spreadshot. The Phoneutria Fera god roll has a handful of perks to help showcase the power of this new weapon type, and all you need to do to get it is complete activities on Kepler... Read more.Destiny 2 Solemn Remembrance god roll guide: Best perks, barrels, and magazinesJul 16, 2025 - PC GamerStealing the weapon model of the iconic Luna's Howl and Not Forgotten, it should be no surprise that the Solemn Remembrance god roll is tearing it up in PvP (and even in PvE) in Destiny 2 The Edge of Fate. It's a precision frame hand cannon that you don't want to miss, though it comes with a handful of new perks that make it tricky to figure out the best drops... Read more.How to solve each mystery in Destiny 2: The Edge of FateJul 16, 2025 - PC GamerSolving each mystery in Destiny 2's new The Edge of Fate expansion is a great way to get Tier 2 gear, as it's guaranteed to drop from each chest you open. The only caveat is that you'll need upgrades acquired on Kepler to open these ability chests. If you don't have said upgrade, you'll get a little message prompt, but each one has a symbol at the end of it that matches one of the Kepler abilities in the triumphs menu... Read more.How to complete the Fallow mission in Destiny 2: The Edge of FateJul 16, 2025 - PC GamerCompleting the Fallow mission in Destiny 2's new The Edge of Fate expansion is surprisingly tricky because of one specific moment during the final Devastator Mind boss. The rest is relatively straightforward—you Matterspark and fight your way through the Aionian Campus, and get introduced to the Uplifted Choral Minotaurs; enemies you have to defeat to un-shield destructible vex nodes you can then destroy to remove a barrier... Read more.Bungie says it's 'actively re-recording' some voice lines for Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate after fans notice one of the game's best-known heroes suddenly sounds like one of its most notorious villainsJul 15, 2025 - PC GamerDestiny 2: The Edge of Fate is out today and, while there are a few "emergent issues" on Bungie's radar, so far it seems to be going pretty well, which is nice. Some players were surprised by one seeming change, though: The voice of Ikora Rey, the Warlock Vanguard, seemed a little off. There's a reason for that, as it turns out, and it'll be changed back soon enough anyway... Read more.Destiny 2: The Edge of FateJul 15, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsThe Fate Saga begins in Destiny 2 with The Edge of Fate. Guardians will track a mysterious signal to a location at the edge of the solar system, where they will uncover a truth that redefines their future. The Future Is Now A new adventure and the start of a new saga in Destiny 2. World tiers allow Guardians to select the level of difficulty that is right for them and reap the rewards that come with victory. Higher tiers offer more challenge, additional narrative threads, new secrets to uncover, and more powerful gear to collect. Access Kepler’s Secrets Hidden deep within Sol, a new destination awaits: the mysterious planetoid of Kepler. Explore a lost human settlement and forgotten Fallen houses, and encounter new characters, all affected by a mysterious Anomaly that has twisted the destination into something menacing. Destination Abilities Push the limit of your Guardian’s capabilities by tapping into dark matter and unlocking enemy technology with Kepler’s new destination abilities. New Foes Two new enemy combatants have entered the fray. Cut down swarming masses of Vex drones known as Kobolds, and face diabolical hovering Fallen Corsairs, each intent on standing in the way of your success.Destiny 2 The Desert Perpetual raid release date and timeJul 15, 2025 - PC GamerThe Edge of Fate kicks off the next era of Destiny 2 with a trippy campaign premise all about the Nine, and that's going to be further expanded upon once the The Desert Perpetual release time rolls around. From the brief glimpse we've had so far, it looks to give us more of a look at the Nine's realm of Eternity, and I'm all here for it... Read more.All Destiny 2 gear tiers and how to earn each oneJul 15, 2025 - PC GamerDon't worry, you're not the only one trying to get their head around the new Destiny 2 gear tier system. Not only is Bungie introducing armour set bonuses and completely revamping armour stats and archetypes, it's also adding a new tiered gear system for weapons and armour, compartmentalising the loot you get into five different levels... Read more.Destiny 2 Armour 3.0: Stat changes and archetypes in The Edge of FateJul 14, 2025 - PC Gamers its name suggests, Armour 3.0 is yet another sweeping overhaul to the way your armour works in Destiny 2. Third time's the charm, right? Armour 2.0 was introduced with Shadowkeep back in 2019, and I'd say it's time for a change anyhow. Armour 3.0 is a total makeover, bringing major changes to all new armour in The Edge of Fate and beyond, which includes brand new stats and armour archetypes... Read more.Destiny 2 armour set bonuses and how to get themJul 14, 2025 - PC GamerWhile Destiny 2 loves to style itself as an MMO, it's been missing one crucial component all these years—my favourite part of the genre, in fact—and that's armour set bonuses. Sure, armour stats have occasionally mattered over the years, but the actual armour you were wearing was just a means to an end. Well, The Edge of Fate update is about to change that, at least a little bit... Read more.Destiny 2 The Edge of Fate release time and maintenance startJul 14, 2025 - PC GamerThe Destiny 2 The Edge of Fate release time is soon to be upon us, and as with previous years, maintenance downtime will start a bit earlier, letting Bungie hopefully launch the expansion with minimal turbulence—not that I'm exactly hopeful on that count... Read more.Destiny 2 Had a Peak of Over 200k Concurrent Players During its First Day on SteamOct 2, 2019 - GitHypWith Bungie and Activision officially parting ways, yesterday marked Destiny 2's first day on Steam after leaving the Blizzard launcher.
Now free-to-play on Steam with a brand new $34.99 "Shadowkeep" expansion, Destiny 2 peaked with 219k concurrent players on Tuesday.
That number might have been even higher if not for technical issues that prevented many users from logging in and Bungie taking the game down for “emergency maintenance.”
However, with Mostly Positive reviews right now on Steam, it doesn't seem like said issues being fixed tomorrow will have a drastic impact on the player counts.
Destiny 2's player count hitting 200k was enough to help the game rank in as the #3 most played game on Steam for a couple hours yesterday. But D2's numbers were far behind yesterday's peaks for Steam's top 3 games: Dota 2 (606k players), CS:GO (605k players), and PUBG (566k players).
Destiny's biggest competition over the years has been the growing popularity of Warframe -- a similar free-to-play loot shooter -- which is still in Steam's top 10 averaging around 50k concurrent players and peaking at 132k players back in November 2018.
Yesterday also marked the first time we've ever been able to see Destiny's actual player counts. So, it'll be interesting to see if Destiny 2 is able to grow any more to compete with PUBG or if its player base will decline closer to Warframe's numbers.
However, with Mostly Positive reviews right now on Steam, it doesn't seem like said issues being fixed tomorrow will have a drastic impact on the player counts.
Destiny 2's player count hitting 200k was enough to help the game rank in as the #3 most played game on Steam for a couple hours yesterday. But D2's numbers were far behind yesterday's peaks for Steam's top 3 games: Dota 2 (606k players), CS:GO (605k players), and PUBG (566k players).
Destiny's biggest competition over the years has been the growing popularity of Warframe -- a similar free-to-play loot shooter -- which is still in Steam's top 10 averaging around 50k concurrent players and peaking at 132k players back in November 2018.
Yesterday also marked the first time we've ever been able to see Destiny's actual player counts. So, it'll be interesting to see if Destiny 2 is able to grow any more to compete with PUBG or if its player base will decline closer to Warframe's numbers.
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