Official Site: Destiny 2
Studio:Â Bungie
Launch Date: September 6, 2017
Genre:Â MMO sci-fi shooter
Business Model:Â B2P
Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC
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Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
Destiny 2 doubles up its glory in the competitive crucible
Glory, glory, hallelujah, twice the glory, hallelujah. Yes, a patch has been deployed for the competitive crucible playlist in Destiny 2, and it increases the...
The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends
If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...
Destiny 2’s Season of the Drifter will bring new game modes, PvP maps, and more starting March 5th
With the arrival of March, Destiny 2 says goodbye to the Season of the Forge and hello to Season of the Drifter, the second...
Activision Blizzard expected to slash jobs after flat sales, loss of Destiny 2
Storm clouds are gathering above Activision Blizzard, a portent of bad sales and dire predictions: The publisher is expected to cut "hundreds" of jobs this week...
More MMO Valentine’s Day events: Black Desert, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, MapleStory 2, Revelation Online, and Wizard101
Hearts and chocolates and flowers continue to invade MMOs all around us. Bree here, reporting from the front lines of the invasion. Here are...
New Destiny 2 update retools and rebalances supers, heralds the return of The Last Word
There are some changes coming to Destiny 2 in tomorrow's update, and they're pretty big -- super, even. That's right, the update will bring...
There’s another investor suit mounting against Activision, this one alleging fraud in Bungie split
The controversy over the sudden split between Destiny 2 developer Bungie and longtime publishing partner Activision continues with the announcement that "global investor rights...
Bungie reiterates its commitment to Destiny 2 long-term as it previews short-term goals
Since last week's revelation that Activision and Bungie were parting ways and sending Destiny home to live with its real dad - oh yeah,...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2019
Working in this field has given me something of a sense of how a lot of the industry is going to play out. Take...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 204: SpatialOS spasms
Justin and Bree discuss the Unity vs. SpatialOS showdown, the Destiny 2 Activision split and investigation, Elite's massive event, big updates for Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, and LOTRO, plus our adventures in ESO, LOTRO, SWG, and DDO, and reader mail on games that don't click with you, the MMOs we'd like to see built, and video game eyeballs.
The Bungie-Activision split could herald tough times ahead for Destiny 2
Following last week's announcement that Bungie would be cutting its business ties with Activision and taking sole control of Destiny 2, fans and players...
Activision investors are now investigating whether the Bungie split involves securities fraud
Two days ago, Activision and Bungie announced an early split of their long-running partnership, a split that transferred publishing rights for the franchise back...
What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies
Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...
Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Weirdest MMO cross promotion
Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for weirdest MMO cross promotion. And the winner is...
Battle Bards’ 2018 roundup of MMO soundtracks
Every other week here at Massively OP you might see a post go up promoting the Battle Bards podcast. While not an official podcast...
There are no Blizzard games in the November 2018 SuperData games revenue ranking, not even WoW
I did a little double-take when I read SuperData's November 2018 games industry revenue ranking piece today, and not because the title and intro...
Destiny 2 rings in the holidays with the Dawning event
After all the trials and tragedies that have befallen them over the course of Forsaken, Destiny 2's Guardians could use a bit of holiday...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later?
So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.
Destiny 2 previews some new weapons arriving with The Black Armory
Tomorrow, Bungie will be unlocking the gates to Destiny 2's Black Armory, which will be bringing with it new missions, new locations, and of...
