Official Site:Â Destiny
Studio:Â Bungie/Activision
Launch Date:Â September 9, 2014
Genre:Â Sci-Fi third-person shooter
Business Model:Â B2P (Cash Shop, DLC)
Platform: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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Massively Overthinking: Do you play MMO characters you like – or characters that are objectively good?
Earlier this week, some Massively OP writers were hanging out in team chat talking about favorite City of Heroes powersets from back in the...
Destiny’s latest update nerfs the Hunter Spectral Blades attack and adds a hidden Exotic quest
Update 2.2.2 of Destiny 2 -- which appropriately sounds a bit like you're saying "pew-pew-pew" when you read the version number aloud -- went...
Gamers warn that the AXS Mobile App needed to enter BlizzCon is ‘spyware level bad’
Those who are headed to this year's BlizzCon event are being required to use the AXS Mobile App as part of efforts to deter...
A string of high-profile departures from the Destiny 2 team has players worried
Although many members of the Destiny 2 community thought that Bungie's split with Activision-Blizzard would be good news for the studio, a recent wave...
Cool your jets: Destiny 2’s ‘Crucible isn’t going anywhere’
We've never known the internet to take things to extremes. I have only ever know the internet to be a measured and thoughtful place,...
PAX East 2019: Destiny’s Sword aims to take the ludonarrative into actual gameplay
They were called Failure Force, and they were the team that could never make a roll.
My roommate, my wife, and myself were playing a...
Kotaku’s Anthem exposé unmasks a studio in ‘crisis’ – and BioWare’s response is alarming
Kotaku has another lengthy expose up today, this one homing in on Anthem. Author Jason Schreier interviewed 19 Anthem (and Anthem-adjacent) developers to paint...
Destiny 2 outlines quality of life adjustments coming in Update 2.2.1
The weekly Destiny 2 report from Bungie is once again full of details for what's coming down the pipeline for the multiplayer shooter. Most...
The Daily Grind: Which ‘MMO-lite’ utilizes the best parts of the MMO genre?
One of the interesting twists and turns of the MMORPG market over the past decade is the rise of what we're starting to call...
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...
Global Chat: Off-the-cuff impressions of Anthem
If you like BioWare, high tech eye candy, blowing crap up, or riding the current wave of Hot New Game Releases, chances are that...
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...
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.
