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 OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG
Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.
Destiny 2 upgrades to new consoles, plans clan XP event
With Curse of Osiris and season two on the way for Destiny 2, the team at Bungie has some time to fill with events...
One Shots: The party at the end of all things
Do not be alarmed.
Your brain is now under our control, but that is a good thing. You no longer have to worry about the...
Destiny 2 once again denies misidentifying cheaters in latest ban wave
When Destiny 2 launched on PC just two weeks ago, the cheater ban waves began. Players revolted, arguing that they hadn't been cheating and...
One Shots: The drinks are on us
Last week's (last) call for tavern and inn images seemed to bring out the nostalgic in all of our readers. It certainly didn't take...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2017: Destiny 2 tops console charts, WoW monthly users are ‘stable’
If you were expecting big news out of Activision-Blizzard's Q3 2017 financial report... sorry to disappoint you, but you've probably heard the big news...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris brings Mercury, a level cap increase, and another Firefly actor
Ready for Destiny 2's next big thing? You have about a month to prepare.
Curse of Osiris, the first major post-launch content update for the sci-fi...
Destiny 2’s players grumble over lack of social features; Bungie posts Curse of Osiris release date, trailer
The original Destiny featured such robust social features as poorly managed chat options and a total dearth of social features to help people form...
The MOP Up: Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet announced (October 29, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Destiny 2 passes the baton to the live team, outlines future updates
"Right now at Bungie, we’ve passed the development torch from the people that made Destiny 2 to the people who will sustain it."
With both...
The Daily Grind: Are you an MMORPG gamer playing Destiny 2?
Pretty much the entire time between when Destiny 1 was announced and the day Destiny 2 was confirmed for PC, every single article we...
Bungie now says it’s unbanning Destiny 2 players ‘banned in error’
Remember how yesterday Destiny 2's community was all freaked out about account bans they believed were being caused by use of overlays from programs...
Battle Bards Episode 108: Vampires and werewolves
Here’s a musical episode that you can really sink your teeth into! Your… ear teeth? In any case, the Battle Bards are evaluating our...
SuperData declares Destiny 2 the ‘fastest selling digital console game in history’
SuperData's September 2017 video gaming market global revenue analysis should make Bungie happy, whether or not it was bleeding players ahead of the Destiny 2...
Bungie denies Destiny 2 community claims that third-party apps are triggering PC permabans [Updated]
We've updated with Bungie's latest statement at the end of this post.
It's a classic case of he said, she said: the MMO edition.
Following yesterday's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 141: Mouse invasions and elf butts
Justin and Bree discuss MMORPG Halloween, Trove, World of Warcraft, EverQuest II, DDO, Life is Feudal, Bless, Destiny 2, and Project Gorgon, with a mailbag question on how and whether we should all be supporting struggling MMOs.
Blizzard’s Battle.net has officially expanded to be a little more social
All right, so rebranding the Battle.net app didn't work out as well as Blizzard had hoped. But the company remains bound and determined to...
Destiny 2 finally arrives on PC, plans four seasons for first year, and becomes best-selling 2017 game
It's a glorious day for PC players, as they are being welcomed into Bungie's sci-fi universe with the release of Destiny 2.
It's been a...
Destiny 2 PC preloading has begun, while console daily logins decline
PC fans, your time is almost here: You're finally getting a Destiny game on your platform. In fact, if you've already purchased Destiny 2, then...
