Destiny 2 News

Bungie Is Finally Nerfing the Best Origin Trait in Destiny 2

Better use Krait, Fire and Forget, Taipan, Funnelweb, and basically every Veist weapon while you can because with the release of Lightfall later this month, Bungie is finally checking the pow...

Destiny 2 is Boosting Kinetic Weapons in Lightfall

Kinetic weapons have been in an odd place for a while now in Destiny 2. With the addition of Stasis weapons in the kinetic slot, regular old bullets seem a little lackluster in comp...

You Can Focus a Seasonal Deepsight Weapon Daily Next Week in Destiny 2

With the Lightfall expansion rapidly approaching in Destiny 2, developer Bungie is making it easier for folks to craft all those seasonal weapons from last year. Announced today via the This...

The Destiny 2 Narrative Team on Season of the Seraph's Storyline

In the run-up to Lightfall, Fanbyte recently had the opportunity to speak with Liz Baker and Nikko Stevens, two members of the Destiny narrative team, about the Destiny...

Destiny 2 Makes Sandbox Changes in Run-Up to Lightfall

Another This Week at Bungie delves deep into a lot of Destiny 2 balance changes as we get ready for the Lightfall expansion (and its subsequent seasons). One such area that’s being a...

Destiny 2 is Removing Freelance Matchmaking Nodes from PVP

Crucible Matchmaking in Destiny 2 has been something of a hot-button issue in the game for the last little while. Bungie has been open about the challenges involved in designing matchmak...

Champion Changes Coming to Destiny 2 in Lightfall

One of the most irritating aspects of endgame Destiny 2 content is Champions. These enemies have powerful abilities (teleportation, impenetrable barriers, etc.) that can only be shu...

Big Changes to Mods Coming to Destiny 2 in Lightfall

Big changes are coming to mods in Destiny 2 in Lightfall. In a news post on their site today, Bungie explained some of the changes players have been anticipating to th...

Destiny 2 Increasing Deepsight Drop Rates For All Raids

Weapon crafting in Destiny 2 can be a bit of a pain sometimes. In order to craft a weapon, you need to first obtain Deepsight drops of it. That’s not too bad for seasonal weapons, w...

We Should Turn The Destiny 2 Postmaster into a Gun

Of all of the threats that Guardians have faced in Destiny 2 — vast armies, alien gods, time traveling robots — none can match the malice and cruelty of the game’s true antagonist: the P...

Iron Banner Changes Coming to Destiny 2 Later This Month

Prospective Iron Lords, Bungie has heard your cries — when Iron Banner returns to Destiny 2 later this month, it’ll be undergoing some changes.

Destiny 2 Hotfix 6.3.0.3 Addresses Crucible Quitting Penalties

A hotfix applied to Destiny 2 today addressed Crucible Quickplay quitter penalties, among other things. A post on Bungie’s site details the full changelist, which includes the resol...

Could We Get Allied Vex in Destiny 2?

Over the last few years of Destiny 2, multiple factions that were once blood enemies with the Guardians have put aside their differences to form alliances with the Tower. First, in Seaso...

Destiny 2 is Unlocking All Armor Mods for All Players

Earlier today, the official Destiny 2 Twitter account made an announcement: starting January 11, 2023, all standard armor mods will be available to all players. Historically, these...

Big Changes Coming to Destiny 2 Abilities in Season 19

In today’s This Week at Bungie post, the Destiny 2 developer outlined changes coming to the game’s abilities in season 19. Given the dominance of abilities over gunplay after this y...

It's a Good Week to Play Mayhem in Destiny 2

Mayhem is the featured Crucible playlist in Destiny 2 this week, and if you’re behind on your seasonal challenges, it’s a great time to hop in and get some of them done. While there...

I'm a Warlock Main and Well of Radiance Needs a Nerf in Destiny 2

Well of Radiance needs a nerf in Destiny 2. There, I said it. I know that’s probably an unpopular sentiment — Warlocks have so little, Well is such a fundamental ability, and so on. But that’...

The Iron Banner Reputation Grind is Ridiculous in Destiny 2

We’ve all been playing Iron Banner for about a week now in Destiny 2, and while I’m thrilled to be playing something other than Rift, boy is the reputation system a slog. First, you have...

Destiny 2 Fan Pays Tribute to the Corn Kid and it's Delightful

If you have yet to hear “It’s Corn” by schmoyoho, which is a anthemic remix of a Recess Therapy conversation with a cool kid named Tariq who is a big fan of corn, I’m sorry that you haven’t felt the j...

In Praise of Fallout's Quick and Dirty Destiny 2 Xur Videos

I don’t watch a lot of YouTube videos to get information on games. If I’m looking for a guide or explanation of something, I’d typically rather just read some text than watch a video — and it doesn’t...