Destiny 2 News

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is getting a grenade launcher that yeets worms at your enemies

Let's not bury the lede: The Witch Queen is getting a gun that shoots Hive worms. This is not the first time Destiny 2 has experimented with grenade launchers that shoot something other than grenades—The Colony and its mechanical spiders say hello—but it is the most gribbly. Parasite is just one of a number of new Exotic weapons introduced in a new trailer that rounds up some of the Exotic equipment we'll be chasing when The Witch Queen expansion launches on February 22...
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The Witch Queen is set to become the most pre-ordered Destiny 2 expansion

The upcoming expansion for Destiny 2 - The Witch Queen - is set to become the most pre-ordered expansion in the history of the sci-fi MMO FPS. Via a tweet from the official social media account (embedded below), it was announced that the game has already passed the one million pre-orders milestone.

This piece of positive news for the title comes during a rather celebratory period for Bungie, the creators of Destiny 2, as the company was recently acquired by Sony for $3.6 billion. This announcement came alongside several assurances included in both the Sony and Bungie website posts on the news, ensuring the continued creative independence of the studio and that non-PlayStation players will not be getting a worse experience.

So, what can we ascertain from this news? Well for one, the constant jabs and jokes a la “Destiny is a dead game” have never been more inaccurate, with the surge of players slapping down a deposit for the next big content update somewhat cementing the game’s position as one of the most popular MMOs out there right now.

Январь 2022 года оказался очень насыщенным на события — Microsoft объявила о покупке издательства Activision Blizzard за $68,7 млрд, а Sony удивила новостью о приобретении студии Bungie за $3,6 млрд. Но как говорит организатор и ведущий крупнейшей игровой церемонии The Game Awards Джефф Кейли, всё это — только начало серии новостей о больших поглощениях в индустрии.

"Как вы видели, мы уже начали переходить на мультиплатформенность": Глава PlayStation высказался о покупке Bungie

Глава PlayStation Джим Райан дал интервью изданию GamesIndustry.biz, в котором подтвердил, что новые игры Bungie будут выходить не только на PlayStation, но и на других платформах, в том числе консолях конкурентов. Ранее об этом же сообщили представители студии, создавшей франшизу Destiny.

New Destiny 2 Witch Queen exotics shown off in latest trailer

We’ve gotten another short trailer for the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion - The Witch Queen. While before we’ve caught small glimpses at the world in these titular trailers, this one is special because it gives us a proper look at the new exotics coming to the game.

In total we’re given a fantastic sample platter of weapons, armour pieces, the glaive, and a little bit of weapon crafting too for good measure! While we aren’t given anything super substantial such as weapon stats or detailed descriptions on exotic abilities, we can grasp the gist of what each thing does. You can watch the trailer embedded below:

Starting off strong, we see weapon crafting in motion as the player seemingly adjusts what traits your crafted weapon has manually. No idea how we unlock these, or if we are limited to a certain number of weapons we can craft, but it’s great to see a visual representation of what the experience will be like.