Destiny 2 News

Like just about the entire playerbase, I've been looking forward to crafting Aberrant Action today. It's the first solar rocket-powered sidearm in Destiny 2 and it comes with a stacked set of perks. The gun was added to the game as part of Act 2 of Echoes, along with an arc heavy-burst pulse rife called Corrasion, at the weekly reset...
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Delve deeper into Nessus and track down The Conductor.

New story missions, new activities, and new rewards await you when Act 2 of Echoes begins tomorrow.

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If you've ever wondered how videogame studios determine who's leaking their big secrets, a new Bloomberg interview with former Bungie general counsel Don McGowan offers some very interesting insights into how it's done...
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From the moment of its release, players have been calling out The First Descendant for how much, inspiration, it takes from other popular loot shooters. The two most commonly cited examples are Warframe and Destiny 2.

While much of what TFD borrows from Warframe is limited to mechanics and some of how it handles crafting and character building, the Destiny 2 comparisons extend the design of in-game icons. After players pointed out how several icons bear more than a passing resemblance to ones found in Destiny 2, developer Nexon has responded.

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This Week in Destiny, we are preparing for Act 2 of Echoes. We’re less than a week away from Act 2, and we’re recapping everything you can expect to see on launch day and beyond. Let’s dive into these topics for the week:

• Echoes: Act 2 Developer Livestream recap.
  
• Havok Hardware coming to Crucible Labs.
  
• Bungie x Rec Room.
  
• Seventh Column Chaos smashes fundraising goal.
  
• Disability Pride Month.
  
• #EchoesAOTW favorites.
  
• Social Media Team updates.
  

You can read the rest of the TWID here.