Destiny 2 News

This Week In Destiny – 03/21/2024

This week in Destiny, we’re sharing all the details on the upcoming new content update, Destiny 2: Into the Light. If you didn’t have a chance to catch our livestream this week, don’t worry. We’ll catch you up and help you prep for the next one.

This week’s topics:

Destiny 2: Into the Light Developer Livestream #1 recap
Introducing Onslaught
Destiny 2: Into the Light Developer Livestream #2 on March 26
PvP Strike Team weapons sandbox update
Guardian Games All-Stars standings update
Bungie Bounty For Good
Who You Gonna Call?
Guardian Games Cup leaderboards
Player Support Report
Movie and Artist of the Week picks

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В Bungie боятся новых сокращений под крылом Sony, концепция Marathon изменилась

Перезапуск Marathon от Bungie, который станет следующим шагом для студии на поле сервисных игр после Destiny, претерпел перестановку в руководящей креативной команде проекта.

Uh oh, Bungie's Marathon gets a new director as the game's creative leadership is reportedly rejigged

It’s been a rough last little bit for Bungie, despite Destiny 2 having continued to get some interesting little additions from time to time. Now, the studio’s Marathon reboot has switched directors, amid reports of a wider shakeup going on around the shooter.

This latest development follows layoffs at the studio late last year, which were followed by reports that Sony has the option to dissolve Bungie’s existing board and take full control of it if it misses its money-making goals by certain margins. Those cuts saw both Destiny 2’s The Final Shape and Marathon be hit with delays, with this being the first big news on the latter since that point.

So what’s happened? Well, first of all, previous project lead Christopher Barrett has officially been swapped out for Joe Ziegler, who has taken over as game director, having previously served in that role for Valorant.

Of all the odd decisions Bungie has made over the course of Destiny's existence, one of the oddest has to be the reluctance to add a true horde mode. Sure, we've had quasi-horde seasonal activities like Escalation Protocol and The Menagerie, but never a proper hunker-down-and-defend deal. That changes on April 9 with the release of the free Into the Light update, which includes the new Onslaught mode that pits teams of three players against up to 50 waves of enemies, escalating in difficulty...
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Destiny 2: Into the Light, the two-month series of updates leading into The Final Shape, begins on April 9

Bungie announced today that Destiny 2: Into the Light, the two-month stretch of updates and new content that will lead into The Final Shape, will get underway on April 9. The studio will hold three separate livestreams leading up to the big day showcasing hands-on gameplay and the new features, content, and rewards coming to the game...
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