Ramee, Jordan (October 1, 2019). "Destiny 2 Shadowkeep Battle Pass: New Exotics, Weapons, And Armor You Can Earn". GameSpot . Retrieved October 1, 2019. Destiny: The Taken King's new Rift mode is a shot in the arm for the Crucible". Polygon. Vox Media. September 8, 2015 . Retrieved September 9, 2015. Daily and Weekly Crucible Challenges: The Daily and Weekly Crucible Featured Playlists will still be available on Legacy Consoles, as will the Weekly Crucible Bounties. ASCAP (May 24, 2018). "Prolific Film Composer John Powell Recognized With ASCAP Henry Mancini Award; Composer And Songwriter Germaine Franco Receives ASCAP Shirley Walker Award At 2018 ASCAP Screen Music Awards". PR Newswire . Retrieved May 24, 2018.

Destiny 2 was nominated for "Best PC Game" in both Destructoid 's Game of the Year Awards 2017 and IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, [126] [127] the latter of which also nominated it for "Game of the Year", "Best Xbox One Game", "Best Shooter", "Best Graphics", "Best Original Music", and "Best Multiplayer". [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] The game won the award for "Best Co-op Game" in PC Gamer 's 2017 Game of the Year Awards, [134] and received a nomination for "Game of the Year". [135] It was also a runner-up each for "Best-Looking Game", "Best Multiplayer", and "Game of the Year" in Giant Bomb's 2017 Game of the Year Awards. [136] [137] [138] Year Esler, Ryan (April 20, 2021). "Destiny 2 Guardian Games 2021: Everything we know". PC Gamer . Retrieved October 12, 2021. Destiny is an online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. It was released worldwide on September 9, 2014, for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles. Destiny marked Bungie's first new console franchise since the Halo series, and it was the first game in a ten-year agreement between Bungie and Activision. Set in a "mythological science fiction" world, the game features a multiplayer "shared-world" environment with elements of role-playing games. Activities in Destiny are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) game types. In addition to normal story missions, PvE features three-player " strikes" and six-player raids. A free roam patrol mode is also available for each destination which feature public events. PvP features objective-based modes, as well as traditional deathmatch game modes.The periodic competitive Iron Banner PvP mode of the original game, which disabled balancing of player's gear, also returned for the sequel. Destiny 2 's Iron Banner, however, does not disable balancing, with Bungie stating that "Your fighting abilities, not your power levels, will decide the outcome". This was changed following the release of Forsaken, with balancing becoming disabled like the original game. Like the original, Iron Banner lasts for one week and features milestones to complete daily. Players must have completed the campaign and be level 20 to access Iron Banner, which features the returning Lord Saladin from the original game as its NPC. [22] a b Pereira, Chris; Makuch, Eddie (October 7, 2017). "Destiny 2: Iron Banner Gear Rewards, When It Starts, What's New, And How To Access It". GameSpot . Retrieved October 8, 2017.

Eurogamer staff (December 30, 2017). "Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2017: 10-1". Eurogamer . Retrieved December 30, 2017. When installing Destiny, it is recommended to use a wired internet connection if possible. Here are the recommended steps for installing Destiny with a physical disc: Gilliam, Ryan (May 23, 2022). "Destiny 2's Season of the Haunted sees the return of Calus and his Leviathan ship". Polygon . Retrieved May 23, 2022. The Vex are semi-organic androids who are attempting to seize control of Venus and Mars by turning them into their machines, which they have already done to Mercury. Vex are made of millions of microscopic artificial organisms that are linked via a giant mind network and survive in an organic fluid called radiolaria; each individual Vex android hosts a number of these organisms in its core. Because of their massive processing power, the Vex are constantly running simulations of the past, present, and future to try to outmaneuver their enemies in their goal to convert the entire universe to Vex, and have mastered some elements of time travel. The Vex worship the Darkness and are one of their most dangerous allies. [34]Thier, Dave (November 4, 2014). " 'Destiny' Sequel Already In The Works". Forbes . Retrieved January 25, 2015. In May 2020 Bungie affirmed its plans to release Destiny 2 for the next-generation consoles, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and that the game on these platforms would support native 4K resolution at 60fps. [72] Xbox Series S, which was revealed after the announcement, would run at 1080p resolution instead. Bungie also confirmed that cross-play would be supported within the same family of consoles (e.g., PlayStation 4 and 5) at launch, and between all platforms starting with Season 15 later in 2021. [70] [73] The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game were released on December 8, 2020. Destiny 2 players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One can update their versions to the newer consoles within the same family for free and bring existing content across, with Bungie using Microsoft's "Smart Delivery" program for the Xbox Series X/S update. Field of view customization was also added. [74] [73] PC Gamer staff (December 20, 2017). "Best Co-op Game 2017: Destiny 2". PC Gamer . Retrieved December 31, 2017. a b c Espineli, Matt; Plagge, Kallie (May 17, 2017). "Destiny 2: Everything We Know So Far". GameSpot . Retrieved June 7, 2017.