Tag Archives: Destiny

Xur, Destiny (opens in new tab)’s travelling weekend Exotic trader, is back. This week he’s in the Tower, over near the Speaker. He’s not saying much, but the air of tension between them remains positively corrisive. If anything, the mood is even uglier than usual. Something’s happened this week. Something’s …

Like a fine wine or Matthew McConaughey’s filmography, some games have only improved with the passage of time. As the industry veers ever further into the era of season passes, downloadable content and pre-order bonuses, a select handful of titles stand out as those which have actually made good on …

The end is in sight. Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) is coming. We know it, you know it, and now Bungie has finally admitted it, by way of the Age of Triumph (opens in new tab), a final, celebratory special event with which to look back on and commemorate …

Get ready to flip a Strange Coin down to that scruffy boy in the street and ask for a turkey, because Destiny (opens in new tab)’s big Christmas event, The Dawning, is on the way. Yeah, I know, we’ve just got Hallowe’en/Festival of the Lost out of the way, right? …

Two of Destiny (opens in new tab)’s greatest mysteries have been solved in one sugar-coated stroke: how do you get the Superblack shader that was datamined ages ago, and what are you supposed to do with those raisins? Now that the Festival of the Lost update is live in time …

370 light cap? Pffft. Destiny (opens in new tab)’s throwing everything at players now with the next update (opens in new tab) increasing the max level to 400, with corresponding engram drops from certain activities.  The jump in level and update will arrive on Tuesday October 18 to go with …

The very first Iron Banner PvP event since Destiny: Rise of Iron (opens in new tab) came out is live and it’s brought along some very welcome changes. From honoring the Iron Lords in glorious Crucible combat to avenging their deaths in the Plaguelands, it’s time to return to the …

Destiny: Rise of Iron (opens in new tab) is out, and you know what that means. Confusion. Because what comes along with every Destiny expansion, aside from campaign missions, Strikes, and loot? Yes, dear friends, a bamboozling amount of unexplained, arcane systems and conundrums. Destiny just loves not telling you …

A lot of people think Destiny (opens in new tab) is about progressive mastery. That its greatest joys are in loot-gathering, and growing your character, and coming to understand all of the arcane systems and strategies required to master initially impossible top-level play. That it’s about tooling up, levelling up, …

Spoilers for the first mission of Rise of Iron follow. It’s no secret that Destiny has changed a lot since its launch. After nearly two years of steady, thoughtful growth and evolution to match that of the Guardians who inhabit its world, Bungie’s MMOFPS has diversified its content offering immensely, …