by on April 18, 2026
Bungie continues working against players as they've now blocked select **Destiny 2 ** end-game content for those who haven't purchased the game's DLC. The game's first mini-expansion, Curse of Osiris , released this past Tuesday and came with new missions - as well as an increase in the game's soft level cap, from 20 to 25, and gear level cap, from 300 to 330 (gear can be increased by 5 using legendary mods) - in addition to introducing new higher-level, end-game content, such as Heroic Stri Goo...
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by on April 18, 2026
Good news for gamers - microtransactions are due to die down in 2018! Such are the conclusions of Doug Creutz - an analyst with the investment banking firm Cowen - who says that the smart money is on game developers dialing back their efforts to push microtransactions as a means of profit-building in the year to c Call of Duty 's billion-dollar sales figures come as little surprise. The series reliably performs remarkably well. Destiny 2 was a slightly riskier project — a follow-up to a new, exp...
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by on April 17, 2026
On a blog post over at their official site, Bungie addressed the backlash. The developer attempted to explain why the changes were made in the first place and what is being done to fix them. The post sta The weekly Xbox **** deals are now live and they include dozens of different Xbox One title at a discount price. There are even some Xbox 360 games that are incredibly cheap and serve to highlight the system's unique backwards compatibility. Similarly to the PlayStation Store sales this week, Ub...
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by on April 17, 2026
On a blog post over at their official site, Bungie addressed the backlash. The developer attempted to explain why the changes were made in the first place and what is being done to fix them. The post sta The weekly Xbox **** deals are now live and they include dozens of different Xbox One title at a discount price. There are even some Xbox 360 games that are incredibly cheap and serve to highlight the system's unique backwards compatibility. Similarly to the PlayStation Store sales this week, Ub...
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by on April 17, 2026
The weekly Xbox **** deals are now live and they include dozens of different Xbox One title at a discount price. There are even some Xbox 360 games that are incredibly cheap and serve to highlight the system's unique backwards compatibility. Similarly to the PlayStation Store sales this week, Ubisoft steals the show by offering many Assassin's Creed titles on sale at a hefty reduct This is a great time to stock up on any Assassin's Creed games, but there's plenty of other great titles on sale th...
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by on April 17, 2026
Game Informer first reported on Creutz's findings, which are based on an analysis of gaming company stock prices in the wake of various key releases. Creutz specifically cited drops in the value of Electronic Arts stock following the release of Star Wars: Battlefront II and Activision stock prices dropping after the release of Destiny 2 . While Creutz acknowledged that Destiny 2 had other reasons for attracting the ire of gamers (i.e. a buggy product on release day ), he still pointed to consume...
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by on April 17, 2026
Destiny 2: Forsaken is coming in early September, and carries the hopes of many long-time players on its shoulders. The expansion is Bungie's latest attempt to address the many Destiny 2 concerns the game's playerbase has with its direction, and is adding back random weapon rolls, Destiny 1 's old weapon slot system, and a new gameplay mode in the form of Gambit that are all features implemented based on the feedback the studio has gotten over Destiny 2 's first year in existe As promised, Activ...
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by on April 17, 2026
Currently, XP will scale up when playing longer or fixed duration activities like Crucible competitive multiplayer matches and the Leviathan Raid, and XP will scale down when playing activities that can be quickly, repeatedly chained, like grinding Public Events. We are not happy with the results, and we’ve heard the same from the commun While Creutz's analysis cannot be disputed, his speculations on the future seem overly optimistic. While Electronic Arts has stepped back its efforts to push lo...
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by on April 17, 2026
"[ Star Wars Battlefront II ] has pretty clearly significantly underperformed expectations and remains without a live services revenue stream, while Destiny 2 has at the least suffered some unwanted engagement attrition. We suspect that 2018 will see a pullback on industry attempts to aggressively drive [microtransaction] growth as a resu While Creutz's analysis cannot be disputed, his speculations on the future seem overly optimistic. While Electronic Arts has stepped back its efforts to push l...
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by on April 17, 2026
The Call of Duty series has long been a powerhouse in the industry, but last year's Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was considered a relative commercial failure. With WWII , though, Activision has bounced back in a major Although the release of the new expansion should be a source of excitement, Curse of Osiris has been heavily criticized. The main point of contention is that with the release of The Curse of Osiris , Destiny 2 has now locked some of the content for players, particularly one of t...
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by on April 17, 2026
MK 44. Stand Asides (costs 23 Legendary Shards) are exotic Titan class boots that "grants an overshield when sprinting at full health with Seismic Strike, Hammer Strike, or Shield Bash equipped." And hit with one of those abilities equipped will recharge a portion of the user's melee ene Arekkz Gaming from YouTube has been able to discover the different types of rewards that Prestige Leviathan players can nab if they are able to clear the level. Apparently, according to Destiny 2 's database, th...
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by on April 17, 2026
Currently, XP will scale up when playing longer or fixed duration activities like Crucible competitive multiplayer matches and the Leviathan Raid, Destiny2Mix.Com and XP will scale down when playing activities that can be quickly, repeatedly chained, like grinding Public Events. We are not happy with the results, and we’ve heard the same from the commun The release of a new gameplay mode in Destiny 2 comes at a great time for the game, which will see an influx of returning players thanks to the...
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