Destiny 2

At the 2022 Destiny 2 Showcase, Bungie revealed that Destiny 2 and all of its expansions will come to the Epic Games Store. To celebrate the move, ...

The studio then left the storefront for Steam Destiny 2 and all of its expansions will come to the new platform, and Guardians will be able to pick up where they left off on either Steam or console. The Steam version of Destiny 2 isn’t going anywhere, and this isn’t an exclusivity deal with Epic.

Lightfall has been years in the making, releases on February 28, 2023.

[tell the story it’s been building since Destiny 1](https://kotaku.com/bungie-has-big-plans-for-destiny-2-1847615177) launched. [jolted back into life](https://kotaku.com/destiny-2-witch-deepsight-resonance-crafting-solstice-1849392326) with new story-based campaigns, gameplay overhauls, and additional Exotic gear. Bungie has been calling Destiny 2 and MMORPG for a while now, but with Lightfall it sounds like its finally investing in some of the systems needed to make good on that promise. Back in 2020, Destiny 2 was set to have three more of them to cap off its Light and Darkness Saga. It will introduce the previously rumored poison subclass, Strand, that taps into the unseen fabric of space and includes a new grappling hook ability (oh hey there Halo Infinite). [over two years ago](https://kotaku.com/everything-bungie-announced-during-todays-destiny-2-liv-1843968216), Bungie finally dished on Destiny 2 Lightfall during its big annual 2022 showcase, revealing new powers, threats, and mysteries all dressed up in a spiky, neon-infused cyberpunk art style.

Bungie's 'free-to-play' loot shooter unlocks its paid expansions through August 30.

Easy to clean and quick to dry. And anyone who starts playing on PC via the Epic Games Store will also get access to the Bungie 30th Anniversary expansion for free too (it’s an [unofficial cross-over with Halo](https://kotaku.com/destiny-2-gets-halo-guns-for-bungies-30th-anniversary-1844383445) that revolves around a game show hosted by an equestrian space ghost). Season of the Plunder also just kicked off today, and Destiny’s best-ever raid, It tells the tale of Savathûn, an alien god of mischief who invites you into her magical Throne World to uncover the secret of her power and the betrayal that jump-started her transformation to boss queen. While Shadowkeep is alright and Beyond Light is good, Witch Queen is on a whole other level. Each new expansion adds new locations, story missions, and activities which are gated behind the paid DLC.

Destiny 2 Season 18, aka, Season of the Plunder has finally arrived. Here's what you need to know, including the story, activities, weapons, armor, ...

As with every new Destiny 2 season, Season of the Plunder adds a new pool of Seasonal weapons. Season of the Plunder adds pirate-themed armor pieces for you to unlock and fulfill your pirate fantasies. We will have another guide up soon for a more detailed breakdown of every new Season of the Plunder weapon. The end game free-for-all PvE activity goes live on 26th August 2022. During the Destiny 2 showcase, Bungie revealed all the necessary details regarding this new season, including its story, seasonal activities, seasonal weapons and armor, a new raid, and more. Now back from the dead, Eramis is recruiting old pirate lords of Eliksni legends to recover lost relics that hold great power.

Bungie's Destiny 2 looter shooter is arriving on the Epic Games Store today. It's part of an expansion that will see all Destiny 2 DLCs go free for a week ...

The expansion to the Epic Games Store will also see Destiny 2’s recent 30th Anniversary go free on the Epic Games Store. Bungie will also make The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and other DLCs free for a week across all available Destiny 2 platforms. Destiny 2 is arriving on the Epic Games Store today.

It's an incredible time for Destiny 2 fans. Coming off of the huge expansion that had them battle against Savathun in The Witch Queen, players now turn ...

With Destiny 2: Lightfall’s date confirmed, all that’s left to do is wait. Bungie revealed that Destiny 2: Lightfall has a release date coming in February 2023. We’re also getting a new location in the form of Neptune, a planet yet to be explored in the game. While we got a lot of details on things like Season 18, fans will likely be happy to know when the next big thing is set to arrive. This expansion will further bring new incredible features to Destiny 2’s story, arsenal, and player ecosystem, and with it will come the new location Neptune, the new Strand Darkness subclass, and more. Coming off of the huge expansion that had them battle against Savathun in The Witch Queen, players now turn their eyes towards the next big thing in Lightfall.

Preorder bonuses vary by edition. If you pick up the standard edition, you'll instantly unlock an Exotic Ghost and Legendary Emblem. Preorder Lightfall + Annual ...

Gamescom ONL 2022 Gamescom ONL 2022 Where Winds Meet Trailer Gamescom ONL 2022 Warhammer 40K: Darktide Trailer Gamescom ONL 2022 Dune Awakening Reveal Trailer Gamescom ONL 2022 Dead Island 2 Trailer Bungie also revealed [three editions of Lightfall that fans can preorder](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/Buy/lightfall) right now.

Destiny 2: Season of Plunder launched today, and with it comes a batch of new content for Guardians to dig into. With new content comes new things to ...

It's also worth noting that there are different types of Treasure Maps in Season of Plunder. It's there that you can unlock the ability to control what sort of Treasure Maps you restor using your Captain's Atlas. Map Fragments are used in conjunction with Once you’ve restored a Treasure Map, launch an Expedition playlist activity from the H.E.L.M. [Treasure Coordinates](https://www.shacknews.com/article/131994/treasure-coordinates-destiny-2) to restore Treasure Maps using the Captain’s Atlas. With new content comes new things to collect.

Fortnite outfits coming to Destiny 2, while iconic Destiny characters join the Battle Bus and Guardian classes assume Bumbling Bean form.

And so, as you prepare to take your new Black Knight ornament out for a Nightfall spin, throw a fluffy-fisted haymaker, or leap out of the Battle Bus with signature Sparrows and sword-themed pickaxes in hand, count yourself among the hundreds of fans that made this a reality. We’re all fans of playing the game, so to speak, and getting to partner up like this is incredibly fun.” Joining the party and adding a little extra chaos to the crossover, Mediatonic made the Fall Guys collab as painless as a pillow fight. “The team at PWR are huge Destiny fans, and the map was extensively playtested until it struck a balance that felt true to both games.” “Although this was our first game of collaboration, it felt like we were at the World Series,” Said Deeb. Some areas of the map look nearly identical to the original Javelin-4 and even for something as specific as the rocket, enough similar pieces were creatively utilized in order to still get the overall feel across. “As life-long fans of Bungie and avid players of Destiny 2 and Fortnite, it has been an incredible opportunity to work alongside such talented teams,” said PWR’s creative director of game development Boomer Gurney. “Bringing these two iconic games to life in one experience was challenging and only possible thanks to the passion of everyone involved. We hold our art pillars very close, and I think you can see that in the consistency of our releases. “We came up with our short list and when we went to Epic, they were already on the same page.” Since the teams at Epic and Bungie are big fans of each other’s games, it wasn’t surprising that they saw eye to eye when choosing outfits. When we started talking about launching Destiny 2 on the Epic Games Store, the goal was to make the game even more available to people all over the world, no matter what platform they preferred.

Whoa! There is just a lot going on right now. With so many trailers, announcements, and big news beats going out today, we wanted to make sure you didn't ...

Although if you play on the Epic Games Store, remember you can grab the 30th Anniversary Pack without a cost for a limited time. From today until August 30, all the current Destiny 2 story campaigns – Shadowkeep, Beyond Light, and The Witch Queen – and their associated quests and content will be available to all players for free. Now that you are dressed the part for Destiny action, we wanted to make a place for those skins to feel right at home. The new mods and loadout manager coming with Lightfall will allow you to create and save a build in a single place. This is a totally free catch-up chest with all the necessary gear to reach level 1540 with each of your characters. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for mentors to teach you a raid or just want to farm some Grandmaster Nightfalls; you will find someone here to help and, maybe, new friends to play with in the future. She is in search of mysterious relics, so you better get those before her with the help of your crewmates Mithrax, Spider, Drifter, and Eido. The cruel pirate Eramis has broken out of her icy imprisonment and is looking for new ways to grow in power, so buckle your swash across the high space seas. As you rack up commendations for being a strong player or great leader, other players will take notice and instantly know that you have a lot of experience and would be a worthy addition to their fireteam. So let us introduce you to the Guardian Ranks, a reputation system that will not only help new players find their way into the game, but also reward veterans for helping others and for being an all-around exceptional player. There are new places to explore and new characters to meet, like the Cloud Striders, the superhuman heroes that serve as Neptunians’ last line of defense. Prevent the apocalypse by racing Emperor Calus to Neptune and explore a totally new destination, the secret metropolis of Neomuna.

A complete walkthrough of the Season of Plunder campaign in Destiny 2, from Ahoy and Aweigh to the weekly Sails of the Shipstealer questline.

This walkthrough will focus on the Sails of the Shipstealer quest line, covering each step and noting any issues or points of interest along the way. Once Ahoy and Aweigh is completed you can start on the weekly quest, Sails of the Shipstealer. The first quest in Season of Plunder is Ahoy and Aweigh. Check back in with us each week as we dive deeper into the Season of Plunder campaign. [how to get more Map Fragments](https://www.shacknews.com/article/131993/map-fragments-destiny-2) and [how to get more Treasure Coordinates](https://www.shacknews.com/article/131994/treasure-coordinates-destiny-2) so you can farm up a decent stockpile. This seasonal quest involves a couple of missions called Ahoy and Aweigh and the overarching weekly questline, Sails of the Shipstealer.

A new look at the upcoming Lightfall expansion for Destiny 2 teases the darkest hour for The Last City and its Guardians.

Other big changes include a renewed focus on Destiny 2 communities, as Bungie will be introducing gear loadouts and making the game more approachable to new players. With the conclusion of Season of the Haunted, Bungie has shown a new trailer for its upcoming Destiny 2 expansion Lightfall. As for the fifth subclass that was briefly seen, Bungie revealed that this new Darkness power is called Strand and allows for new traversal methods in Neomuna.

In a huge blast of Destiny 2 news, Bungie have announced a release date for Lightfall, plans to stop sunsetting expansions, and so much more!

[on the Epic Games Store](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/destiny-2) in addition to Steam. The penultimate chapter of the "Light and Darkness saga" will see our absolute bezzie frenemy Emperor Calus return as a fully initiated Disciple of The Witness, bringing his Shadow Legion to the brand new region of Neomuna, the capital megacity of Neptune. [During an hours-long stream](https://youtu.be/dCI8Fz2uu3o?t=6548) yesterday, current Destiny 2 general manager Justin Truman said Bungie have "been working on the Destiny engine behind the scenes, preparing our technology and our game to last for many, many years to come. And Destiny 2 class costumes are coming to Fall Guys on September 17th too. After several thousand hours, I stopped playing Destiny 2 at the launch of The Witch Queen because Looking ahead, Bungie also announced that the next expansion, Lightfall, will launch on the 28th of February, 2023. [a stream recap blog post](https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/51676), Bungie state plainly, "Seasonal content will continue to stay throughout the current expansion year and then move to the Destiny Content Vault when a new Expansion launches." So they introduced the concept of the Destiny Content Vault, shuffling older parts in and out, including reintroducing some bits from the first game. [lopping off](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/destiny-2-will-have-a-lot-less-to-do-when-the-destiny-content-vault-is-locked-in-november) the base game's whole big story campaign, the first two expansion campaigns, four whole locations, five raids, loads of multiplayer maps and modes, several secret missions, and more. They might not have the hugest plot developments, but they have the character developments which make people care. Expansions will stick around forever, though seasonal content will still leave at the end of each expansion cycle—and Bungie don't say anything about bringing back all the old stuff. At the time, they

Destiny 2 is collaborating with the Epic Games Store, including swapping some cosmetics with Fortnite and Fall Guys. This announcement leaked ahead of ...

After all, the idea that Destiny 2 and Fortnite would cross over at some point makes perfect sense. And frankly, there are plenty of Destiny 2 players that also play Fortnite and Fall Guys. Although some players might be turned off by the new cosmetics, it’s a great way to welcome Destiny 2 to the Epic Games Store. Getting Destiny 2 players excited about Fortnite and vice versa while keeping each experience intact is something that could only happen in the era of live service. Destiny 2 is consistently one of the [most popular Steam games](https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/most-popular-steam-games/), so Bungie probably won’t lock out that audience. It’s impossible to say what goes on behind closed doors, but Sony has made it clear that it has had a good relationship with Epic Games over the past few years. Bungie says the collaboration is a celebration of the new launch, with three new skins each in Fortnite, Destiny 2, and on September 13, Fall Guys. [Bungie’s Destiny 2 showcase](https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/destiny-2-showcase-2022-everything-announced/) on Tuesday, and the community reaction was mixed. Destiny 2 is one of the architects of the modern live service games, alongside Fortnite. By proverbially swapping spit, Fortnite and Destiny 2 can lift each other up without compromising the core systems that make each game unique. That is why aspects of Fortnite coming into Destiny 2’s world is a shock. The friction with the Fortnite and Destiny 2 collaboration centers around how different the games are.

Looking for Destiny 2 map fragments in the new Season of Plunder? Here's how you get them, and how you can unlock more map types for your Captain's Atlas.

No matter which treasure map you slot, you'll still get Plundered Umbral Energy, which can be used to focus engrams for seasonal weapons and armor. Once you get map fragments and treasure coordinates, you can use them to slot a treasure map into your Captain's Atlas, which is available via your quest screen. Just like the lures from the Season of the Hunt, this time it's all about slotting in different map types to change what you get from the expedition. This will allow you to claim an additional reward chest at the end of the Expedition activity. This unlocks after you've helped the Drifter retrieve his stolen goods and have talked to the Spider in the Eliksni Quarter of the last city, accessible through H.E.L.M. But unlike treasure coordinates, which come from doing basically every major activity in the game, you have to do something specific to get these.