I never would have expected Nintendo to outdo the competition when it comes to something connected with its online services. But it turns out that’s very much the case with gift cards. I am a digital game enthusiast. I recognize the downsides of digital “ownership,” be it the potential for …

Recent years have seen Bungie provide Destiny 2 players with an increasing number of ways to influence what type of rewards they obtain in-game. Now, Exotic armor drops are the next area to get this treatment, as Bungie is introducing Exotic armor focusing. As detailed in a new blog post, …

Commendations were set to be a potentially exciting new element of Destiny 2‘s Lightfall era, as they were meant to be a way to acknowledge other players who may have been helpful or otherwise contributed to a positive experience. The reality of how the system works, however, has been a …

Update: Bungie has confirmed a fix for two bugged Destiny 2 Exotic weapons–Quicksilver Storm and Touch of Malice–is on the way in an update releasing this week. As noted below, both weapons have been dealing less damage than intended against minor enemies (those with red health bars), which is particularly …

For the first time since the release of Lightfall, Destiny 2‘s Iron Banner mode is live. This limited-time PvP mode brings with it some adjustments to how it’s worked in the past, but it’s by and large the standard Iron Banner experience, complete with familiar rewards and reputation gains. Here’s …

Update: In response to Destiny 2 players using this exploit, Bungie has made an adjustment to somewhat–but not entirely–undermine the technique. It has disabled the checkpoint for the Sorrow Bearer encounter in the Duality dungeon, which means you can no longer repeatedly jump into this particular boss fight without having …

Destiny 2’s new raid, The Root of Nightmares, releases this Friday, March 10. In terms of what kind of story developments it might include or mechanics the Lightfall raid will center around, we don’t yet know. Bungie is keeping things largely under wraps until it launches, although it now seems …

Destiny 2: Lightfall’s campaign is now available, and once again, you’ll have the choice of Classic and Legendary varieties. Classic is the standard difficulty of all previous Destiny campaigns, which is to say, it’s not especially challenging for veteran players. Legendary is meant to punch you in the face, ramping …

The final boss fight against Calus in Destiny 2: Lightfall–particularly on Legendary difficulty–can be a real challenge. At the end of the mission Desperate Measures, you’re in for a tough fight in which you’ll be thrown to your death countless times if your experience is anything like ours. Luckily, there …

We’re now a week into Destiny 2’s Lightfall expansion era, and it’s that exciting period of time when we don’t yet know what to expect week to week from the expansion or the accompanying Season of Defiance. The first weekly reset has now occurred, with players discovering a secret new …