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Marathon Season 2 Player Count Should Be Interesting
Marathon starts Season 2 on the 2nd of June and while there are some promising updates on the horizon, it really just isn’t enough to move the needle. On top of that, the Destiny 2 community and the larger gaming community have just been absolutely slapped in the face with news that Destiny 2 will…
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Destiny 2 Community Petition & June 9th Login
Reacting to the news that Destiny 2 will be delivering it’s final live service update on June 9th, the community have started a Change.org petition to try and convince Sony to start development on a Destiny 3. At the time of writing, the petition has just passed 200,000 signatures. My bet is that it will…
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No Destiny 3 In Production Or Greenlit
Right after Bungie announced that they were stopping the live service updates for Destiny 2, some news broke that has made the situation a whole lot worse. According to Jason Schrier, a games journalist for Bloomberg (and one with a good track record of accurate reporting, particularly with the Destiny stuff), mass layoffs are inbound…
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Bungie Ending Destiny 2 Live Service
Welp. Bungie has decided to end the live service for Destiny 2. On June 9th 2026, Bungie will deliver Destiny 2’s last live service content update. I can’t say I didn’t see this coming. Ever since the Final Shape, Destiny 2 has struggled to reach player counts that justify it’s development. However, to end the…
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Marathon Isn’t A Bad Game, It Is Just The Wrong Game
Sony had it’s earnings call this week and it was reported that there has been another $565 million impairment loss put against Bungie, making the total impairment loss from the $3.6 billion purchase of Bungie now at around $725 million. This is probably largely to do with the fact that both Bungie’s games, Destiny and…
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Where It Went Wrong For Destiny 2
With the recent news that Destiny 2 is delivering it’s final live service update on June 9th, I thought I’d talk about the reasons, from a game design point of view, where I think it gradually went wrong over the years. I’m not going to be talking about the leadership of Sony, the mismanagement by…
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