The Tower of Destiny’s first cycle is gone, having been renovated with extreme prejudice by the Red Legion and the ultimate landlord, Dominus Rex. Your freeloading ass is out, your buddy the Traveller can’t help you due to space-magic reasons and you need someplace to help store your collection of guns. It’s off to the Farm then for some fresh air, chickens and football.
It’s that very drought of content that defined Destiny 2 that developer Bungie and its parent company Activision want to avoid for Destiny 2, a promise that’ll have them chucking plenty of their considerable resources at the sequel in an attempt to keep that franchise populated between the months of expansions that are on the horizon.
A new month means new games and while July in the past has been a month that is somewhat more barren than right swipes on my Tinder profile, the scene is changing somewhat. Here’s the full list of games out this month.
Much like how the Taken King gave players a primary antagonist in the form of Oryx, Destiny 2 focuses on Dominus Ghaul and his Red Legions driving the Guardians out of their safe haven and into the wildlands. A story that works just as well the second time for Destiny 2.
So what gives? Why an extra pair of days that I presumably would have spent camped outside my PS4 without pants as I counted down the hours until launch? It’s so that the Destiny 2 servers don’t die in flames on launch day, as weekends are murderous on servers.
That’s the thing with PC gaming and shooters in particular: They’re fast as f***. Mouse and keyboard controls have and always will provide a level of precision that can’t be matched by analogue sticks and face buttons. If Destiny 2 truly wants to capture the PC crowd, it’s going to need to put on its running shoes. Fortunately, it has.
One of my final sessions at E3 gave me the chance to briefly grab Destiny 2’s executive producer David Allen for some one-on-one. I had some questions. Allen had some answers for me. So here they are from our short and sweet session.
Destiny 2 is coming – and it’s coming a littler earlier than anticipated. Usually games are delayed, but Bungie’s sequel is coming before it’s meant to. You'll be able to play Destiny 2 on console from September 6, and on PC from October 24.
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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