Tonight, Bungie will discuss the future of Destiny 2 in a livestream. However, a US site may have already leaked a big announcement. According to Engadget, the base game of Destiny 2 will soon become Free2Play and will also come to Steam.
Update 7:27 PM: The information has proven to be true and has been confirmed one after the other in Bungie’s live stream.
There is a correction: Cross-Save will also work on PS4. Cross-Save is active across all platforms. This means that players with one account can play on all platforms and do not need “separate accounts” for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia. The same Guardian can be played on all platforms.
This was clarified by Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy in a live stream. According to the US site Kotaku, Sony agreed to this only at the very last moment.
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Where does the information come from? Before the big Bungie livestream tonight, it seems a US website has already let the cat out of the bag. An article went live on Engadget that allegedly revealed sensitive news about Destiny 2:
- According to the article, the shooter is set to become Free2Play. The base game of Destiny 2 and the complete content of the first year, along with the expansions Curse of Osiris and Warmind, are said to be playable without additional costs with the upcoming expansion.
- Players are said to be able to “purchase” additional content. They can choose freely – it will be possible to buy Season 9 separately, even if one does not own Season 8.
- On September 17, the new expansion “Shadowkeep” for Destiny 2 is also supposed to be released.
- Furthermore, the base game of Destiny 2 will soon carry the new name “Destiny 2: New Light”.
- In the future, no content will be exclusive anymore – the PlayStation 4 will no longer have preferential treatment. All platforms will receive access to all content at the same time.
- Destiny 2 is moving from Battle.net to Steam on PC – and all characters will come along
- Cross-Save will be added for Xbox One, PC, and Stadia – it will also work with PS4.
To support this hypothesis, the US site VG247 reports that the base game of Destiny 2 can no longer be purchased in the stores of Sony and Microsoft.
It could also just be a new marketing strategy where Destiny 2 is sold directly with all DLCs or together with the first expansion Forsaken.
VG247 wants to know that Bungie after the breakup with Activision will also leave Battle.net on PC. The site reports that Destiny 2 will instead come to Steam and that PC players can switch to the new platform for free with their progress and purchases.
This is what the livestream is about: Tonight, Bungie wants to address the future of Destiny 2 in a livestream. The stream starts tonight, June 6, at 7 PM and can be watched on the following platforms:
It is expected that the studio will present the next expansion for Destiny 2 and perhaps already give a glimpse of Destiny 3, which could possibly be released as early as the end of 2020.
What is still rumored: Even before the stream, alleged details came to light that Bungie could present this evening. Data miners claim to have already discovered the first information about the next expansion. This is supposedly called Shadowkeep and will take us back to the Moon.
Additionally, Bungie is said to plan to introduce Cross-Save. The latest rumors also suggest that Destiny 2 will be playable on Google’s Stadia.
