The Escapist

Destiny 2 Renegades finally leans into the series’ derivative nature – and owns it

Destiny 2: Renegades is a strange expansion. Just looking at the screenshots might convince you that it’s a direct Star Wars crossover and that Jedi, Sith, Wookies, Ewoks, Jar Jar Binks, and Dexter ...
XCOM 2 Game Guide

71,000 people played Destiny 2 on Steam simultaneously. But what they found in the new DLC stirred up mixed feelings

Destiny 2 attracted a lot of players after the release of a pretty successful Star Wars-inspired expansion, but fans of the series have a problem. Nevertheless, it seems that after the recent ...
GamesRadar+

Destiny 2's Star Wars-themed expansion pulls in series-low Steam numbers while fans debate if Renegades is "pretty great" or a "$10 season disguised as a $30 Campaign"

Third Person Shooters Arc Raiders has been Steam's top-selling premium game every week since its launch Third Person Shooters Arc Raiders just hit 12 million copies sold, analyst estimates, sets new ...
DualShockers

Destiny 2 Renegades Is The Worst Launch In The Franchise

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...
PCGamesN

Destiny 2 Renegades results in a generous surge on Steam, but even Star Wars mania can't bring back the highs of my favorite FPS

The new era of Destiny 2, spearheaded by June's Edge of Fate expansion, hasn't exactly gone to plan for Bungie. I was extremely excited for a fresh Destiny experience post-Light and Dark saga, but so ...
IGN

Destiny 2: Renegades Presents a Much-Needed Refresh With a Star Wars Twist

As Destiny 2 gets closer to its tenth anniversary, the shared world action-RPG is currently at something of a crossroads. Following the end of The Final Shape, many players struggled to keep up with ...
HotHardware

Destiny 2 Is In Dire Straits, Is This The End Of Bungie's Hit Game?

by Chris Harper — Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 04:51 PM EDT It has been a tumultuous time for Destiny 2—and even as we were writing this with the game showing its lowest player count ever, Bungie ...
GamesRadar+

Facing backlash and worst-ever player counts on Steam, Bungie decides to remove ill-conceived Destiny 2 currency it just added in the MMO's Edge of Fate expansion

Ever since the release of Destiny 2's Edge of Fate expansion, developer Bungie has been busy fixing the many problems created by this very expansion. Amid widespread community pushback and series-low ...
Game Rant

Destiny 2 Steam Player Count Hits New Lows

Aaron McKinley is a writer, blogger and video game enthusiast with over five years of experience in web content and many more in playing games until the wee hours of the morning. His work spans many ...
PC Gamer

As Destiny 2 hits its lowest ever daily peak for Steam concurrent players, Bungie U-turns on controversial plan to reset player power next season

All is not well in Destiny 2. Last month I detailed my many issues with the Edge of Fate expansion's new Portal—the disastrous replacement for the game's seasonal update model. Since then, nothing ...
PCGamesN

Steam breaks its own rules to issue refunds to region-blocked Destiny 2 players

Some Destiny 2 players have noticed they've been blocked from playing the game. The Destiny 2 error code TAPIR usually suggests the game is down for maintenance, but ...