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Bungie quietly addresses DLC paywall controversy

EA’s Battlefront loot crate controversy has taken so much negative attention that many haven’t noticed a huge issue with Destiny 2. Destiny 2 -a game built around customers purchasing DLC – released their…

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GAMEOLOGY – Should microtrans and loot boxes be regulated?

Posted on October 23, 2017October 24, 2017
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byMathew Falvai

Microtransactions, loot boxes, and other practices are used by the most profitable games in the industry. But many of these tactics can be considered predatory and manipulative. Psychological tricks are…

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See Top PS4/VR/PS3/Vita/DLC for September 2017 – Destiny 2 is on fire

Posted on October 9, 2017October 10, 2017
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byMathew Falvai

Sony has released their September download numbers for PSN. The usual suspects (annualized sports, Destiny 2) dominate, but there are some fun surprises tucked in as well (PES beating FIFA on PS3!) PS4 1…

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Destiny 2 is Super Successful According to Weirdly Specific Stats

Posted on September 16, 2017September 18, 2017
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byMathew Falvai

Destiny is a big deal. Destiny 2 is a really big deal. Let’s prove it with numbers. “Destiny 2 is Largest Ever Day 1 Sales Globally for Playstation Store” (I didn’t write nor…

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Announcements

Play Soccer in the Destiny 2 Social Space “The Farm”

Destiny 2’s new social space will be called The Farm, as revealed by Bungie’s Ryan Ebenger in an IGN exclusive video. Ebenger explained the goal was to create a more dynamic…

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Opinion

How Destiny 2 is Winning Me Over to the Series

I don’t like first-person shooters. There, I said it. Good to get that off my chest. It’s not that I don’t like shooting guns in first-person in video games; it’s just…

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Announcements

Destiny 2 using hybrid of P2P and Client servers

According to Bungie’s Weekly Update, Destiny 2: The Sequel will not have purely dedicated servers, instead using a hybrid of client and peer-to-peer tech. This will worry some gamers as P2P is…

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Destiny is getting a 4 hour maintenance next week

Bungie has just announced that Destiny will be going through a round of maintenance next week. Destiny’s servers will be going offline during this time. According to the recent blog…

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Destiny 2 Gets Reveal Trailer, Release Date, and PC Confirmation

It’s a big day for Bungie, as they’ve just released an official reveal trailer for Destiny 2, along with a release date, a beta, a PC version, and a Collector’s Edition.…

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Bungie reveals their plans for the end of Destiny

Bungie released a blog post earlier this week detailing their plans for Destiny this year. The developer has confirmed that Destiny will be coming to a close this year and…

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