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Last year's shock layoff of around 100 staff at Bungie was accompanied by a report that the studio expected to miss its internal revenue projections by as much as 45%. You don't need access to the books to know that is both a substantial chunk of change, and that the subsequent delay to The Final Shape expansion will only have made matters worse.
Destiny 2 players, we've got another unintended farm for the record books, and this one's a doozy. Following today's Guardian Games update, featured Lost Sectors would auto-complete the second you'd load in, spitting out enhancement materials and even Exotics immediately after starting the activity. Sadly, Bungie was quick on the draw here: it's been patched.
Marty O'Donnell has had a long and successful career as a composer, but remains best-known for his near two-decade association with developer Bungie. O'Donnell was audio director and composed the music for all of Bungie's Halo games, with his final project being Destiny before things went badly south between the musician and the studio. Since his firing in 2014 O'Donnell has been involved in various legal actions against his former employer and Microsoft, some of which have gone his way and some… not so much.
It's no secret that Destiny 2 has been in a rough spot for a while, between the current marathon season due to the delay of The Final Shape, last year's brutal round of layoffs at Bungie, and game director Joe Blackburn's surprise departure this month. Throw in a notoriously vocal community that's grown fatigued with the game's seasonal model and monetisation, and the current gloom at parent company Sony, and the good times are very much not rolling if you're a guardian. But, hey… Hoverboards!
With Helldivers 2's severs holding firm, developer Arrowhead Game Studios is ready to return to its "original plan" for the shooter.
To Ascend Sparkle in and level up all of her abilities, also known as traces, you will need to farm several materials, many of which were introduced with Version 2.0’s Penacony. In Version 2.0, the Astral Express crew is invited by the rulers of the Land of Dreams to attend the Charmony Festival. In the new destination, Sparkle is introduced. The 5-star unit was also added as a playable character during the Phase 2 banners of 2.0. Sparkle is a support hero who follows the Path of the Harmony, thus making her a buffer.
As reported by Insider Gaming and first spotted by Battlefield YouTuber DannyonPC, FPS veteran and Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto appears to have left his director position at Ridgeline Games, an EA subsidiary, where he was working on the next Battlefield game.
A new Helldivers 2 patch has been deployed, and developer Arrowhead has confirmed that the Helldivers 2 server cap has been raised to 700.000 concurrent players.