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News video games 03 October 2019, 13:56

author: Adrian Werner

Destiny 2 With a Very Successful Steam Debut

Destiny 2's PC launch in free-to-play model was a great success. On the first day, the Steam activity record exceeded 225,000 users playing at the same time.

Destiny 2's debut on Steam was very popular.
DESTINY 2 IN A NUTSHELL:
  1. Developer: Bungie
  2. Publisher: Formerly Activision, now Bungie
  3. Genre: FPS
  4. Platforms: PS4, XONE, PC
  5. Release date: September 6, 2017
  6. Release date on PC: October 24, 2017
  7. Switch to F2P: October 1, 2019

The day before yesterday Destiny 2 switched to free-to-play as Destiny 2: New Light. At the same time, the game abandoned the Battle.net in favor of Steam. We can now say that the move was a success and Bungie's game had a very successful debut on Valve's website.

According to GitHyp, more than 225,000 people were playing Destiny 2 on Steam at the hottest moment of the day. This result could have been even higher if it had not been for the fact that the launch on this platform was not without technical difficulties and many players had problems with starting the game.

134,000 people are playing in Destiny 2 on Steam as we are writing this news. This makes it the fourth most popular game on the website, bested only by Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

With the release of Destiny 2 as free-to-play title, Bungie took full control of the franchise and became its publisher. The free, called New Light, offers, among others, three PvE campaigns, PvP battles and mixed gameplay modes. The game is available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

It is worth mentioning that on October 1, an expansion titled Destiny 2: Shadowkeep also debuted. Unlike the base version of the game, this is a paid extension. DLC offers, among other things, a new location on the Moon, filled with missions, challenges, and additional dungeon, a raid and a large set of exotic gear.

  1. Destiny 2: New Light - official website
  2. Destiny 2 - game guide

Adrian Werner

Adrian Werner

A true veteran of the Gamepressure newsroom, writing continuously since 2009 and still not having enough. He caught the gaming bug thanks to playing on his friend's ZX Spectrum. Then he switched to his own Commodore 64, and after a short adventure with 16-bit consoles, he forever entrusted his heart to PC games. A fan of niche productions, especially adventure games, RPGs and games of the immersive sim genre, as well as a mod enthusiast. Apart from games, he devourers stories in every form - books, series, movies, and comics.

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