History of Destiny 2

Overview

Destiny 2 is a first-person shooter with MMO and role-playing elements, developed by Bungie. It launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 6 September 2017 (Windows followed on 24 October 2017) with Activision publishing; Bungie took over publishing in 2019. It later came to Stadia (2019) and PS5 and Xbox Series X|S (2020).

Free to play

On 1 October 2019 the base game and some activities became free under "New Light", while expansions remained paid.

Story and expansions

The opening campaign is the Red War, in which the Cabal Red Legion attacks the Last City and Guardians defeat Dominus Ghaul. Expansions per Wikipedia: Curse of Osiris (Dec 2017), Warmind (May 2018), Forsaken (Sept 2018), Shadowkeep (Oct 2019), Beyond Light (Nov 2020), The Witch Queen (Feb 2022), Lightfall (Feb 2023), The Final Shape (June 2024), The Edge of Fate (July 2025) and Renegades (Dec 2025).