The Long Game

A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

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Destiny 2

Developer/publisher Bungie Format PC, PS4, Xbox One Release 2017

Bungie can’t lose at the moment. Six months on from its split with former publisher Activision, the Destiny maker has the rare ability to be able to blame all the things players don’t like about its game on its former partner while pitching all the good stuff as the product of its new-found independence. In fairness, there’s much more of the latter around at the moment than the former. Indeed, as the clock runs down on Destiny 2’s second year, the series has never been in better shape.

The groundwork was laid while Activision was still around, with last September’s