Destiny 2: Beyond Light
2020 expansion of Destiny 2
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| 2025 | Planned release of The Edge of Fate, beginning the next saga, scheduled for summer. |
| 2025 | Bungie announces it will continue to support Destiny 2 indefinitely following the announcement of the Marathon reboot. |
| June 4 2024 | With the release of The Final Shape expansion, the Beyond Light campaign was made free to play for all players, and its content was repackaged as the Beyond Light Pack. |
| January 2024 | Composer Skye Lewin leaves Bungie following the previous staff layoffs. |
| October 2023 | Composers Michael Salvatori and Michael Sechrist are laid off from Bungie during staff cutbacks. |
| February 2022 | The Witch Queen expansion is released, marking the end of the Beyond Light seasonal content cycle. |
| February 2022 | Lightfall expansion released, featuring the return of Emperor Calus as a new Disciple of the Witness and introducing a new player destination on Neptune. |
| 2021 | Received nominations for Best Game Community and Still Playing Award at Golden Joystick Awards, and Best Community Support for Beyond Light expansion at The Game Awards. |
| December 7 2021 | Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack is released, adding new content including the exotic rocket launcher Gjallarhorn, the six-player 'Dares of Eternity' activity, and the three-player dungeon 'Grasp of Avarice'. |
| August 2021 | Season of the Lost begins, extending for over six months due to the delay of The Witch Queen expansion. |
| May 2021 | Bungie inadvertently enabled and then quickly removed cross-platform play between PC and Stadia players. |
| May 2021 | Official cross-play beta test conducted with a special in-game Strike playlist. |
| May 2021 | Season of the Splicer begins, continuing the seasonal content for Year 4 of Destiny 2. |
| May 22 2021 | The original Destiny's first raid, 'Vault of Glass', is added to Destiny 2, adapted for the current game mechanics and accessed through a new Legends node. |
| February 2021 | Bungie announced delays to future expansions: The Witch Queen pushed to early 2022 and Lightfall to early 2023. |
| February 2021 | Season of the Chosen begins, featuring new seasonal content for Destiny 2. |
| 2020 | Continued recognition with nominations for Best Ongoing Game and Best Community Support at The Game Awards. |
| November 2020 | With the Beyond Light expansion release, Bungie removed the original base campaign (The Red War), Curse of Osiris, and Warmind content from the game, placing them in the Destiny Content Vault. A new player experience was introduced, featuring an expanded storyline in the Cosmodrome with a more fleshed-out origin story for new Guardians. |
| November 21 2020 | The new raid mission 'Deep Stone Crypt' is released, taking place in the Clovis Bray facility on Europa, the birthplace of the Exos. |
| November 10 2020 | Actual release date of Beyond Light expansion, marking the start of Year 4 and a new narrative era focusing on exploring the nature of Light and Dark. |
| September 22 2020 | Original planned release date for Beyond Light, which was later delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic development issues. |
| June 9 2020 | Destiny 2: Beyond Light expansion was officially unveiled by Bungie. |
| 2019 | Destiny 2 won Game Critics Awards for Best Ongoing Game and The Game Awards for Best Community Support. |
| 2018 | At Gamescom 2018, Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion won Best Add-on/DLC. |
| December 31 2018 | Bungie acquired the publishing rights to the Destiny franchise from Activision. |
| September 4 2018 | Third expansion 'Forsaken' was released, beginning Year 2 of Destiny 2 and introducing a major gameplay overhaul with a 'western revenge' themed story. |
| 2017 | The Guardian defeats Ghaul on his command ship, and the Traveler awakens, destroying the power-harvesting device and killing Ghaul. |
| 2017 | The Guardian loses their powers and finds refuge at 'the Farm' in the European Dead Zone with Suraya Hawthorne's assistance. |
| 2017 | Emperor Calus's massive Cabal ship, the Leviathan, appears in orbit of Nessus and invites Guardians to complete a series of challenges. |
| 2017 | At Gamescom 2017, Destiny 2 won Best Social/Online Game and Best Multiplayer Game, while also being nominated for Best Console Game (PlayStation 4) and Best PC Game. |
| 2017 | The Guardian restores their connection to the Light by interfacing with a Traveler shard in the EDZ forest. |
| 2017 | Became the second highest-grossing console game in North America for the year, behind Call of Duty: WWII. |
| 2017 | The Red Legion, led by Dominus Ghaul, launches an aerial assault on the Last City, destroying the main portion of the Tower and draining the Traveler of its Light, stripping Guardians of their powers. |
| 2017 | The Guardian disables the Almighty, preventing it from destroying the Sun, and signals Zavala to begin the counterattack. |
| 2017 | The Guardian rescues Cayde-6 from a Vex portal loop on Nessus and retrieves a teleporter. |
| 2017 | The Guardian discovers the Red Legion was dispatched to the Milky Way in response to a distress call from the Taken War, and learns about the Almighty, a superweapon capable of destroying stars. |
| December 2017 | Received six nominations at The Game Awards 2017, the most for any game that year, including categories like Best Art Direction, Best Score/Music, and Best Action Game. |
| December 5 2017 | Bungie adds 4K and HDR support for Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro. |
| September 23 2017 | Destiny 2 took the number 1 spot on the UK sales chart during the sales weekend. |
| August 29 2017 | PC beta for Destiny 2 begins. |
| July 18 2017 | Console beta for Destiny 2 begins, with early access for pre-order customers on PS4. |
| July 18 2017 | Destiny 2 console beta begins with early access for pre-order customers on PlayStation 4. |
| June 2017 | E3 2017 reveals Destiny 2's release date has been moved up to September 6, 2017, with the Windows version confirmed for October 24 release. |
| June 2017 | At E3, a new cinematic trailer is shown, narrated by the main antagonist Dominus Ghaul, with the release date moved up to September 6, 2017. |
| June 2017 | Awarded Best PC Game at the Game Critics Awards for E3 2017. |
| May 18 2017 | Bungie hosts a live stream showcasing Destiny 2 gameplay. |
| March 30 2017 | Bungie confirmed the Microsoft Windows version of Destiny 2 and released a full reveal trailer showing the game's three class Vanguards. |
| March 27 2017 | Bungie tweets an image teasing Destiny 2, showing The Last City in smoke and flames. |
| March 23 2017 | A promotional poster for Destiny 2 is leaked by Lega Network, revealing the game's name and a planned release date of September 8, 2017. |
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