Destiny 2 is going free-to-play, Shadowkeep revealed

Bungie addressed the Activision-less future of Destiny 2 last night in a livestream that covered a whole bunch of news for the shooter. Let's dive right in:

First off, Destiny 2 is going free-to-play. Rumours circulated over the last week this would be the case, and Bungie confirmed this new version of the game would be called Destiny 2: New Light. It'll contain all 'Year One' content for the shooter – so that includes the Trials of Osiris and Warmind content – and will be available on every platform Destiny 2 is currently available on – PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 from September 17.  

The second reveal was Destiny 2's next expansion. Entitled Shadowkeep – as previously leaked –  this chapter will be completely standalone and won't require any additional purchase of anything outside of the free Destiny: New Light content. Going forward, future seasons also won't require previous seasons of DLC to get the most out of, so don't worry if you missed out on Forsaken or any of the others. Here's a trailer:

Another major announcement Bungie made during the reveal was how Destiny 2 is getting Cross-Play support  – when the service launches in 'Fall' (no exact date was yet revealed) you'll be able to transfer characters between Xbox One, Battle.net on PC, Google Stadia and even PlayStation 4, who were a very last minute addition, as the original announcement said their particpation was pending until confirming themselves via Tweet just after the broadcast. Another notable point is that there will be no-more platform exclusive content going foward, bringing an end to the previous PlayStation exclusvity deal.

Finally, Bungie re-confirmed that Destiny 2 is coming to Google Stadia in November as first announced during the Stadia Connect livestream, and also to Steam from September 17. Current owners of the game on Blizzard's Battle.net will be able to transfer their progress and characters across to the Steam version for free.

If you want to rewatch the full 15 minute VidDoc with all these announcements in, we've included it below. Destiny 2: Shadowkeep launches September 17 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam.