If that wasn’t enough, any loot, cosmetics and currencies earned alongside unlocked Titles and Triumphs will remain with the player after Open Access ends. Even for those who have no interest in playing The Edge of Fate, it’s a pretty extensive range of content. The Witch Queen and The Final Shape are worthwhile campaigns, while Episode 3: Heresy features some great new activities and loot.

It’s unknown whether all the Dungeons are also available for free, but you can experience three of them thanks to Rite of the Nine. The limited-time event includes Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher and Ghosts of the Deep, alongside their associated rewards.

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate launches on July 15th for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and PC. Check out the launch trailer here and learn more about its post-game activity here.

If you miss out, don’t worry – Shadowkeep and Beyond Light campaigns will be free for all players from June 4th. They can also use the Stasis subclasses without any restrictions. As for the rest of the content, Bungie will release the Shadowkeep Pack and Beyond Light Pack. Check out everything they have to offer below (price not yet shared):

Shadowkeep Pack

• 13 Exotic weapons
• 3 Exotic armor pieces
• The Scarlet Keep Nightfall
• The Pit of Heresy dungeon
• The Garden of Salvation raid

Beyond Light Pack

• 12 Exotic weapons
• 6 Exotic armor pieces
• The Glassway and Proving Grounds Nightfalls
• The Deep Stone Crypt raid

Expect the two packs to arrive around The Final Shape’s launch on June 4th. In the meantime, check out more details on the expansion, from its Exotic class items to more gameplay of the Prismatic subclasses (and teases of the new Strike). Stay tuned for more details shortly.

PlayStation Plus Essential is required for PS4 and PS5 players to get the most out of the expansions, but at least they also get the Lightfall expansion as part of this month’s free games. The initiative is a good way for players to catch up on the franchise ahead of The Final Shape’s launch, especially since it concludes the Light and Darkness saga.

You won’t get to experience the seasonal content that launched between each expansion or even access their Dungeons, but at least the loot is available to keep. Destiny 2: The Final Shape launches on June 4th for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 and PC. In the meantime, current players can also experience the new Onslaught and Pantheon modes alongside the return of The Whisper Exotic mission.

OlliOlli World is Roll7’s latest title in the acclaimed skateboarding franchise, boasting a bombastic new aesthetic and tons of customization. Evil Dead: The Game is a PvEvP title which sees four survivors from across the Evil Dead universe battling against a Kandarian Demon and some Deadites. Destiny 2: Beyond Light is an expansion for the free-to-play title, which adds Stasis as a new Darkness subclass, a new campaign, and new gear.

As for Mafia: Definitive Edition, it’s a remake of the 2002 classic with improved visuals, quality-of-life features and better racing controls. Stay tuned when all four titles are free to claim next week. It’s also worth noting that PlayStation Plus Collection is going away on May 9th. Subscribers can still keep the titles if they’ve already redeemed them.

Mafia: Definitive Edition will also be available on PS4, though it’s playable on PS5 via backward compatibility. All four titles are reportedly available from February 7th till March 6th. It’s worth noting that Mafia: Definitive Edition may be replaced with another title in certain regions. Stay tuned for Sony’s official announcement for more details.

In the meantime, PS Plus Essential subscribers can claim Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Fallout 76 and Axiom Verge 2 as part of January’s free games. Titles recently added for Extra and Premium subscribers include Dragon Ball FighterZ, Back 4 Blood, Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, Life is Strange, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, and much more. Check out the full list here.

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Phylaks, the Warrior – Destiny 2: Beyond Light

Much of the story in Destiny 2: Beyond Light focuses on harnessing the power of Stasis. Before that though, the player encounters Eramis in Riis-Reborn as she bestows Stasis powers to her followers in the House of Darkness. Upon being discovered, there’s no other choice but to run. Phylaks, the Warrior, also appears to stop you but is completely immune to any damage. Eventually you’ll come back and use the power of Stasis to defeat her before taking down Eramis herself.

For the Moon, Loud Lullaby, One Small Step, Tranquility, Dream Breaker, Arc Logic and several more weapons will be making a return. Each can roll with new perks including Killing Wind on Every Waking Moment and Chain Reaction on Love and Death. The Dreaming City weapon offerings are a bit sparser and include Tigerspite, Twilight Oath and Abide the Return with new perks like Frenzy, Vorpal Weapon and Thresh respectively.

Nevertheless, that’s a healthy number of weapons overall for players to farm even before the next season drops. They’ll all drop from the same respective sources as before. As for what else the next major update could offer, stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks.

Bungie recently released the first new Strike for Destiny 2 since Beyond Light’s release with Proving Grounds. Though part of Season of the Chosen, the Strike is free for all players. Unfortunately, the Nightfall version isn’t. The developer clarified that its inclusion in the season’s calendar was “incorrect.”

In order to play the Proving Grounds Nightfall, players will need the Beyond Light expansion and Season of the Chosen pass. Bungie will update the calendar going forward to reflect this. To be fair, when viewing an older version of the same, it does not in fact state the Nightfall version is free for all players (only the regular Strike).

This move is likely to get ahead of potential complaints from those who can’t access the Proving Grounds Nightfall when it’s in rotation. Regardless, if you want to partake in the game’s end-game activities, you need to own all of the latest content. Destiny 2’s Season of the Chosen is currently ongoing but will come to a close on May 11th. Stay tuned for more details on the next season in the coming weeks.

On the Season of the Chosen calendar, Proving Grounds Nightfall was listed as Free to All Players. This is incorrect, and players must own Beyond Light and the Season of the Chosen Season Pass to access this Nightfall.

The calendar will be updated to reflect this.

— Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) March 31, 2021

A new Strike is available now for Bungie’s Destiny 2 as part of Season of the Chosen. Proving Grounds sees a three-player fireteam venturing to Caiatl’s Imperial land talk on Nessus to challenge her chosen warrior. Check out the trailer below to see it in action.

If this looks a lot like Cerberus Vae III from Destiny 1, you’d be right. As players venture through the land tank, they’ll take out hordes of Cabal, Imperial walkers and other obstacles. Proving Grounds will enter the Strike playlist for all players on March 30th and also be available as a Nightfall activity.

Season of the Chosen’s next major activity is Guardian Games, which will be available to all players from April 20th to May 9th. A big change from previous iterations of the event is that players will need to stick with a single class throughout. There will also be a “closing ceremony” of sorts on May 7th to 9th. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks.

Bungie’s latest hotfix for Destiny 2 is now live, bringing the long-awaited fix to the Exotic rocket launcher Eyes of Tomorrow. Earned from the Deep Stone Crypt raid, the weapon was bugged to deal less damage than intended against Elite foes. This should now be fixed.

Perhaps the biggest part of this hotfix are the changes to Stasis. Sub-classes like Revenant have had abilities like Shatterdive nerfed with damage resistance being removed and each use having a four second cooldown. Withering Blade’s damage and slow stacks against players has also been reduced. As for Titans, Glacial Quake no longer create an AoE freeze on players in PvP.

Its damage reduction has also been reduced from 60 to 50 percent and the cost of using Shiver Strike has gone from three to seven percent of Super energy. Shadebinder Warlocks have seen some changes with Winter’s Wrath projectiles having improved tracking, though Penumbral Blast’s damage in PvP has gone back down to 30. For more details on all of the changes, check out the full patch notes here.

Destiny 2 Hotfix 3.1.1.1

Activities

Presage

• Fixed an issue where players could respawn into the void, instantly bringing an end to their feeble attempts to survive this activity at Master difficulty.

Wrathborn Hunts

• Fixed an issue where “Immune” text appears when players deal damage to the High Celebrant.

Destinations

• Fixed an issue where players would die instantly if they stood in a particular spot of the Quitter’s Well in Tangled Shore.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Scan and Heroic VIP patrols from appearing on Europa.

Battlegrounds

• Fixed an issue where players could regenerate infinite Super energy from teammates running through hallways.
• Fixed an issue where players would incorrectly receive an “online privileges” dialog when trying to launch specific Battlegrounds activities or the Battlegrounds playlist with a fireteam member who hadn’t unlocked the activity.
• Fixed an issue where the Cabal Pyro Flamethrower projectile generated a lot of network usage, leading to strange combatant behaviors within Battlegrounds activities.