Destiny 2fans have been delving through its universe of content since it released back in 2017, but they’ve been exploring it with people on their own platform. Now, thanks to a mistake from Bungie, some gamers are encountering players from other platforms.
Bungie intends on releasing crossplay forDestiny 2in Fall 2021, but it looks like the developers are already at work on the feature as multiple fans of the intergalactic FPS have noticed Guardians from other platforms in their instances. This crossplay implementation released early due to an accident on Bungie’s end, but it will remain live for the rest of the week.
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The Verge’s Tom Warren was among severalDestiny 2fans to notice the early implementation of crossplay, and he was able to confirm that it was an unintentional mistake from Bungie which will soon be undone. Bungie will be fixing the crossplay mistake later this week according to the Lead Community Manager at Bungie who’s known as Cozmo on Twitter. In the meantime, Cozmo recommendsDestiny 2fans take advantage of thetemporary implementation of crossplaybefore Bungie undoes its mistake. This means Destiny 2 fans have a very limited window to try the temporarily implemented crossplay before it disappears on a date this week that Bungie hasn’t confirmed, making it anyone’s guess.
Destiny 2justentered its Season of the Splicerand fans who play this week will be able to explore the new content and activities with their friends on other platforms. Google Stadia fans will be particularly impacted by the implementation of crossplay as the platform’sDestiny 2community is lacking compared to other platforms, but eagle-eyed fans have already seen Stadia players being matched with Guardians on PC. Players who are looking for some intense Crucible PvP action are already being matched with counterparts on other platforms, although this will all change once Bungie fixes the mistake it made later this week.
Considering the sudden release of crossplay forDestiny 2, it seems strange thatBungie is waiting until later this yearto enable the new feature now that it has gone live. Since crossplay is live right now and Destiny 2 fans have been encouraged to test the feature out while it’s up, Bungie may gain some valuable data from this mistake that it wouldn’t have gotten if every Guardian had to wait until Fall to play with friends on other platforms.
Destiny 2is available right now for Google Stadia, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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