<Tr> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Td> Action role - playing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Multiplayer </Td> </Tr> <P> Destiny 2 is an online - only multiplayer first - person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Activision . It was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 6, 2017, followed by a Microsoft Windows version the following month . It is the sequel to 2014's Destiny and its subsequent expansions . Set in a "mythic science fiction" world, the game features a multiplayer "shared - world" environment with elements of role - playing games . Players assume the role of a Guardian, protectors of Earth's last safe city as they wield a power called Light to protect the Last City from different alien races . One of these races, the Cabal, lead by their emperor, Dominus Ghaul, infiltrate the Last City and strips all Guardians of their Light . The player sets out on a journey to regain their Light and find a way to defeat Ghaul and his Red Legion army and take back the Last City . </P> <P> Like the original, activities in Destiny 2 are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) game types . In addition to normal story missions, PvE features three - player "strikes" and six - player raids . A free roam patrol mode is also available for each planet and features public events as well as new activities not featured in the original . These new activities have an emphasis on exploration of the planets and interactions with non-player characters (NPCs) on the planets; the original Destiny only featured NPCs in social spaces . PvP features objective - based modes, as well as traditional deathmatch game modes . All PvP game modes are four - versus - four, a change from the previous installment, which featured six - versus - six, three - versus - three, and two - versus - two variants . Bungie has already announced two expansion packs for the game, which will further the story and add new content and missions . The first expansion, Curse of Osiris, will release in late 2017, while the second expansion is planned for release in spring 2018 . </P>

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