Send us Fan Mail ARC Raiders is about to get its biggest update since launch. Frozen Trail arrives October 8, and this doesn't sound like another small content drop. We're talking about a completely new settlement beyond the mountains, villages, factories, research facilities, an observatory, much more vertical exploration, new ARC enemies, a huge high-level ARC operation, new weapons, customization, gadgets, progression changes and an entirely new Outpost system. It sounds great. But the...

Send us Fan Mail Destiny’s vaulted content is coming back! ...Except not really. A community project has managed to use an old Season of Arrivals build of Destiny 2 to access destinations and spaces that disappeared when Beyond Light launched. You can explore them, move through old loading zones, use abilities, ride Sparrows and revisit places that haven't been accessible for years. But before everybody starts celebrating the return of the Red War and Leviathan... There are no functional ...

Send us Fan Mail Destiny finally feels relaxed and fun again. The problem is, that might be because its future is already gone. In Episode 157 of This Week at Shrouded, AGreener and Mr. Wrecked break down the strange new era of Destiny 2. Players are praising the latest content, revisiting everything they never had time to finish, and treating Destiny like a comfort game. At the same time, player numbers are falling faster than expected and the community is beginning to accept what comes ne...

Send us Fan Mail Destiny 2 is more active than it has been in a long time, but Bungie's major updates are effectively over. This episode asks how long the current version can keep players, clans, and matchmaking going without a real content pipeline. We also get into Bungie's layoffs, Marathon's uncertain runway, the flood of rare Destiny emblems, AI's growing role in game development, Sony's all-digital direction, and Xbox's latest studio restructuring. It is a bleak episode, but there is s...

Send us Fan Mail Destiny had one more messy, sentimental, and surprisingly fun week to talk about. This episode covers the current bug chaos, the bigger Bungie and Sony rumors floating around, and what the future of Destiny might actually look like if support keeps shrinking. We also spend time on the good stuff too, because people are still playing, still grinding, and still finding reasons to enjoy the game. We get into the community challenge, the SGC activity around the update, the weird...

Send us Fan Mail Destiny’s final update is here, and this episode is a mix of appreciation, criticism, and a very real sense of ending. We talk through the update itself, the things that landed well, the things that still feel bad, and what it means to keep playing when the game you’ve built a lot of your life around is winding down. There’s also Pantheon, the gauntlet, Trials, the collection changes, the new exotic mission, the updated director and portal, and the bigger question of what co...

Send us Fan Mail This week is basically a giant Destiny update dump, and it is a lot. We go through the dev insights, TWID, the new sandbox changes, armor reworks, artifact changes, exotic tuning, and all the weird little upgrades Bungie is stuffing into the game right before the finish line. We also get into the Marathon talk, some Sony and Bungie speculation, the new reward structure, and the community side of things. Plus, this episode has plenty of actual podcast chaos, because of course...

Send us Fan Mail Destiny gets a pretty big systems refresh this week, and the episode is all about the Dev Insights breakdown. The director is getting reworked, patrol zones are getting more reasons to exist, and the Portal is getting a bunch of changes that should make reward chasing feel a lot better. We also get into the return of Gambit updates, SRL making a comeback, and the general state of Destiny news with TWID still not here on time. It’s a fun, chaotic episode with a lot of “wait, ...

Send us Fan Mail Destiny 2 just got news on its final content update, and this episode is basically the community processing that in real time. We go through Bungie’s June 9 update, the news around Destiny’s future, and what it means when there is no obvious next project lined up for the Destiny team. There is sadness here, but there is also a pretty massive list of stuff coming in the final update. We also cover the giveaway winners, the new gameplay updates, and a big conversation about wh...

Send us Fan Mail This week at Shrouded goes deep on the biggest Bungie story of the week, then pivots into Marathon Season 2 and the latest TWID housekeeping. We also cover the new creator emblems, weekend rotations, a Marathon exploit ban situation, and the usual community updates. It’s a pretty full episode overall. There’s Sony’s 120.1 billion yen Bungie write down, talk about what that might mean for Destiny and Bungie’s future, and then a look at where Marathon is headed with Season 2, ...