Gaming: Shock, tears, and relief: How Destiny 2's most popular creators reacted to the end of the legendary shooter

Gaming: Shock, tears, and relief: How Destiny 2's most popular creators reacted to the end of the legendary shooter

"I thought I would be ready to hear something like this, but I guess I'm just not," said popular streamer Datto. There were certainly signs that Destiny 2's best days were behind it, but this week's announcement that the shooter will no longer receive content updates still came as a shock. The first-person shooter has been evolving for nearly a decade, and among the players devastated by the news are content creators who've built careers and communities centered on Destiny 2 commentary, criticism, and lore deep dives. "It's been my entire adult life," a tearful Datto said later in the stream. "I graduated college, I worked in television for like two-and-a-half, three years, trying to grind my way up, and then the YouTube channel took off in 2014 … it's all I've known, it's everyone I know. 99% of my friends have come from this experience. My career has been this experience." Following Bungie's announcement, we learned that development on Destiny 3 is not in progress. It could happen, but as Datto says during his stream, even if it does there's little chance we'll see it this decade. It's at least a relief, the streamer said, to now know what Bungie is doing with the game so that he can plan for his own future. Other streamers and commentators are also considering what they'll do next. "What does this mean for me personally?" said Destiny 2 streamer Fallout, reiterating a question from his stream chat. "...We've been expanding into other games, thank Christ. I'm going to be making content for it as long as I can. Thankfully, my content on other games have been performing well. I am very fortunate to have this as my job. Very fortunate. This certainly changes things." Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.

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