Destiny 2 season 15 will add cross play

In a This Week At Bungie blog post, the studio featured information on Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and Stadia cross-play for Destiny 2 in Season 15.

With Destiny 2 on so many platforms, you might be wondering what will happen to everyone’s name. Bungie will ask all Destiny 2 players to create a “Bungie name” that will remain the same across all platforms. These Bungie names will include the player’s Bungie name, display name, and numeric ID.

To make it easier for console friends to find other players, Bungie will reduce the number of characters used in a Bungie name. They explained that some player names on Steam with extended character sets would not be available. Additionally, all names will be moderated and filtered to avoid offensive terms. “It is possible that due to the removal of these characters, players will end up with empty names or names that result in offensive terms,” Bungie explained. Unfortunately, if players are stuck with an empty or offensive name, they won’t be able to change it at launch and will have to wait a few months. Basically think three times before you come up with your Bungie name.

In addition to a Bungie name, players will have a list called Bungie Friends which will group all friends into one list. Players can also filter their roster based on platforms. You can even team up with cross-platform clan members. To add friends to Bungie Friends, players will need to find their friends on their preferred platform and send friend requests. Another way is to search for friends through the Invite screen. Finally, players can use the Bungie friend finder site, which will launch when cross play becomes available, to link their platforms and send friend requests to Bungie. For Fireteam requests, players can open the Roster tab in their menu and search for players they want to team up with.

Another thing to keep in mind is that voice chat will not be available between platforms when crossplay launches, but Bungie suggests that this will be fixed in a post-launch update. Players will have to wait until winter for text chat on consoles and text entry with keyboards.

Bungie is aware of targeted harassment in the community. To ensure the safety of the community, players will be able to block other players and access privacy settings through their Roster menu.

Bungie also answered a question many fans have asked: How will competitive PvP modes work? For initial matchmaking, PC players will only team up with other PC players, and console players will battle against other console and Stadia players. If there is a cross-platform Fireteam that includes a PC player, that Fireteam will be placed in the PC matchmaking pool.

Season 14 will end on August 24. Bungie’s The Witch Queen expansion also reveals lands on August 24.