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Destiny 2's guided games and clans recapped, in case you missed the hour long gameplay reveal

In Destiny 2, you'll never need to play alone. Learn more.

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Destiny 2 includes a feature called guided games and integrated clan support, which is basically a fancy way of saying raids have matchmaking now.

The video above introduces this topic, and is a snippet of the Destiny 2 gameplay reveal livestream for those who couldn't face the full thing.

To summarise: with Destiny 2, Bungie wants to address content gating by groups, one of the original game's frustrations. Destiny is at its absolute best during endgame co-op content like raids, tougher missions and strikes, or arena challenges, but if you don't have a solid crew to play with you just can't participate. On the other hand, just letting any old randos group together would potentially be even more frustrating (no, really; it's bad enough when your pals drop out on you or can't get their s**t together to shoot the baddies).

The solution in Destiny 2 is guided games, which combines LFG and matchmaking service. Clan groups looking for one or two more members to tackle a raid can create parties and advertise them, to be automatically matched with solo players who have volunteered for the queue.

This sounds like a great way to ensure everyone who plays Destiny 2 has a chance to try out everything in the game they paid for, while minimising frustration for all parties. Nice.

Destiny 2 releases in September for PS4 and Xbox One, with a PC version undated. To learn more, visit our Destiny 2 intel hub, where you'll find summaries and links to everything we know so far.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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