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Destiny 2 PC Unlock Time

Here’s when you can expect Destiny 2 to release and unlock on PC.
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Unlike its predecessor, Destiny 2 will be making its way to PC, and the game will arrived on Blizzard’s Battle.net application on October 24, 2017. At this time, fans will be able to hop into the game and experience the definitive edition of Bungie’s hit shooter in stunning 4K support, an uncapped frame rate, and full HDR support. It’s a huge leap forward for the Destiny series, and when Destiny 2 drops on PC, we’re sure that plenty of new fans will be giving the series a go, thus boosting the amount of players quite a bit. Bungie has now released information about the PC unlock time for Destiny 2, and we’ll go over all the details below.

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Destiny 2 PC Unlock Time

As we stated earlier, Destiny 2 will become available to PC players on October 24, 2017. Right now the game can already be preloaded, so be sure to check out the details on how to preload Destiny 2 by checking out our guide. Once you’ve got it preloaded, though, you’ll need to wait until the game actually unlocks to start playing it.

Destiny 2 players will be able to hop into the game and start playing it as early as 10AM PT on October 24. This means that fans in the UK won’t be able to hop into the game until around 6PM BST. To see when the game will unlock in your local time, be sure to head over to this website to see when you can start playing Destiny 2 for yourself.

Destiny 2 PC Requirements

If you want to enjoy the definitive edition of Destiny 2 in stunning 4K resolution, then you’re going to need quite a beefy system to pull off the best framerates and graphics. While the minimum requirements for Destiny 2’s PC version aren’t extravagant, we’ve outlined the details of both the minimum and the recommended system requirements below, so make sure you check them out to see where your PC stands against the developer’s suggested requirements.

Minimum System Requirements

CPU: Intel i3-3250 3.5GHz, Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz, AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz, or equivalent

GPU: GeForce GTX 660, or equivalent

RAM: 6GB

OS: Windows 7, 8.1 or 10, 64-bit versions only

HDD: 68GB available space required

Recommended System Requirements

CPU: Intel i5-2400 3.4 GHz, i5-7400 3.5 GHz, AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz, or equivalent

GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, GeForce GTX 970, or equivalent

RAM: 8GB

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

HDD: 68GB available space required

You should now know when Destiny 2 unlocks on PC, as well as what kind of system you’ll need to play the game on the smoothest settings. Be sure to head back over to our Destiny 2 guide for more in-depth articles about the game, as well as some very instructional guides to help you get used to the way things work in the sequel to Bungie’s hit shooter looter.


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Josh Hawkins
Josh has been exploring fantastic worlds and getting lost in video games for as long as he can remember. Starting out on the Super Nintendo with Super Mario World, and ending up in the world of next-generation gaming. He enjoys digging into the story and lore of massive RPGs, as well as getting lost just trying to make that last jump in any platformers he gets pulled into, as well as everything in between. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Entertainment.