Destiny 2: The Witch King's PC issues are being addressed by Bungie – For The Win

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By <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name"><a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/kylecampbell" title="Posts by Kyle Campbell" class="author url fn" rel="author">Kyle Campbell</a></span></span>         <span class="post-date updated">February 22, 2022 7:57 pm</span>                    <br>        By      <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name"><a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/kylecampbell" title="Posts by Kyle Campbell" class="author url fn" rel="author">Kyle Campbell</a></span></span> |                  <span class="article__author__date" itemprop="datePublished" content="2022-02-22T19:57:16-05:00">           February 22, 2022 7:57 pm ET        </span>         <span class="article__author__widgets">                                                             </span>     <br>While most <i>Destiny 2</i> fans are celebrating the <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/destiny-2-the-witch-queen-launch-release-time-zone"><i>Witch Queen</i> expansion&#8217;s release</a>, the PC version appears to be suffering some launch woes.<br>Over on the official Bungie Help Twitter account, the studio made a statement on Tuesday regarding stability issues and crashing on the PC version of <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/02/destiny-2-the-witch-queen-interactive-trailer"><i>Destiny 2: The Witch Queen</i></a>. <br>&#8220;We&#8217;re investigating issues where some PC performance optimization apps for graphic cards and fan speed control are causing Destiny 2 to crash,&#8221; Bungie said <a href="https://twitter.com/BungieHelp/status/1496196875384500234">on Twitter</a>. &#8220;Players encountering issues are encouraged to fully exit out of these applications before launching the game.&#8221;<br>As of the time of this post going live, Bungie has yet to administer a permanent fix to the ongoing problems. However, following the company&#8217;s advice about closing specific applications seems to be working for many.<br>MSI Afterburner is popular on PC since it allows for snappy, easily tweakable changes to a desktop&#8217;s performance — right down to fan speed. Many <i>Destiny 2</i> players probably use it, hence why many are running into problems.<br>The extra technical hiccups come with the territory while <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/best-pc-games">playing video games on PC</a>, though. Bungie will likely administer a fix as fast as possible, so <i>Destiny 2</i> fans on the platform fans will have to hold tight for now.<br><em>Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of <a href="https://www.glhf.gg/en">GLHF</a>.</em><br><a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/tag/destiny-2-the-witch-queen" rel="tag">Destiny 2: The Witch Queen</a>, <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/tag/glhf" rel="tag">GLHF</a>, <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/category/video-games" rel="category tag">Video Games</a><br>                                               <span class="time">February 23, 2022 8:26 pm ET </span>                         <span class="dot">&middot;</span>                       <span class="author-links">                             By:                             <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/robertpoduski" title="Posts by Robert Zeglinski" class="author url fn" rel="author">Robert Zeglinski</a>                                                  </span>                     <br>As a big-game player, you can&#8217;t be missing big games for your legacy.  <br>                                               <span class="time">February 23, 2022 8:22 pm ET </span>                         <span class="dot">&middot;</span>                       <span class="author-links">                             By:                             <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/kylecampbell" title="Posts by Kyle Campbell" class="author url fn" rel="author">Kyle Campbell</a>                                                    </span>                     <br>It&#8217;s almost time for fans to build in that galaxy far, far away&#8230; <br>                                               <span class="time">February 23, 2022 7:46 pm ET </span>                         <span class="dot">&middot;</span>                       <span class="author-links">                             By:                             <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/kylecampbell" title="Posts by Kyle Campbell" class="author url fn" rel="author">Kyle Campbell</a>                                                    </span>                     <br>The EA executive had some stern words. <br>                                                 <span class="time">February 23, 2022 7:28 pm ET </span>                         <span class="dot">&middot;</span>                       <span class="author-links">                             By:                             <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/carolinedarney" title="Posts by Caroline Darney" class="author url fn" rel="author">Caroline Darney</a>                                                    </span>                     <br>What a heartwarming moment. <br>                                                <span class="time">February 23, 2022 7:00 pm ET </span>                         <span class="dot">&middot;</span>                       <span class="author-links">                             By:                             <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/ftw-staff" title="Posts by FTW Staff" class="author url fn" rel="author">FTW Staff</a>                                                    </span>                     <br>The USWNT will meet Iceland in the SheBelieves 2022 Cup on Wednesday night from Toyota Stadium in Frisco, TX. 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