Earth has captured an asteroid that's spending time in space acting as a mini-moon, or baby moon, to our planet. The International Astronomical Union named the asteroid spinning around Earth a temporary captured object and, for the time being, it's acting like a tinier version of our moon. Astronomers discovered this mini-moon on February 15 using the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, and ten days later,  the IAU filed it as 2020 CD3. "Orbit integrations...indicate that this object is temporarily bound to the Earth," the IAU filing reads. "No evidence of perturbations due to solar radiation pressure is seen, and no link to a known artificial object has been found. Further observations and dynamical studies are strongly encouraged." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-sci-fi-movies&captions=true"] You read that right: no link to artificial objects has been found meaning this is likely a straggler space rock hurtling through the solar system, and not a gift from aliens or smugglers in space. We also know it doesn't belong to Elon Musk because he said so on Twitter shortly after the announcement. Astronomer Kacper Wierzchos shared the news on Twitter, explaining a bit more about 2020 CD3.

BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images. pic.twitter.com/zLkXyGAkZl

— Kacper Wierzchos (@WierzchosKacper) February 26, 2020

Wierzchos expanded on his first tweet, explaining that 2020 CD3 has actually been in Earth's orbit for three years. The mini-moon has a diameter between 1.9 meters and 3.5 meters based on his assumption that it's a C-type asteroid albedo. "But it's a big deal as out of ~1 million known asteroids, this is just the second asteroid to orbit Earth," Wierzchos said. The first asteroid to orbit earth was 2006 RH120. This asteroid completed a few trips around Earth from 2006 to 2007 before it left the planet's orbit and continued on elsewhere in the solar system. As the discovery is still somewhat new, not much is known of the object, although we imagine astronomers like Wierzchos and NASA will have their eyes glued to while it remains in orbit. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/13/nasa-spots-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-rapidly-approaching-earth-ign-news"] For more on space, be sure to check out the new method MIT engineers have found to deflect asteroids, a "potentially hazardous" asteroid that was headed towards earth, and the sad fate of an asteroid belt may face in six billion years. Baby Yoda was cute, but we're Team #BabyMoon now. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN who hates that he has to pick a side in the great Baby Yoda vs. Baby Moon debate. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Earth has captured an asteroid that's spending time in space acting as a mini-moon, or baby moon, to our planet. The International Astronomical Union named the asteroid spinning around Earth a temporary captured object and, for the time being, it's acting like a tinier version of our moon. Astronomers discovered this mini-moon on February 15 using the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, and ten days later,  the IAU filed it as 2020 CD3. "Orbit integrations...indicate that this object is temporarily bound to the Earth," the IAU filing reads. "No evidence of perturbations due to solar radiation pressure is seen, and no link to a known artificial object has been found. Further observations and dynamical studies are strongly encouraged." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-sci-fi-movies&captions=true"] You read that right: no link to artificial objects has been found meaning this is likely a straggler space rock hurtling through the solar system, and not a gift from aliens or smugglers in space. We also know it doesn't belong to Elon Musk because he said so on Twitter shortly after the announcement. Astronomer Kacper Wierzchos shared the news on Twitter, explaining a bit more about 2020 CD3.

BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images. pic.twitter.com/zLkXyGAkZl

— Kacper Wierzchos (@WierzchosKacper) February 26, 2020

Wierzchos expanded on his first tweet, explaining that 2020 CD3 has actually been in Earth's orbit for three years. The mini-moon has a diameter between 1.9 meters and 3.5 meters based on his assumption that it's a C-type asteroid albedo. "But it's a big deal as out of ~1 million known asteroids, this is just the second asteroid to orbit Earth," Wierzchos said. The first asteroid to orbit earth was 2006 RH120. This asteroid completed a few trips around Earth from 2006 to 2007 before it left the planet's orbit and continued on elsewhere in the solar system. As the discovery is still somewhat new, not much is known of the object, although we imagine astronomers like Wierzchos and NASA will have their eyes glued to while it remains in orbit. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/13/nasa-spots-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-rapidly-approaching-earth-ign-news"] For more on space, be sure to check out the new method MIT engineers have found to deflect asteroids, a "potentially hazardous" asteroid that was headed towards earth, and the sad fate of an asteroid belt may face in six billion years. Baby Yoda was cute, but we're Team #BabyMoon now. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN who hates that he has to pick a side in the great Baby Yoda vs. Baby Moon debate. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

If you were around for SkiFree, a Microsoft-created video game released in 1991 for the company’s Entertainment Pack 3, you probably enjoyed the surfing Easter egg the company hid in its Edge browser last year. Microsoft has now made the SkiFree-like surfing game an offline Edge browser game. Last year to promote the unveiling of a new Edge browser logo Microsoft developers hid a surfing game heavily reminiscent of SkiFree. Microsoft employees hid the game and only users who deciphered their clues via puzzles and secret images were able to play the game. But now that game will be available to anyone on the Edge browser. Edge users can find the game at edge://surf. The new version now supports three new modes including a time trial, support for keyboard, mouse, touch, or gamepad, and local high scores. Check out the game in action in the tweet below.

The edge://surf game is now available as the offline game in Microsoft Edge! We've made a ton of improvements based on your feedback. Here's what's new in Canary/Dev:

3 new modes! Play with keyboard, mouse, touch, or gamepad High scores Improved UX And much more! pic.twitter.com/UyLHED2loR — William Devereux (@MasterDevwi) February 26, 2020

There’s no online functionality, but as a nice little Easter egg that’s available whenever you’re bored, it’s not a bad experience. The surfing game was added as part of a new developer build for Microsoft Edge such as a Share button, and other more browser-specific features that aren’t related to the fun surf game. Check it out if you’re running the latest version of Edge. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

If you were around for SkiFree, a Microsoft-created video game released in 1991 for the company’s Entertainment Pack 3, you probably enjoyed the surfing Easter egg the company hid in its Edge browser last year. Microsoft has now made the SkiFree-like surfing game an offline Edge browser game. Last year to promote the unveiling of a new Edge browser logo Microsoft developers hid a surfing game heavily reminiscent of SkiFree. Microsoft employees hid the game and only users who deciphered their clues via puzzles and secret images were able to play the game. But now that game will be available to anyone on the Edge browser. Edge users can find the game at edge://surf. The new version now supports three new modes including a time trial, support for keyboard, mouse, touch, or gamepad, and local high scores. Check out the game in action in the tweet below.

The edge://surf game is now available as the offline game in Microsoft Edge! We've made a ton of improvements based on your feedback. Here's what's new in Canary/Dev:

3 new modes! Play with keyboard, mouse, touch, or gamepad High scores Improved UX And much more! pic.twitter.com/UyLHED2loR — William Devereux (@MasterDevwi) February 26, 2020

There’s no online functionality, but as a nice little Easter egg that’s available whenever you’re bored, it’s not a bad experience. The surfing game was added as part of a new developer build for Microsoft Edge such as a Share button, and other more browser-specific features that aren’t related to the fun surf game. Check it out if you’re running the latest version of Edge. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

If you haven't been following Marvel's Iron Man comics in recent years, you could be forgiven for thinking Howard Stark is Tony's biological father. The truth is much more complicated, and that story has just taken another strange turn. Read on to find out which Marvel character is claiming to be Tony Stark's father now, but beware of spoilers for The Avengers #31! [poilib element="accentDivider"] [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-top-25-marvel-villains &captions=true"] To quickly recap Tony Stark's convoluted family history, Tony first discovered he was adopted in in 2013's Iron Man #17. His adoptive brother Arno is the biological son of Howard and Maria Stark, but the Starks adopted Tony as a cover after Arno's health deteriorated as an infant. The identities of Tony's biological parents weren't revealed for several more years. 2016's International Iron Man #5 introduced Tony's birth mother, British radio DJ Amanda Armstrong. The following issue revealed the identity of his birth father, a SHIELD agent code-named Jude. Jude turned out to be a Hydra mole, forcing Amanda to kill him in self-defense and give her baby up for adoption. Now things are becoming even more complicated in the pages of The Avengers. After discovering a million-year-old Iron Man helmet buried in a cave, Tony is dragged back to the year 1,000,000 BC to meet Odin's team of prehistoric Avengers. These Avengers refuse to assist Iron Man in returning to the present, alluding to a forthcoming conflict involving every single Iron Man from across the Marvel multiverse. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/17/iron-man-vr-is-the-latest-delayed-game-of-2020"] Instead, Tony is forced to hide in a cave and try to keep his damaged armor working long enough to fend off curious cavemen and find a way home. Ironically, it was Tony's own helmet he discovered in the year 2020. He's soon visited by even stranger sights, including a Gorgilla wielding the Power Stone and a talking snake claiming to be his father. As he fights to stay alive, Tony flashes back to his childhood, remembering a time when he stumbled across his father Howard overseeing some sort of Satanic ritual. After forging a crude Iron Man armor from ice and leftover scraps, Tony is confronted by more talking snakes and Howard Stark himself, again clad in Satanic robes. Following a brief battle, "Howard" reveals himself to be none other than the demon lord Mephisto, come to claim Tony's soul just as he once stole Spider-Man's marriage. [caption id="attachment_2309866" align="aligncenter" width="922"] Art by Robert Gill. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)[/caption] Mephisto again implies he's Tony's true father and that the real Howard sold his son's soul long ago. Tony refuses the offer to become Mephisto's "Devil in Iron." Instead, he realizes Mephisto is carrying the Time Stone and blasts it with his gauntlet, sparking a reaction that drags him forward through time. Tony is bombarded by visions of the hellish future from writer Jason Aaron's King Thor miniseries before finally returning to the present. Tony immediately travels to Las Vegas to confirm the present-day Mephisto is still imprisoned and to let the demon lord know he failed in his efforts to lure Iron Man to the dark side. Mephisto, however, is pleased with how his plot is unfolding. He's sown the seeds of doubt in Iron Man's mind, and he has a secret weapon - his faithful servant Howard Stark. [caption id="attachment_2309867" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Art by Mattia De Iulis. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)[/caption] It's hard to say right now if Mephisto is literally Tony's birth father or if he merely considers Tony to be his son because Howard sold him Tony's soul. It may be that Amanda and Jude are still technically Tony's birth parents, but their short-lived union was orchestrated by Mephisto. Either way, the fact that Howard himself is apparently alive and plotting with Mephisto against Tony is easily the biggest reveal in this bizarre story. Hopefully upcoming issues will shed more light on what Mephisto and Howard have planned, and what this Iron Man multiverse story entails. Are we about to enter the Iron-Verse? For other big Marvel developments, find out about the X-Men's twisted new death ritual and learn why Wolverine has become a vampire hunter. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

If you haven't been following Marvel's Iron Man comics in recent years, you could be forgiven for thinking Howard Stark is Tony's biological father. The truth is much more complicated, and that story has just taken another strange turn. Read on to find out which Marvel character is claiming to be Tony Stark's father now, but beware of spoilers for The Avengers #31! [poilib element="accentDivider"] [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-top-25-marvel-villains &captions=true"] To quickly recap Tony Stark's convoluted family history, Tony first discovered he was adopted in in 2013's Iron Man #17. His adoptive brother Arno is the biological son of Howard and Maria Stark, but the Starks adopted Tony as a cover after Arno's health deteriorated as an infant. The identities of Tony's biological parents weren't revealed for several more years. 2016's International Iron Man #5 introduced Tony's birth mother, British radio DJ Amanda Armstrong. The following issue revealed the identity of his birth father, a SHIELD agent code-named Jude. Jude turned out to be a Hydra mole, forcing Amanda to kill him in self-defense and give her baby up for adoption. Now things are becoming even more complicated in the pages of The Avengers. After discovering a million-year-old Iron Man helmet buried in a cave, Tony is dragged back to the year 1,000,000 BC to meet Odin's team of prehistoric Avengers. These Avengers refuse to assist Iron Man in returning to the present, alluding to a forthcoming conflict involving every single Iron Man from across the Marvel multiverse. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/17/iron-man-vr-is-the-latest-delayed-game-of-2020"] Instead, Tony is forced to hide in a cave and try to keep his damaged armor working long enough to fend off curious cavemen and find a way home. Ironically, it was Tony's own helmet he discovered in the year 2020. He's soon visited by even stranger sights, including a Gorgilla wielding the Power Stone and a talking snake claiming to be his father. As he fights to stay alive, Tony flashes back to his childhood, remembering a time when he stumbled across his father Howard overseeing some sort of Satanic ritual. After forging a crude Iron Man armor from ice and leftover scraps, Tony is confronted by more talking snakes and Howard Stark himself, again clad in Satanic robes. Following a brief battle, "Howard" reveals himself to be none other than the demon lord Mephisto, come to claim Tony's soul just as he once stole Spider-Man's marriage. [caption id="attachment_2309866" align="aligncenter" width="922"] Art by Robert Gill. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)[/caption] Mephisto again implies he's Tony's true father and that the real Howard sold his son's soul long ago. Tony refuses the offer to become Mephisto's "Devil in Iron." Instead, he realizes Mephisto is carrying the Time Stone and blasts it with his gauntlet, sparking a reaction that drags him forward through time. Tony is bombarded by visions of the hellish future from writer Jason Aaron's King Thor miniseries before finally returning to the present. Tony immediately travels to Las Vegas to confirm the present-day Mephisto is still imprisoned and to let the demon lord know he failed in his efforts to lure Iron Man to the dark side. Mephisto, however, is pleased with how his plot is unfolding. He's sown the seeds of doubt in Iron Man's mind, and he has a secret weapon - his faithful servant Howard Stark. [caption id="attachment_2309867" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Art by Mattia De Iulis. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)[/caption] It's hard to say right now if Mephisto is literally Tony's birth father or if he merely considers Tony to be his son because Howard sold him Tony's soul. It may be that Amanda and Jude are still technically Tony's birth parents, but their short-lived union was orchestrated by Mephisto. Either way, the fact that Howard himself is apparently alive and plotting with Mephisto against Tony is easily the biggest reveal in this bizarre story. Hopefully upcoming issues will shed more light on what Mephisto and Howard have planned, and what this Iron Man multiverse story entails. Are we about to enter the Iron-Verse? For other big Marvel developments, find out about the X-Men's twisted new death ritual and learn why Wolverine has become a vampire hunter. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Diablo 4's quarterly update introduces the Cannibals and a long-awaited feature, rebinding the left-click button. Blizzard revealed the information as part of a developer blog. The new group of enemies known as the Cannibals is one of many labeled "families" in the Diablo 4 universe. The developers of Diablo 4 previously announced that enemy groups will be classified first by family type and then genre, so within the Canibal group there will be some enemies that are ranged, melee, etc. Check out the trailer below showing a brief look at the Cannibals. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/26/diablo-4-cannibal-family-turnaround-trailer"] Some of the current known families include the Cultists, the Drowned, and the returning Fallen. Blizzard Developer, Candace Thomas, Senior Encounter Designer, describes the Cannibals as melee bruisers that leap toward players. Thomas states in the developer blog that each of the four family enemies has a unique fighting style.

• The two-handed greatsword cleaver wielder that has a "slow sweeping frontal attack".
• A more mobile attacker with a lightweight halberd for leaping great distances.
• A bruiser that can stun players with a heavy spiked club attack.
• The dual axe-wielding swarmers that aim to be a pain if left alone.

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=diablo-4-gameplay-reveal-images&captions=true"] A short message from an unknown character named, Liya Khal’tib, provides some lore to the Cannibals, "The few who have survived encounters with these butchers share the same stories. They tell of the mad fire that burns in the eyes of all Cannibals, of how eating the flesh of their victims in battle only fuels their hunger for more. They whisper of the unlucky souls spared in the attacks, hauled off like livestock for the raiders to pick clean until their next hunt." The full message is readable in Blizzard's quarterly update. While this news doesn't include a release date for Diablo 4, the quarterly updates will be a way to continue learning more.

Diablo 4 Left-Click Now Rebindable

[caption id="attachment_230978" align="alignnone" width="720"] Credit: Activision Blizzard[/caption] One of the major changes from Diablo 3 includes the ability to rebind the left-click button. This was a frequently asked for feature because you couldn't use what's known as force moving. Without force moving, if you accidentally left-click an enemy while trying to move toward them, it attacks them instead of only moving in that direction.

Changing the UI to Look More Realistic

Blizzard also tweaked the UI after receiving feedback from BlizzCon 2019. Lead UI Designer, Angela Del Priore, spoke about creating a more realistic inventory through different aesthetics. On top of this, Priore briefly mentioned they're developing Diablo 4 with controller support on PC. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=igns-top-25-modern-pc-games&captions=true"] For more Diablo 4 information, did you know the former director of Gears of War is now at Blizzard? Or that Diablo 4 will contain cosmetic microtransactions? It's not all bad, there still might be a Diablo anime in the works. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jeffrey Lerman is a Freelance News Writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @Snakester95. Header Image Credit: Activision Blizzard 

Diablo 4's quarterly update introduces the Cannibals and a long-awaited feature, rebinding the left-click button. Blizzard revealed the information as part of a developer blog. The new group of enemies known as the Cannibals is one of many labeled "families" in the Diablo 4 universe. The developers of Diablo 4 previously announced that enemy groups will be classified first by family type and then genre, so within the Canibal group there will be some enemies that are ranged, melee, etc. Check out the trailer below showing a brief look at the Cannibals. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/26/diablo-4-cannibal-family-turnaround-trailer"] Some of the current known families include the Cultists, the Drowned, and the returning Fallen. Blizzard Developer, Candace Thomas, Senior Encounter Designer, describes the Cannibals as melee bruisers that leap toward players. Thomas states in the developer blog that each of the four family enemies has a unique fighting style.

• The two-handed greatsword cleaver wielder that has a "slow sweeping frontal attack".
• A more mobile attacker with a lightweight halberd for leaping great distances.
• A bruiser that can stun players with a heavy spiked club attack.
• The dual axe-wielding swarmers that aim to be a pain if left alone.

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=diablo-4-gameplay-reveal-images&captions=true"] A short message from an unknown character named, Liya Khal’tib, provides some lore to the Cannibals, "The few who have survived encounters with these butchers share the same stories. They tell of the mad fire that burns in the eyes of all Cannibals, of how eating the flesh of their victims in battle only fuels their hunger for more. They whisper of the unlucky souls spared in the attacks, hauled off like livestock for the raiders to pick clean until their next hunt." The full message is readable in Blizzard's quarterly update. While this news doesn't include a release date for Diablo 4, the quarterly updates will be a way to continue learning more.

Diablo 4 Left-Click Now Rebindable

[caption id="attachment_230978" align="alignnone" width="720"] Credit: Activision Blizzard[/caption] One of the major changes from Diablo 3 includes the ability to rebind the left-click button. This was a frequently asked for feature because you couldn't use what's known as force moving. Without force moving, if you accidentally left-click an enemy while trying to move toward them, it attacks them instead of only moving in that direction.

Changing the UI to Look More Realistic

Blizzard also tweaked the UI after receiving feedback from BlizzCon 2019. Lead UI Designer, Angela Del Priore, spoke about creating a more realistic inventory through different aesthetics. On top of this, Priore briefly mentioned they're developing Diablo 4 with controller support on PC. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=igns-top-25-modern-pc-games&captions=true"] For more Diablo 4 information, did you know the former director of Gears of War is now at Blizzard? Or that Diablo 4 will contain cosmetic microtransactions? It's not all bad, there still might be a Diablo anime in the works. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jeffrey Lerman is a Freelance News Writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @Snakester95. Header Image Credit: Activision Blizzard 

The upcoming Season 10 of Destiny 2 will see Bungie remove paid loot boxes from the game. Destiny 2 director Luke Smith announced in a lengthy "Director's Cut" blog post on Wednesday that Bungie is removing the ability for players to purchase Bright Engrams, which are essentially paid loot boxes. A Bright Engram can be purchased in the Eververse store using Silver, an in-game currency that can be purchased with real money, and decoded to reveal random shaders, emotes and more. "For Season 10, we're doing away with Bright Engrams as purchasable items," Smith wrote in the blog post. "We want players to know what something costs before they buy it. Bright Engrams don't live up to that principle so we will no longer be selling them on the Eververse Store, though they will still appear on the Free Track of the Season Pass." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=destiny-2-forsaken-screenshots&captions=true"] As Smith pointed out, Bright Engrams will still be in the game on the free track of the season pass but players will no longer be able to spend the premium currency of Silver on them. Smith doesn't bring up Bright Engrams again in his blog post and it sounds like they will no longer be available for purchase right from the start of Season 10. With the removal of Bright Engrams from Destiny 2 soon, it's important to note that Bungie still has plenty of items in the game that players can purchase such as its season pass. Premium random loot boxes have been on their way out of video games in recent years, with the entire discussion coming to a head in 2017 with Star Wars Battlefront 2's loot box situation. EA's handling of loot boxes in Battlefront 2 had state representatives taking a stand and calling for legislation against "the spread of predatory practices in online gaming." A U.S. Senator went so far as to introduce a bill that would ban the selling of loot boxes to children. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/10/12/the-esrb-and-the-loot-box-gambling-controversy"] EA DICE said the company hit rock bottom with that loot box controversy. The Entertainment Software Association announced last year that Nintendo, Mircosoft, and Sony were all working on new loot box policies for their platforms that would disclose a range of odds associated with a player's purchase. EA seems to have backed off of loot boxes and it seems Bungie is joining the ranks of companies like EA doing the same. This might be a result of Bungie's recently-gained independence from Activision. Season 10 of Destiny 2 is expected to begin soon although no start date has been announced just yet. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

The upcoming Season 10 of Destiny 2 will see Bungie remove paid loot boxes from the game. Destiny 2 director Luke Smith announced in a lengthy "Director's Cut" blog post on Wednesday that Bungie is removing the ability for players to purchase Bright Engrams, which are essentially paid loot boxes. A Bright Engram can be purchased in the Eververse store using Silver, an in-game currency that can be purchased with real money, and decoded to reveal random shaders, emotes and more. "For Season 10, we're doing away with Bright Engrams as purchasable items," Smith wrote in the blog post. "We want players to know what something costs before they buy it. Bright Engrams don't live up to that principle so we will no longer be selling them on the Eververse Store, though they will still appear on the Free Track of the Season Pass." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=destiny-2-forsaken-screenshots&captions=true"] As Smith pointed out, Bright Engrams will still be in the game on the free track of the season pass but players will no longer be able to spend the premium currency of Silver on them. Smith doesn't bring up Bright Engrams again in his blog post and it sounds like they will no longer be available for purchase right from the start of Season 10. With the removal of Bright Engrams from Destiny 2 soon, it's important to note that Bungie still has plenty of items in the game that players can purchase such as its season pass. Premium random loot boxes have been on their way out of video games in recent years, with the entire discussion coming to a head in 2017 with Star Wars Battlefront 2's loot box situation. EA's handling of loot boxes in Battlefront 2 had state representatives taking a stand and calling for legislation against "the spread of predatory practices in online gaming." A U.S. Senator went so far as to introduce a bill that would ban the selling of loot boxes to children. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/10/12/the-esrb-and-the-loot-box-gambling-controversy"] EA DICE said the company hit rock bottom with that loot box controversy. The Entertainment Software Association announced last year that Nintendo, Mircosoft, and Sony were all working on new loot box policies for their platforms that would disclose a range of odds associated with a player's purchase. EA seems to have backed off of loot boxes and it seems Bungie is joining the ranks of companies like EA doing the same. This might be a result of Bungie's recently-gained independence from Activision. Season 10 of Destiny 2 is expected to begin soon although no start date has been announced just yet. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.