Destiny

The Destiny team has written a new blog post on the official site that lays out some of the main issues gleaned from slightly over two weeks of gameplay. The priority list of items is a long one that includes decreasing cave farming, voice communication, strikes and weapons balancing.

You are brought back from the dead in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. This could be the plot for any number of science fiction movies or novels but it’s the start to Bungie’s highly anticipated new intellectual property Destiny. Your Ghost, voiced by actor Peter Dinklage of Death at a Funeral and Underdog fame, prods you back to life and informs you that he needs your help.

Bungie has posted the latest Destiny patch notes which, while brief, are of keen interest to players. Three of the game's activities have had 'majors' removed from the Heroic tier.

Last week I wrote a list with 5 reasons to play Destiny. I stand by that list and if any of those reasons really leap out to you, then you should definitely give the game a shot. However, no game is perfect and Destiny is definitely not for everyone.

Bungie has announced specifics about a pair of events, the first of which begins today. Two other events are revealed sans details. Check out the image below.

After my initial reluctance to play through Old Russia for the fourth time I found myself genuinely enjoying Bungie’s new game Destiny. You can read my thoughts on my time on Earth and my frustrations with the social systems in last week’s review in progress. In this week’s I’ll talk about my impressions while traversing the Moon and Venus and knocking on the door of Mars.

Welcome to another episode of Game On with MMORPG.com! Liore is out this week, so Chris is joined by return guests Casey and Jacob to talk about their experiences in Bungie's new MMOFPS, Destiny. Together, they represent all three types of players, the newbie, the leveler, and the endgamer. What do they think? Give it a listen to find out!

Bungie has announced that players can begin taking part in raids as of today, Tuesday, September 16th. In addition, players can expect to see more activities and events arriving in game in the near future. Later this week, competitive multiplayer will arrive and, a bit later, Destiny's first timed event will kick off.

One of the most common questions I’ve been asked by friends is whether or not Destiny lives up to its hype. While it may take weeks, months or even years to truly know the answer to this question, there is no denying that Destiny has had a big impact in the gaming world. When a title recoups its entire $500 million budget on day one, it’s hard not to notice. Does this mean that we’ll still be talking about Destiny a year from now? Good question.

With the release of Destiny on consoles last week, this may very well be the first time in history that a very “PC-esque” game has ever came directly to consoles exclusively first. It may not be a fully-fledged MMO, but it has many of the hallmarks of the genre and is definitely part of that conversation. What makes it so bizarre, is that the PC release is still several months at least away.

Earlier this week Destiny officially released to tremendous commercial success. Lauded by Activision Blizzard as the biggest franchise launch yet in video game history, it achieved $500 million shipped on day one. These sales are to retailers and digital distributors not to the end users but it is pretty safe to bet at this point that Destiny is on a fast track to be Activision’s third billion dollar franchise joining Call of Duty and Skylanders.

According to a report at Eurogamer, Bungie and Activision-Blizzard are reporting that it has shipped over $500M Destiny copies. There is a semantic difference in that shipped copies are not copies sold to customers. The fact remains, however, that this is easily the most successful video game of all time in these terms.

Launch day is here. You may even already be playing, or watching someone play, Bungie's new quasi-MMO shooter Destiny. Our own Bill Murphy was in all day yesterday, and has some launch-day thoughts on Bungie's big new IP. Read on.

One of the most anticipated multiplayer titles of all time has reached its official launch date on the PlayStation 4 gaming console. Destiny, created by the same team behind the Halo franchise, is considered the most pre-ordered game in history. Our own Bill Murphy has been live streaming Destiny throughout the day with more coming from other members of our team. Be sure to check in on the MMORPG.com Live Stream channel to see what all the hype is about.

Destiny launches on 9.9.14 for more information check out http://destinythegame.com OpTic Gaming take flight to attend the launch of Destiny at Bungie's studio in Bellevue, WA. Check out the first step in their journey to Become Legend, with a little help from the Red Bull Air Force.