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April 21, 2014
It's been a while since we've seen any official promotional content for Bungie's upcoming title Destiny, however Bungie is still quietly working away at the title, and the release date of the game is nearing closer and closer. This week, Bungie released a few new screenshots to show off the game, and these screenshots have captured a few moments that have not yet been shown off to us.
One such screenshot shows a guardian riding a hover-bike type vehicle, which Bungie have named the Shirke bike. Once the game is released, players will have access to these vehicles, and will be able to use them to travel between two destinations quickly.
A couple of the screenshots also picture how the amazing ambient occlusion in the game has been used to give Destiny a very impressive appearance.
At first glance, I mistook the images for concept art, but it's clear to see that the images are in fact screenshots of actual gameplay content, so if you enjoy beautiful looking games, then
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December 14, 2013
When Destiny was first announced, it gave us all the impression that Bungie were gearing up to release the game as a launch title for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, or at least a game that would make it to release within the launch window.
However, with Bungie being Bungie, things have been pushed back a little. Instead, both the full release and the BETA have been delayed to later down the line in 2014.
The final dates have been set as September 9th for the full release, and sometime in Summer 2014 for the BETA release. Interestingly, Bungie have also teamed with Sony to offer a timed exclusivity for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 players, however details haven’t yet been given on whether this exclusivity will be strictly for the BETA access or for the full release as well, and a date for the Xbox versions hasn’t been
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November 19, 2013
Despite being on the Microsoft side of the fence with the popular Halo franchise, Sony has managed to bag a deal with Bungie to bring PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 gamers entrance into the Destiny beta a little while before players on either the Xbox One or the Xbox 360.
Bungie have been pretty vague on the beta access for Destiny, and at first there was not any mention of any early access to the game. However, a little while after pre-orders were opened up for all four consoles the game is supported on, Bungie announced that pre-orders would give players access into the beta that will be available early next year.
Following on from that, it looks as if Bungie are being even more vague and have announced that there will be a disparity between the launch date for the beta on Sony consoles and the launch date on Microsoft consoles.
At this moment in time, details on how much longer Microsoft gamers will have to wait over PlayStation gamers haven't been given. Beta keys
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October 05, 2013
If you've already pre-ordered Destiny, congratulations, you may be rewarded with a small gift that wasn't mentioned on the pre-order page.
The open world co-op RPG shooter Destiny has been confirmed to be releasing sometime in the second half of 2014, but if you want to be able to play it earlier than that, you may actually have the chance to if you pre-ordered it.
Thanks to the power of Reddit, a line of text was found on the Destiny website stating "Pre-order Destiny at select retailers and receive admission to the Destiny Beta. Play it first. Become Legend."
After it was exposed, Bungie strangely removed it from their website, and neither Bungie or Activision have said anything about it since the exposure. To put that text on the website makes us think that Bungie and Activision do have a Beta planned for the game, and it looks like pre-purchases of the title will warrant the access of the Beta.
The text was only shown on the UK and Canadian versions
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August 13, 2013
It's easy to see the similarities between Destiny and Borderlands, and in fact, because of the drop-in and drop-out co-op play, randomized and meaningful weapons, these are the two games that are similar enough to make the best comparison against. For this reason, there's going to be a lot of talk about what each game does better, and even Bungie has jumped in on the discussion.
Joe Staten, creative lead for Bungies' new game, Destiny, has taken the time to speak with EDGE about the game, stating a few things about why Destiny is still a worthwhile play after playing Borderlands and what makes it stand out.
The first big thing that Joe Staten talks about is of course the huge online multiplayer that takes place. For example, whilst you're busy with your friends cleaning out an area of the immersive world, there could be another squad tackling a different objective, and you'll often see and come across other squads in this manner.
"When we look at a game like that, we
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August 06, 2013
Although we're still waiting for Lost Planet 3 from Capcom after their unexpected release reschedule earlier this year, it hasn't stopped the developer and publisher from working on more titles.
This includes their new Deep Down game, a title that previously little was known about. Capcom recently revealed this game with a teaser trailer, and it's certainly looking interesting.
So far the game is said to be an 'online game' so it could be possible that it is developed as a persistent MMO- something that has popped up a lot recently on consoles in games such as Defiance and Destiny.
The trailer shows hardly anything, shows no game play, and only plays some strange voices that all start to blend into one another until they all become one cacophony of noise that then leads to the end of the trailer with an explosion.
It certainly has got us thinking, but trying to work out what could come from this game at the moment is almost impossible to do.
On the trailer,
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June 26, 2013
Destiny will have different graphics for different platforms according to Harold Ryan, Bungie's president.
He didn't state what that meant between each platform, but it's obviously clear that the older generation consoles, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, will have worse graphics than newer generation Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
He didn't state whether there would be any difference between the PS4 and Xbox One, and instead said "We're not committing right now to any specific platform features. The great thing for us with timing is that we were making a new engine, and then two new consoles were coming out, which led us to invest more into making the new engine for it.
"There are a whole bunch of great opportunities for us to go after, like full player experiences, etc. We're investigating all of those and building the core experience of Destiny, which will be similar across all the platforms. The graphics are different,
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June 19, 2013
Microsoft may have announced their new console this year, but it seems that they aren't giving up on the current generation console, the Xbox 360, just yet, and to prove it, the company has announced a new Xbox 360 model.So, after starting with the clunky Vanilla model back in 2005, Xbox then moved to the multi-tiered system with the Pro, Arcade, and the Elite, and then went to redesigning the whole package in a much smoother and a whole lot quieter Xbox 360 Slim.
The new Xbox 360 Slim is perfect for me, but it seems Microsoft still want to release yet another round of the console.
This time round, their console resembles the Xbox One a little whilst still remaining the curved edges and front plates we're so used to seeing on every 360 model to date.
The new console also seems to be pretty cheap to- you'll be able to get the new Xbox 'E' for just 129.99 Euros in the UK. (around $200 in the US.)
If you haven't got an Xbox 360, this
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May 31, 2013
What better way to show off an upcoming incredible game by sticking a highlight like Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring) in the trailer?
Giancarlo is seen reading from a story whilst the scene cuts off to an animated scene including Guardians who are involved in an epic battle.
The Guardians are soldiers that have been trained to protect Earth. Bungie recently revealed that the Guardians are playable and have different classes, including a tough Titan character, a weaker Hunter, and another Warlock class. Like many MMOs, each class has their own benefits and disadvantages. Bungie has made sure to make their classes easy to understand by changing the stature of each class.
For example, the Titan is a class that has a top heavy build, and this shows that this is a tough, but slow character. In the middle, the Hunter is a class that has a fairly even build throughout, and at the bottom, the Warlock has a bottom heavy build, showing the speed and vulnerabilities the class has.