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Over the weekend indie developer Adriel MsMinotaur” Wallick proposed to Rami Ismail, co-founder of Vlambeer, in Destiny. Wallick roped in the folks over at Bungie to help her out, getting them to add in a custom proposal emote and ring to allow her to pop the question properly. According to …
Read More »Destiny 2 is coming to PC, won’t carry over existing characters – report
Bungie will bring Destiny 2 to PC, as well as PS4 and Xbox One. That’s according to Kotaku, which reports that it has heard from its own sources that forum rumours about PC expansion doing the rounds at the moment are indeed correct. It is also claimed that Activision studios …
Read More »Ex-Bungie devs’ studio Polyarc Games raises $3.5m
Tam Armstrong, Danny Bulla and Chris Alderson worked on Destiny, with former pair consulting for Oculus, before founding virtual reality outlet
Read More »Destiny: The Collection bundles all the game’s content together
Activision has confirmed that Destiny: The Collection will release alongside upcoming expansion Rise of Iron on September 20th. The 49.99 SKU includes everything for the game released until now – that’s The Dark Below, House of Wolves, The Taken King and, of course, Rise of Iron. Also included is a …
Read More »There are some £145 Destiny figures on the way
Toys designer 3A is bringing new Destiny figures to fans. After releasing a Titan figure last year, the company is launching figurines based on the Hunter and Warlock classes. These will come in three different versions: a standard retail edition, a Bambaland one and a Bungie Store exclusive. You can …
Read More »Destiny: Rise of Iron dated, will skip PS3 and Xbox 360
As was rumoured, Rise of Iron will be the big Destiny in the latter half of the year. The content was named in a report last month claiming that Destiny 2 had been pushed back to 2017. The Bungie website itself confirmed the Rise of Iron name ahead of the …
Read More »BioWare, Bungie, Naughty Dog, Swery and more join 2017 ‘Men of Game Dev’ calendar
‘The Grand Canyon. Mount Everest. The Great Barrier Reef. You know them as some of the seven natural wonders in the world. When you see the Men of Game Development for 2017, you'll need to make room for another twelve’
Read More »Destiny 2 has been ‘rebooted’, report claims
The director of The Taken King has been put in charge of Destiny 2 development. That’s according to Kotaku, whose track record on Destiny leaks is top notch. Earlier this year it revealed that Destiny 2 had been pushed back to 2017 – news that was officially confirmed a few …
Read More »Destiny’s story lead quits Bungie
CJ Cowan leaves studio after 13 years, half of which was spent on Activision’s online shooter
Read More »Ex-Halo devs: ‘Full-time employees can be destructive for studios’
Jaime Griesemer and Marty O’Donnell predict that indies and triple-A outlets alike will adopt a freelance production cycle similar to movie firms
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