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Bungie’s ambitious shooter Destiny was awarded the coveted Best Game award at last week’s Gamescom 2013. That was one of four titles won by the game, the others being Best Action Game, Best Console Game and Best Online Multiplayer Game. EA was the best performing publisher, picking up four awards …
Read More »Destiny gets "biggest ever new IP investment" from Activision
Bungie’s promising Destiny has been given some heavyweight financial backing from publisher Activision. In fact, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg reckons his company’s investment may be the largest ever in new video games IP. It’s a sizeable investment – probably one of the biggest investments in a new IP that’s …
Read More »Paul McCartney, Peter Dinklage join Destiny team
The Beatles star and Game of Thrones actor are part of talent behind Bungie's shooter
Read More »VIDEO: Bungie’s Destiny gameplay footage released
The mystery surrounding Bungie’s new shooter Destiny has finally been lifted with the release of its first gameplay video. Fans of the studio will be pleased to see the definite hints of Halo, what with the sweeping alien vistas and structures. Destiny featured as part of Sony’s big PS4 news …
Read More »E3 2013: Destiny gameplay demoed at Sony conference
Co-op mode shown off in Bungie's coming Activison published shooter
Read More »SONY: PlayStation hosts first gameplay demo of Destiny
Bungie and Activision’s collaboration Destiny saw its first live gameplay demo on stage at Sony’s E3 press conference, running on the PS4. The game, a role-playing first-person shooter, is heading to PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, but the on-stage E3 demo gave the PlayStation 4 event something of …
Read More »Bungie: We need to prove ourselves with Destiny
It may be behind one of the biggest game franchises of all time, but Bungie insists it still needs to prove itself. At E3 next week the Halo developer is demoing its new FPS, Destiny, live at the PlayStation press conference. And the studio’s senior writer Eric Osborne says that …
Read More »MCV E3 Special ‘leaked’ online
Someone over on the MCV team has made a huge error and ‘accidentally’ released the digital edition of this week’s bumper sized E3 issue a day early. You can read it right now. We’re not naming names, but it was James. It’s not just any old issue. It’s our E3 …
Read More »Activision employee mentions ‘monetization modeling’ for Bungie’s Destiny
Activision and Bungie might be looking into a microtransactions model for their FPS, Destiny. Superannuation sniffs out a LinkedIn profile for an Activision staff member working on the game. In the online listing, the employee mentions ‘monetization modeling’ in regards to Destiny. Nothing specific about the potential inclusion of the …
Read More »SpeedTree plants roots in Bungie’s Destiny
Tech to help developers model, animate and render trees
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