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Tuesday17th Jun 2014
News Planning to Buy Destiny on PS4? You'll Get These Exclusive Extras for Your Troubles
Sweeten the deal
It’s taken what feels like an absolute eternity, but Destiny finally has the hype that it needs to make back that $500 million Activision production and marketing budget. The title’s presence at last week’s E3 2014 certainly helped, but it’s the first-person shooter’s recent Alpha test that has propelled anticipation...
Monday16th Jun 2014
News The Exclusive PS4 Destiny Alpha Will Keep You Busy for a Little While Longer
Beta hurry up
One of the more exciting announcements at this year's E3 was that PlayStation 4 users would be given access to an exclusive Alpha for incoming shooter Destiny. Indeed, a few of our very own intrepid staff writers have been stalking the planes of the tantalising test. Originally, the alpha was planned to end at 08:00AM BST this morning,...
Thursday12th Jun 2014
E3 2014 Destiny Will Be PS4's Biggest System Seller This Year, Says Sony
Place your bets
If platform holder Sony was sitting around a roulette wheel, it would have placed all of its chips on Activision’s first-person shooter Destiny. The manufacturer has been promoting Bungie’s ambitious escapade as if it were an exclusive, and the company expects the title – alongside the likes of The Last of Us: Remastered, Call...
Wednesday11th Jun 2014
E3 2014 This 7 Minute Destiny Trailer Tells You Everything You Need to Know
Pick of destiny
Ever since its original reveal, it feels like developer Bungie has struggled to really describe Destiny. It's part FPS and part RPG, but you'll still find people all around the web with unanswered questions. With a PlayStation 4 alpha test running over the weekend and the title's beta launching next mon
Tuesday10th Jun 2014
E3 2014 Want to Sign Up for Destiny's Exclusive PS4 Alpha Test? Here's How
Gotta go fast
You may have missed it, but during Sony's E3 2014 press conference, a sneak peek at Destiny was offered to anyone with a PlayStation 4 and a PlayStation Network ID. Named the Destiny Alpha Test, you can sign up for this early glimpse of Bungie's upcoming epic right now. However, it's not as easy as it sounds. Not everyone who signs up...
E3 2014 A New Destiny Story Trailer, White PS4 Bundle, and a Summer Beta
Three in one
We would fittingly argue that the PlayStation 4 is where you'll find the best place to play Bungie's planet-spanning adventure game Destiny, and Sony is helping us prove our point even further since it has kicked off its E3 2014 conference with an assortment of PS4-related goodness. Destiny has gotten yet another substantial trailer to...
Wednesday21st May 2014
News PS4 Shooter Destiny Appears to Support Sony's New Pre-Load Feature
Written in the stars
We’ve been waiting over a decade for Halo developer Bungie to plot its return to PlayStation platforms, so we can understand your impatience when it comes to upcoming first-person shooter Destiny. Fortunately, it looks like the game will be one of the first releases to take advantage of Sony’s new PlayStation 4 pre-load...
Monday19th May 2014
News This PS4 Trailer for Destiny Shows Off Some Seriously Slick Shooting
Combat evolved
Destiny may still be months away, but that hasn't stopped developer Bungie from stoking the hype machine by releasing a brand spanking new trailer. While there's nothing really PlayStation 4 specific here, it does give us some nice new footage to ogle. The clip itself features some astoundingly pretty graphics, astoundingly epic...
Tuesday6th May 2014
News Destiny's Beta Touches Down on PS4 and PS3 in July
Lift off
Grab your space gear, because Destiny's long awaited beta will be hitting Sony platforms in just a couple of months. Expected to launch in July, PlayStation players will gain access before anyone else. The time frame was confirmed during publisher Activision's first quarter conference call, and while we're still left guessing as to what...
News How Much Money Is Being Spent on PS4 Shooter Destiny?
So much it's scary
Bungie better pray to the gaming gods that first-person shooter Destiny generates a more favourable reaction than its recent seven minute gameplay trailer, because publisher Activision is investing – wait for this – $500 million into ensuring that the property is a success. That’s more money than company gaffer Bobby Kotick...
Tuesday29th Apr 2014
News Bungie Denies PS4 Favouritism as Xbox One Owners Revolt
A halo on its head
While it’s all merely fanboy posturing at the end of the day, PlayStation owners will be familiar with the feeling of betrayal. Sony associated franchises such as Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid popped up at numerous Microsoft press conferences during the PlayStation 3 era, cruelly emphasising the end of a number of...
News Pre-Order PS4 Shooter Destiny for an Upgraded Red Sparrow
Crimson carnage
Bungie shined the spotlight on PlayStation 4 shooter Destiny yesterday, and that means that it’s time for the pre-release talk to turn to pre-order bonuses. If you snap up the ambitious excursion from GAME in the UK or GameStop in North America, you’ll unlock exclusive access to the upgraded Red Sparrow vehicle, which looks like...
Monday28th Apr 2014
News Feast Your Eyes on 7 Minutes of Destiny Running on PS4
Destined for greatness
The lead-up to E3 is really hotting up now, as Bungie has unveiled a seven minute gameplay trailer for Destiny. Taking place in what used to be Russia, the video showcases co-op gameplay as three guardians fight their way through a ravaged wasteland that's full of ruined buildings and other gritty scenery. Aside from the...
Wednesday23rd Apr 2014
News Bungie's PS4 Shooter Destiny Scores a Nifty New Website
A place in cyberspace
Bungie’s upcoming sci-fi shooter Destiny is mere months away at this point. While the developer has promised that the first-person shooter will be preceded by a beta, we’re just over four months away from the mega brand making a crash collision with store shelves. And in preparation for that inevitably monumental event,...
Friday18th Apr 2014
News Destiny Composer Marty O'Donnell Fired 'Without Cause' from Bungie
Never forget
Nearly every gamer recognises the work of musician Marty O'Donnell. He's worked with Bungie on every Halo game since the groundbreaking Combat Evolved, and even we can appreciate the epic scores that he composed for that series. That's one of the reasons why we're more than excited for the studio's latest game Destiny, which is set to...
Monday31st Mar 2014
News Your PS4's Destiny Will Be Fulfilled with a Collector's Edition
Details incoming
You may want to make some room in your overpopulated display cabinet, as Bungie appears to be days away from announcing Destiny’s inevitable collector’s edition. Asked on its official blog whether the upcoming first-person shooter would receive a premium package, a company spokesperson encouraged fans to “ask again next...
Monday10th Mar 2014
News Sony Really Wants You to Associate Destiny and Watch Dogs with PS4
Share the love
Even the most dedicated console warrior would agree that Microsoft did a terrific job attaching specific brands to the Xbox 360 last generation. Multiformat franchises such as Call of Duty and even Resident Evil were advertised as console exclusives, and while Sony countered with the likes of Assassin’s Creed, its efforts were never...
Thursday27th Feb 2014
Rumour Did Destiny Put a Plasma Bullet in Sony Santa Monica's PS4 Project?
Bungie may be inadvertently to blame
With thousands of years of literature, poetry, paintings, and plays all boasting humanity’s byline, you could argue that it’s impossible to come up with a truly original idea at this point in time. Sony Santa Monica may be ruing that fact right now, as speculation suggests that Activision’s upcoming...
Saturday18th Jan 2014
News PS4 Shooter Destiny Flies You to Mars in New Screenshots
Like a David Bowie jam
Contrary to popular belief, Mars isn’t just a red rock populated by little more than swirling dust – it’s actually the home to a bunch of intergalactic space battles, as evidenced by these brand new Destiny screenshots. Deployed earlier today in order to accompany this week’s much smaller set, the images focus on the...
Wednesday15th Jan 2014
News Tantalising New Destiny Screenshots Drop from the Sky
Stargazer
Just when we felt that Destiny's allure was slowly starting to fade due to a lack of new information, Bungie has swooped in to save the day with some wonderful new screenshots. It's safe to say that we're absolutely loving the character designs – and the firearms don't look too bad either. Still, we're positively gasping for a new...
Saturday7th Dec 2013
News Your Destiny Will Be Fulfilled on 9th September
See you starside
And that's our bedtime pushed back an extra hour. In an effort to beat the rapidly approaching VGX Awards fanfare, Bungie has nonchalantly announced that its upcoming first-person shooter Destiny will deploy on 9th September. The game's due out on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, and will secure exclusive content on Sony's...
Friday15th Nov 2013
News Destiny's Beta Is Shooting Its Way onto PS3 and PS4 First
Fulfil your destiny
A Bungie game on a Sony console? It's madness! These were the thoughts floating through most people's heads when the former Halo developer revealed that its multiplayer offering Destiny would be coming to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. And the madness continues, with a recent PlayStation Blog post conf
Tuesday1st Oct 2013
News Fly to the Moon in This Athletic Destiny Trailer
Become legend
As promised, Halo creator Bungie has deployed a brand new trailer for Destiny. The clip – which confirms that pre-orders will unlock beta access early next year – sets the overall tone of the interstellar plot, and shows se
News You'll Be Able to Fulfil Your Destiny with a Pre-Order
Bungie unlocks beta access
While you impatiently chomp at your nails waiting for Bungie to deploy Destiny’s next gameplay trailer, Amazon.com has accidentally announced a sliver of information regarding the first-person shooter’s online beta, which is set to begin in early 2014. According to the retailer, pre-ordering the title on either the...
Monday30th Sep 2013
News Destiny's Box Art Should Tide You Over Until Tomorrow's Trailer
Got you covered
Bungie has promised to release a brand new trailer for its upcoming shoot-and-loot outing Destiny – but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow in order to watch it in full. To make up for the miniscule delay, the former Halo developer has deployed the first-person shooter’s official box art, which shows the title’s three main...
Wednesday28th Aug 2013
News Sony Prefers to Partner with Third-Party Titles That Are 'New and Fresh'
The company's Destiny
Take a quick glance at the Xbox One’s lineup, and you’ll see timed exclusive content coming out of the console’s ears. Microsoft has partnered with titles such as Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, and Call of Duty: Ghosts, whereas Sony has been a little quieter in this department. That doesn’t mean that it’s not out striking...
Thursday4th Jul 2013
News Destiny Gameplay Demo Dropped into the Wild
Halo developer plots debut on PS4
Bungie’s upcoming online first-person shooter Destiny was easily one of the biggest title’s at E3 2013, making this high-definition footage of the game totally worth your attention. It’s the same sequence that was originally shown during Sony’s press conference – complete with irritating developer...
Tuesday11th Jun 2013
E3 2013 Bungie Give Us Our First Glimpse of Destiny on PS4
Together we're stronger
The last game shown at Sony's E3 2013 keynote, Destiny was demonstrated live on stage by Bungie, and is on course for a PlayStation 4 release next year. Strange and often creepy developer commentary aside, the title certainly looks to carry on the talented studio's knack for crafting great releases. The demo itself saw two...
Friday24th May 2013
News Bungie Lays Down the Law in New Destiny Trailer, First PS4 Footage at E3
King of the jungle
With publishing giant Activision providing the marketing push behind Bungie's upcoming Destiny, it comes as no surprise that every piece of exposure from here on in is going to have some considerable clout behind it. The game's latest trailer is a mix of live action and CGI, starting off with a father telling his son about "the...
Friday29th Mar 2013
News Bungie's Destiny Is Definitely Still a Game, This Video Just About Proves It
Feast your eyes on some character models
Bungie’s reluctance to share actual gameplay footage of its upcoming PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 title Destiny continues with this ‘character development’ video. The short – which was shown during a GDC presentation overnight – introduces three of the character classes from the first-person...
