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News Destiny's Halloween Event Returns Next Week with Spooky Spoils
Lost but not forgotten
Destiny's annual Halloween event is back for its second year starting from the 25th October. Named The Festival of the Lost, you'll be able to partake in special quests and acquire seasonal loot, including those excellently creepy paper masks. You'll have until the 8th November to get stuck in. Give Bungie's rather well put...
News Destiny PS4 Patch Increases Loot Light Levels, Adds Hard Mode Raid
And it's out now
Destiny's latest update is out now on PlayStation 4, rejigging Bungie's shooter so that the progression system takes the newly introduced hard mode Raid into account. The light level cap now sits at 400, with engrams getting a boost across the board. If you were starting to get sick of the very gradual grind, you may want to dive...
News Destiny: Rise of Iron Raid Goes Heroic Later This Month
Best get grinding
So you've completed The Wrath of the Machine Raid in Destiny: Rise of Iron - that's a job well done, but the grind isn't over yet. As many players will already be aware, the Heroic version of the Raid is incoming, and Bungie's slapped a date on it - or at least we think that it has. Offering a more difficult edition of the latest...
Rumour Destiny 2 Shooting For a Fresh Audience, Will Be a Totally New Game
Say goodbye to your exotics
Looking at Destiny from the perspective of a big publisher like Activision and an ambitious studio like Bungie, Destiny 2's inevitable fate is perhaps easy to determine. If the franchise is to expand and thrive, it can't just keep relying on yearly expansions and, if you'll pardon the pun, sticking to its guns. With every...
Podcast Episode 14 - The PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro
And is the Iron Price right?
A fictitious prize to whoever cites both references in that sub header! Anyway, we've got another bumper episode for you this week that comes to you with improved microphone quality on my end, for once. Huzzah! This episode, we catch up on all the latest new from the PlayStation Meeting and Tokyo Game Show. Plus, we...
Poll What Do You Think of Destiny: Rise of Iron?
Is it hot stuff?
Ah, trusty old Destiny - a game that's pretty much the perfect fodder for a Friday poll such as this. The shooter's latest expansion, Rise of Iron, launched earlier this week on PlayStation 4, and its brand new six-player Raid is releasing later today. Judging by the amount of buzz that the DLC has generated around the 'net, it's...
News Bungie Teases Destiny: Rise of Iron Raid with New Trailer
Not long to go
We hope that you've spent the last two days grinding for better gear in Destiny: Rise of Iron, because you're going to need it soon enough. The expansion's incoming six-player Raid, named Wrath of the Machine, goes live at 10:00AM PT / 18:00PM BST on the 23rd September, and Bungie's released a slick teaser trailer to remind you of...
Hands On Destiny: Rise of Iron Seems Like Another Solid Expansion
Bringing the fire
We've sunk about 10 hours into Destiny: Rise of Iron, and in that time, we've completed the main set of story quests, tackled several side objectives, and jumped about ten light levels. We've perused some super cool looking armour, glanced at a few tempting exotics, killed more Splicers than we care to count, and spent minutes at a...
News Rise of Iron Launch Leads to Destiny Server Issues
Heavy metal
Don't worry too much if you can't sign in to Destiny, because you're not the only one. The shooter's latest expansion, Rise of Iron, launched just a couple of hours ago, and it sounds as though the sheer amount of people jumping online has knocked the game's servers out of kilter. Apparently, players are being queued in order to help...
News Destiny: Rise of Iron Launch Trailer Turns Up the Heat
Forged in the fire
Much like The Taken King before it, Rise of Iron is looking to breathe a lot of new life into Destiny. The PlayStation 4 expansion launches next week on the 20th September, and Bungie's released a rather good trailer to get you in the mood. Highlighting the add-on's story, which features Saladin, the last surviving Iron Lord,...
News Destiny Down for 8 Hours of Maintenance Starting Now
Going dark
We hope that you weren't planning on playing some Destiny tonight, as the servers are being taken down and prepped for the game's next update for eight whole hours, starting now. The title will be playable again at around 00:00AM BST / 16:00PM PT, but you'll obviously have to download the aforementioned patch before you can hop back into...
Gamescom 2016 Destiny: Rise of Iron Loots 50 Minutes of Gameplay
Let there be light
Much like The Taken King, upcoming Destiny expansion Rise of Iron is shaping up to be a very solid addition to the game. Due out on the 20th September, the add-on features whole new areas, a new storyline, new Strikes, and a ton of new loot. Thankfully, if you just can't handle the hype, PlayStation Access has captured 50 whole...
Gamescom 2016 Private Multiplayer Matches Are Finally Coming to Destiny
Get the gang together
Bungie has confirmed that private matches are heading to Destiny alongside Rise of Iron, the title's upcoming expansion. In other words, you'll be able to enjoy the shooter's Crucible modes without jumping online with strangers. Going by what the developer's said during its Gamescom livestream, you'll have full reign over how...
Live Steel Yourself with Destiny: Rise of Iron's Gamescom Stream
Rise up
Kicking off at 18:00PM BST / 10:00AM PT, Destiny's latest livestream will dish out more details on next month's expansion, Rise of Iron. Developer Bungie has stated that it'll be at Gamescom all week, so we can probably expect even more information on the studio's upcoming project to dribble out over the next few days. Are you hoping to see...
News Destiny: Rise of Iron PS4 Exclusive Content Includes a Quest, a Ship, and a Map
Deal?
That's not a bad looking ship, is it? Okay, so it's just a glorified loading screen, but still, it's easy on the eyes. It's also exclusive to the PlayStation 4 version of Destiny: Rise of Iron, for a time. Indeed, Bungie's revealed what the PlayStation Nation [we need to stop writing that - Ed.] can expect from the upcoming expansion in terms...
News Destiny: The Collection Launches Next Month on PS4, Includes Rise of Iron
All in one
It's confirmed folks: Destiny: The Collection is real and it's heading to PlayStation 4 on the 20th September - that's the same day that the game's upcoming expansion, Rise of Iron, launches. Naturally, this means that Rise of Iron will be included in the package, which will also house the base release, The Dark Below, House of Wolves,...
News This Player Class Concept Art May Be Our First Look at Destiny 2
A burning passion
The images that you see embedded on this very page may well be our first glimpse of Destiny 2. We've known for a while now that the shooter sequel is in development, but obviously, Bungie won't have much to say about the project until Destiny is done and dusted. The art was spotted by a user on Reddit before it was swiftly removed...
Soapbox You Shouldn't Feel Bad for Liking Destiny
Rise of Iron looks to continue the love-hate relationship
With Rise of Iron details flooding the news yesterday, it made me stop and think about Destiny as a whole. We've all been there, I know, but I came to the conclusion that there's nothing wrong with being excited for the upcoming expansion – there's actually nothing wrong with liking...
News Destiny: Rise of Iron Details Creep Out of the Darkness
Light levels rising
And so it begins. It was only a matter of time before we started getting flooded with information regarding Destiny's upcoming September expansion, and Game Informer's got the scoop on a load of new details. For starters, the light level cap is getting raised beyond what we had initially thought. Right now, the light level...
News Destiny's Challenge of the Elders Won't Be the Same Starting Next Week
So random
Bungie's bringing a big change to Challenge of the Elders starting next week. The Destiny activity, which sees a fireteam of up to three Guardians take on an assortment of enemies while dealing with various gameplay modifiers, is being randomised from the 2nd August. In other words, the developer will no longer be setting the rules and...
News Destiny: The Collection Is Supposedly Coming to PS4 in August
One month before Rise of Iron
With big expansion Rise of Iron out in September, we were betting on Activision releasing a new all-in-one Destiny package, much like it did when The Taken King launched last year, but as it turns out, the publisher may have other plans. Indeed, Destiny: The Collection has been spotted on Amazon, and it's supposedly...
News 'The Future Is Bright' for Destiny, Says Bungie
Studio teases big things to come
It's been a couple of weeks since we last wrote about Destiny, which has got to be some sort of record, right? All's been quiet on the sci-fi shooter's front, as most fans are waiting patiently for September's Rise of Iron expansion, but that hasn't stopped developer Bungie from hyping up "the future" of the game...
Soapbox Destiny's Grimoire Cards Are Pretty Awesome
A glimpse at what could have been
Destiny is famous for a lot of things, but a strong and structured storyline is most definitely not one of them. In fact, it's more renowned for telling you that it doesn't have time for a plot. I'm here to tell you that Destiny actually possesses potentially one of the deepest and most well thought out universes...
Weirdness Okay, We Admit This Destiny Exotic Weapons Rap Is Way Better than Expected
Rhymes of the exotic kind
We feel the need to apologise to YouTube user Duba. When we saw that our buddies over at Eurogamer had published a story on a Destiny rap video, we feared the absolute worst, but as it turns out, this is the perfect material for one of our rather uncommon Weirdness articles. Usually found rapping about what Xur's bringing...
News Bungie Abandons Destiny Content on PS3
The end of Trials and Banner
Bungie has laid out its future plans for Destiny on PlayStation 3, which includes the permanent cancellations of Trials of Osiris and Iron Banner. As we previously covered, Destiny's next expansion - Rise of Iron - won't be coming to PlayStation 3, but according to Troubleshooter pages on
News Destiny's Rise of Iron Is a $30 Expansion
A "big" expansion, according to Bungie
Destiny's been blasted in the past for the price of its expansions, and we fear that conversation's going to come up again in the relatively near future. Speaking during the official reveal of the shooter's next expansion, Rise of Iron, Bungie confirmed that the new content is going to set you back $30. We...
Live Watch Destiny's Rise of Iron Expansion Reveal Right Here
Iron will
Well whaddya know, it's almost time for a look at another Destiny expansion. Rise of Iron - which has been leaked approximately 600 times by this point - seems like a reasonably good add-on judging from what we've heard. It'll boast a new Raid, new equipment, a new set of story missions, and it'll apparently take you to an entirely new...
News Destiny Seems to Be Ditching Last-Gen with Its Next Expansion
Release date leaked, too
Not too long ago, Destiny's next expansion leaked ahead of its official reveal, which is due to air tomorrow. Dubbed Rise of Iron, it'll apparently contain a new Raid, a new light level cap, new story missions, and new gear. Seems like it'll be your standard Destiny affair, then. The big difference this time around, though,...
Rumour Here's an Early Glimpse of Destiny's Next Expansion
Ironing things out
Destiny's upcoming expansion, of which we've known very little about until now, appears to have leaked. The add-on's key artwork appeared on Reddit overnight, and sources familiar with Bungie have apparently confirmed to Kotaku that it's legitimate. As you can see from the above image, the expansi
News Destiny Continues to Be a Big Hit for Activision
Shooter has almost 30 million users
Activision's revealed some pretty impressive Destiny statistics during the company's most recent financial report, claiming that the game now has almost 30 million registered players. Those keeping pace will remember that back in November of last year, the publisher stated that Destiny had around 25 million users...
Feature The April Update Is a Short Term Fix for a Still Flawed Destiny
We've been here before
With Bungie's main team busy beavering away on Destiny 2, which is set to launch in 2017, the studio's secondary group, dubbed the 'live team', is now responsible for keeping the original Destiny alive and kicking. To ensure that the shooter doesn't completely dry up, the live team's job is to pull Guardians back into the fray...
News This Could Be the Release Date for Destiny's Next Expansion
Tales from the Grimoire
It comes as no real surprise, but Destiny's upcoming expansion is probably going to launch this September. Bungie's already noted that the title's next add-on will be landing later this year, but the developer seems to have dropped a not-so-subtle release date hint. Fans have come to this conclusion thanks to the recently...
News Destiny's Huge April Update Unleashes Its Super Tonight
Destined for greater things
After weeks of inactivity, we're sure that more than a few Guardians will be dusting off their exotic armour and jumping back into Destiny tonight. The game's biggest ever update will be available to download this evening here in the UK, at around 18:00PM BST. Meanwhile, those in North America can potentially look...
News Bungie Really Wants You to Get Back into Destiny
Tomorrow's update gets a big trailer
Destiny's long awaited April Update is finally deploying tomorrow, and to round up all of the information that it's spilled over the last few weeks, Bungie's released a trailer that details just about everything that you need to know with regards to the incoming patch. It's no real secret that the sci-fi shooter...
Live Bungie Explains the Final Changes Coming to Destiny in the April Update
One more time
After detailing new activities and fresh rewards in its previous two livestreams, Bungie will once again be taking to Twitch tonight in order to round off its April Update videos. This time, the developer will cover some of the less categorised additions and tweaks coming to Destiny on the 12th April. Starting at 19:00PM BST/11:00AM...
News Bungie Is Making Some Good Changes to Destiny in the April Update
Better loot, infusion, and reputation gains
Thanks to yesterday's livestream, we learned quite a lot about what Bungie's bringing to the table in terms of rewards and progression with Destiny's April update. As you'd imagine, new weapons and armour will be up for grabs, including gear sets that can be altered using Chroma - a new resource that to...
Live Take an Early Look at The Loot of Destiny's April Update
Rock the drop
Bungie's second livestream based on Destiny's big April Update will be all about the loot and rewards that the developer's adding to the game. With a heightened light level cap and a revamped Prison of Elders, we're hoping that the new equipment is going to be worth gunning for. The stream kicks off at 19:00 BST/11:00AM PST, and will...
News Destiny's April Update Promises a Much Better Prison of Elders
Bungie details the upcoming patch
All of you Guardians had better get used to seeing Variks' ugly mug on a regular basis, because the Prison of Elders is coming back with a bang as part of April's big Destiny update. Bungie revealed in its most recent livestream that those who own The Taken King can look forward to a new level 41 challenge, as well...
Live This Is What's Coming to Destiny in the Big April Update
Bungie reveals new content
Is it finally time for Bungie to get Destiny back on its feet and back in the news? Maybe, but we'll hopefully have a more definitive answer for you following the developer's livestream, which is starting at 18:00PM GMT/11:00AM PST/14:00PM EST. During the broadcast, the studio plans on showing us what's coming in the...
News Is Destiny About to Come Back with a Bang?
April's update sounds promising
Let's face it: it's always been a rocky road for Destiny players. Every time that the game introduces big changes, through an expansion or otherwise, it usually isn't long before hardcore Guardians have exhausted the new content, and are once again hungry for more. It's no secret that Bungie's shooter has slipped out...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda's Lead Writer has Jumped Ship to Destiny
Andromeda will "blow people away"
Mass Effect: Andromeda's lead writer, Chris Shlerf, has revealed that he's left the project and is now working at Bungie on Destiny. Going by Shlerf's tweets on the matter, it would appear as though his role has been fulfilled when it comes to BioWare's latest, with him leaving on good terms with the Canadian...
News Destiny's Crimson Days Event Has Been a Big Waste of Time
Thankfully, Bungie's fixed it
Did you decide to take part in Destiny's Valentine's Day-themed event over the weekend? Crimson Days allows Guardians to set up two-on-two Crucible matches with the promise of some exclusive rewards, but we've read some horror stories with regards to the lovey-dovey loot - or lack thereof. One of the big draws for this...
News Finally, Bungie Spills the Beans on What's in Store for Destiny
A sequel, an expansion, and a huge update
It's been a rough couple of months for Destiny - developer Bungie's biggest ever project. Following the release of The Taken King, last year's big expansion, players have been becoming increasingly disgruntled with the game's offerings. Sparrow Racing League felt like an unfinished add-on or a prelude to...
News Destiny Patch 2.1.1 Invites You to Partner Up on PS4
Love lost
Destiny's February update is available to download now on PlayStation 4 - but unless you're looking forward to this month's Crimson Days event, there's not much to really get excited about. Patch 2.1.1 introduces the new two-on-two competitive multiplayer mode, which begins today and ends on the 16th February. The event requires you to...
News Bungie Has a New CEO Who Promises Great Games and More Destiny
Harold Ryan steps down
There's some reshuffling going on at Bungie - one of the gaming industry's most renowned development studios. Harold Ryan, who has been been at the company for 15 years, has stepped down as CEO, and former COO Pete Parsons has replaced him at the top. Of course, many of you will know that Bungie is the developer behind...
News Activision Denies Ammo Microtransactions in Destiny
Welcome to the circus
Well that was a pretty short-lived rumour. As we reported earlier today, unnamed sources had apparently told VG247 that more microtransactions were coming to Destiny. In this case, you'd soon be able to buy ammo synthesis packs with real money. Needless to say, a lot of Guardians weren't too happy to hear about this potential...
Rumour Destiny Is Getting More Microtransactions
Lock and load
Destiny's free-to-play future is looking more and more like an inevitability if this latest rumour is to be believed. According to VG247, brand new microtransactions will soon be worming their way into Bungie's shooter. Unnamed sources say that you'll be able to spend real money on ammo synthesis packs, which would provide an...
Rumour Destiny 2 Was Set to Release This Year, But Has Been Delayed
Worrying times for Bungie's shooter, apparently
There's been speculation for a few months now regarding Destiny's future. There's little doubt that last year's expansion, The Taken King, gave the shooter the kick up the arse that it so desperately needed, but now that many players have exhausted the latest content, there's a lingering feeling that...
News Destiny's Next Big Event Doesn't Sound All That Exciting
Hope you like PvP
Bungie seems committed to smaller, timed events that are designed to keep players coming back to Destiny, but we're still not convinced that the structure is as satisfying as it arguably needs to be. The shooter's next event will coincide with Valentine's Day, so let's hope that you're not, you know, actually socialising with your...
News Watch as a Single Destiny Player Dominates Trials of Osiris Without Dying
3 on 1? No problem
Trials of Osiris is essentially Destiny's most intense, hardcore player-versus-player mode. It pits two teams of three against each other in a battle to the death, and once a combatant is downed, they can only be revived by their allies. In other words, there isn't much room for error. Enter Ramblinnn, an immensely skilled...
