Shores of Time

Bungie and IGN take us on a tour of Destiny’s Shores of Time Crucible map on Venus. Watch as they show us the new location and dive into some strategy for this Crucible location with a walking tour of the map with Bungie’s lead designer Lars Bakken.   Watch a Titan dominate in this first gameplay video of Destiny’s newest crucible map.

Vanguard Armory Bonus

High above the City, in the Hall of Guardians, The Vanguard keep watch over Guardians in the wild, arming the best warriors with the upgraded weapons they need to destroy our most dangerous enemies. Pre-Order Destiny to gear up for day one with early access to Vanguard weapons and gear and a Vanguard player emblem.

Collector’s Edition Unboxing

Click here to see the entire breakdown of everything you’ll get with each version.   In other news, Bungie.net will be getting an upgrade on July 10th! Bungie.net gets a serious augmentation with some new features and services that will help you deal yourself in to the action that awaits us all. Which edition will you choose? [polldaddy poll=8171503]

Beta Dates & Collector Edition Details

On July 17, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 players can begin playing the beta. The beta will then go offline for maintenance on Monday, July 21, and return on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 on Wednesday, July 23. The beta ends on Sunday, July 27. Announcement from DeeJ: To those of you who make an appearance in the Tower… or in the frontiers beyond its walls on July 26 beginning at 8PM PDT, you’ll earn an exclusive emblem for the retail version of Destiny. We’ll also be delivering some fun and unexpected surprises throughout the Beta!   [divider]

Light Increases Your Level

Published on: Jul 4, 2014 @ 14:08 IGN just released a small promo video for Destiny, which lets us know they’ll be covering it a lot this month. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGFvpxXqudU’] We’ll be able to experience new subclasses at level 15, Bladedancer, Sunsinger, and Defender. [divider] They also sneak in that the level ‘cap’ is 20, but with your additional Light rating, it can be increased above 20. Motes of Light are also earned once you reach 20 from the XP you gain, used for purchasing cool gear among other things from the speaker. Once you’re 20, you need to use armor’s Light rating

Destiny Compendium: The Basics

Greeting Guardians! Uniquely Average Gamers compiled a bunch of information about the Alpha, detailing everything known so far about the general fundamentals in Destiny. This is all footage from the public Alpha test on PS4. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxL3dC7rVw’] Also be sure to tune in to the Guardian Radio, because Deej will be stopping by and chatting with those folks. Episode 68 LIVE on Twitch beginning at 10:30PM EST/7:30PM PST. Joining us on this special Bungie Day Episode will be non-other than the Gunslinger himself, Bungie’s Community Manager DeeJ!

Weekly Update 7.3.14

Read Bungie’s full weekly update below or on Bungie.net. [divider] This week at Bungie, we marched seven days closer to Beta. There were homework assignments to ready us for your onslaught on every platform. I love take home playtests. Destiny is available at my desk every day. I watch urk and OJ play from the corner of my eye while I patrol our social graph for wisdom or evil. For some reason, my favorite place to play Destiny is on my own couch. The experience just feels more real there, in that place where I’ve waged countless battles with old friends.