Bungie co-founder, Jason Jones, details everything you need to know about Destiny. Destiny’s Public Beta begins on July 17th, and launches worldwide on September 9th, 2014.
Category: News
1080p/30fps Confirmed for the Xbox One
After the recent announcement that the June SDK will give a 10% GPU boost to the Xbox One, Geoff Keighley confirmed that Destiny will run at 1080p @ 30fps (frames per second). After @xboxp3 interview I’ve been asking devs about impact of new Xbox sdk on perf. Bungie says it will get Destiny to 1080p/30fps on XB1. — Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) June 10, 2014 This June SDK is said to have brought the Xbox One on par with the PS4’s resolution. [divider] No Splitscreen In other news, it has also been confirmed that Destiny will not support splitscreen gameplay. #Destiny
Game Modes in Destiny
Bungie has updated their site with a list of playable game-modes in Destiny. They have 5 game modes listed and a mystery mode that has yet to be revealed, although evidence points to it being “Raids” (Above). [divider] Crucible (Competitive Multiplayer) Enter the Crucible to hone your competitive skills against other Guardians in arenas that span the solar system. Victory will earn you rewards and reputation. [toggle title=”Crucible Gameplay” state=”close” ] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vUEhpoKuA More gameplay here[/toggle] [divider] Explore (On-Demand Adventure) Revisit the worlds you have discovered to aid the City in their exploration efforts, seek out valuable resources in order to
Alpha Opens Thursday for all PS4 Owners
Destiny just premiered as the first act in Sony’s huge E3 press conference. The stream is currently still going on, but you can watch Destiny coverage again at the 23:40 mark in the Sony E3 stream. New Beginnings Trailer [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clRpcIHpmoY’] Beta Date Destiny Beta begins July 17th for Playstation players. July 21st for Xbox players. Playable Alpha Announced Destiny Alpha available for all PS4 users starting this Thursday (June 12th) and will be playable until the end of the weekend (3-days). You can sign up for the Alpha here. Destiny PS4 Bundle Exclusive white Destiny PS4 Bundle. Comes with
Resolution Upgrade on Xbox One
Microsoft recently announced that the June SDK (Software Dev Kits) for developers will provide more GPU bandwidth on the Xbox One. The resolution upgrade is said to take advantage of the 10% GPU increase which results after disabling the Xbox One Kinect. On this note, Phil Spencer (Head of Xbox) tweeted, In the most recent Major Nelson podcast, Phil Spencer even mentioned that he has been visiting Bungie’s studio as of late. Stating that Bungie will receive the new June SDK soon to “up the resolution of Destiny” on Xbox One. I’ve been spending a lot of time over there…they’re gonna pick up
Destiny’s Activity Structure Explained
One of Bungie’s lead designers on Destiny, Luke Smith, commented on a Neogaf thread in response to the leaked alpha gameplay. His comment helps clarify the way in which Destiny is broken down into different activities. [divider] Luke Smith’s Post: There’s a lot of confusion here, and we haven’t done the best job ever of explaining the game or its structure. I’m Luke, and I’m one of the lead designers on Destiny. First, Destiny is structured into Activities. We’ve attempted to build a suite of activities that can suit a variety of moods (I want something challenging! I want to
PS Users Receive 4 Days of Beta Exclusivity
Datto posted a sweet little Destiny nugget in a recent ad featured on GamesRadar. The ad announced that Playstation users will receive access to the Destiny beta four days before Xbox users. Also in the ad are the three guardian classes suited up in armor that has yet to be seen previously. Hopefully this will calm many Xbox players’ worries of Playstation users getting much larger benefits than Xbox players. Four days is nothing compared to the years most have been waiting to play. To give you some perspective, the official Destiny twitter also made mention that Xbox players will
LEAKED Gameplay Videos
Leaked (poor quality) gameplay videos have emerged. Whoever made these videos is of course breaching the NDA for the alpha, but they are entertaining to watch nonetheless. We see an early glimpse of the leveling process and what rewards are earned. The gameplay features a single player game mode which takes place in Old Russia. Talk about this and more on our community forums. [divider] Update: It seems that all of the videos have been taken down. If more links are found I will post them here. http://a.pomf.se/ecvgsy.webm http://a.pomf.se/ycyjlr.mp4 http://a.pomf.se/dlpwpr.mp4 http://a.pomf.se/yoiiui.mp4 http://a.pomf.se/okwplu.mp4