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Alpha Opens Thursday for all PS4 Owners

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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

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Resolution Upgrade on Xbox One

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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

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Destiny’s Activity Structure Explained

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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

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Bungie’s E3 Instagram Teaser

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The teasing has already begun for the upcoming Destiny blowout of news and videos that is expected for E3 2014. Today Bungie uploaded this quick cutting video to Instagram, giving us a small taste of what’s to come. We are so close! Remember E3 kicks of on Monday (June 9) where Destiny will be featured during Sony’s E3 Press Conference today at 6:00pm PST. Also tune in on Tuesday (June 10th) at 2:00 pm for the 20 minute showcase of Destiny. Click the video below to watch. View this post on Instagram Tuesday. Destiny. E3. You. A post shared by DestinyTheGame (@destinythegame) on

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PS Users Receive 4 Days of Beta Exclusivity

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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

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LEAKED Gameplay Videos

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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

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Weekly Update 6.6.14

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Read Bungie’s Weekly Update below or directly on Bnet. [divider] This week at Bungie, we launched the next phase of our mission. While you read these words, some of us are enjoying a low orbit above the Earth. A bed of clouds blankets our perspective as we roar toward a waypoint over the horizon. Cruising altitude provides a nice break in the action that has prepared us for take-off. The mind can wander, drink in the high-altitude scenery, and probe for answers to the questions that propel us forward on our quest. Will this mission be rewarding? Who might we meet

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Marty O’Donnell is Suing Bungie

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Update: Apparently O’Donnell is only suing Bungie’s CEO, Harold Ryan, and not the whole Bungie company. This is a headline you probably never wanted to read, but unfortunately it is true. Legendary music composer Marty O’Donnell has filed a lawsuit against Bungie following his termination from the company this past April. The claim filed against Bungie and its chief executive, Harold Ryan, is in response to Bungie’s neglect to pay O’Donnell for things like paid time off, unpaid vacation time, and other instances. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKpFuA6JGs’] O’Donnell was terminated “without cause” this past April which has had the Halo and Destiny

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