It’s common knowledge at this point that Bungie is hard at work on a proper sequel to Destiny, and recent rumors suggest that any characters players have created in Destiny will not carry over to the follow-up game. But would that be the best approach for the developer to take? Probably not. The initial concept that Bungie presented for Destiny ...
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Is Destiny’s newest update worth getting into?
If you’ve been paying any attention to Destiny lately, you may have noticed a certain air of discontent among some of the more avid members of its audience. Among other things, there were complaints about how you essentially have to deal with three layers of RNG when getting loot (and bad loot in general), a lack of endgame content, and ...
Read More »Destiny going green for April update: Bungie recycles old content, plus pay to win!
As part of Bungie’s commitment to updating Destiny periodically (i.e. whenever they feel like it), the upcoming April update promises to bring a large amount of old content forward to Year Two standards (i.e. bigger numbers). Plus it’s free stuff, since it’s technically just an update. However, it should be kept in mind that as with all of Destiny’s updates, there ...
Read More »Can Bungie sustain Destiny’s (alleged) 10 year plan?
Many years and one generation of consoles ago, a developer called Bungie set out on one of the most ambitious projects of all time. Though people were anxious, they had faith that Bungie would bring about a new franchise that would last for years, the same way that Halo has become one of the biggest gaming franchises ever. And at ...
Read More »Changes coming to Destiny in December: Can Bungie properly balance Destiny?
Ever since Destiny entered it’s second year of existence, Bungie has continually stated their desire to release more consistent weapon updates to prevent another scenario where only a couple of guns would dominate the Crucible. Just recently, they revealed their plans for the upcoming December update, detailing all of nerfs and buffs that they intend to implement. Auto Rifles Auto rifles ...
Read More »Destiny: The Taken King: What you are getting and what is being removed
Still on the fence on whether or not you should continue your adventures in Destiny with The Taken King? Wondering how much of the base game can you still play even without the DLC? Then you’re in luck, because for the sake of science, the changes that came with the Taken King are fairly easy to catalog. What you are ...
Read More »Is Destiny’s update 2.0 the breath of fresh air that it needed?
Like almost every other game these days, Destiny just got a major update to prepare for the upcoming Taken King expansion pack. Weighing in at around 18 GB, a substantial amount of content was added and tweaked, especially in regards to the Crucible PvP mode. But the question is, is it enough to bring back people who may have left ...
Read More »Destiny composer Marty O’Donnell wins court case against Bungie
Marty O’Donnell, the former composer for Bungie that was perhaps best known for his work on the soundtracks of the pre-343 Industries Halo series, has won his lawsuit against Bungie. The lawsuit was brought about when Marty was fired sometime in April 2014, 5 months before Destiny came out, and had his stock in Bungie taken away. As it was stated in the court papers ...
Read More »Destiny: The Taken King- News from the Twitch stream of Year two and how it affects you
With just under a month left before Bungie starts off their second year of Destiny with The Taken King, it was only natural that Bungie decided that they should probably elaborate on exactly what kind of changes you can expect in the coming year. This is especially true given that the second year of Destiny is promised to bring major ...
Read More »Destiny Gets A New Community Manager
If any of you Destiny players have had any sort of interaction with the greater Destiny community, I would bet any thing that you – directly or otherwise – had come across Deej in some way. Deej, up until now, was the sole community manager in charge of all things Destiny. It’s pretty fair to say that without the countless ...
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