Neowin News Feed for: Destiny

Destiny: Rising announced, a free-to-play mobile shooter developed by NetEase

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:40:01 +0000

Bungie's Destiny universe is coming to mobile space. Destiny: Rising is a NetEase-developed free-to-play shooter experience, and a playtest is happening soon. Read more...

Bungie reveals a new roadmap for Destiny 2 with two expansions coming in 2025

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:38:01 +0000

Bungie has revised its roadmap for its sci-fi shooter Destiny 2. It will release two paid expansions in 2025, along with free content updates. Read more...

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Destiny could have been an Xbox exclusive

Omer Dursun — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:48:01 +0000

Xbox chief Phil Spencer revealed that Halo developer Bungie's Destiny franchise could have been an Xbox exclusive, but Microsoft passed on funding the game when it was first pitched. Read more...

Destiny 2: The Final Shape is offically delayed by Bungie until June 4, 2024

John Callaham — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:42:01 +0000

After weeks of rumors, Bungie has officially announced a release date delay in the next Destiny 2 expansion pack, The Final Shape. The date was pushed back from February 27 to June 4, 2024. Read more...

Report: Bungie revenue 45% below projections, leading to latest layoffs and delays

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:52:01 +0000

The Sony-owned live-service giant Bungie has reportedly laid off 8% of its workforce following a major miss on its revenue targets. Future projects of the studio may been delayed internally too. Read more...

Destiny developer Bungie hit with layoffs, reportedly delays new projects

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:40:01 +0000

Destiny and original Halo developer Bungie is laying off an unknown amount of team members today. It is also reportedly delaying a new Destiny 2 expansion along with its recently announced Marathon. Read more...

Bungie reveals Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion and new season

Omer Dursun — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:40:01 +0000

Bungie today announced The Final Shape expansion and a new season called Season of the Witch. The expansion is now available for pre-order. The season structure also changes to a new episodic model. Read more...

Bungie is hiring for a new game set in a "science-fantasy universe" and a "comedic world"

John Callaham — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:16:01 +0000

Bungie offered a brief description for an unnamed upcoming new team-based action game that's set in a "science-fantasy universe" and in a "comedic world". It's now hiring to develop the project. Read more...

Bungie will reveal the first details of Destiny 2: The Final Shape expansion on August 22

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:14:01 +0000

The Final Shape will also be the final expansion for Destiny 2's Light and Darkness Saga. Details about The Final Shape will be revealed in a streaming event on August 22 starting at Noon Eastern Time Read more...

Halo Infinite's head of creative Joseph Staten departs Microsoft

John Callaham — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 03:38:01 +0000

Joseph Staten, who also worked on the first three Halo games as well as Destiny for Bungie, confirmed late on Friday he was leaving Microsoft but didn't say what he will be doing next. Read more...

Bungie awarded $4.4 million in its lawsuit victory against Destiny cheat seller

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:30:02 +0000

Destiny developer Bungie got a $4.4 million award in a lawsuit case against AimJunkies, a site that sold cheats and mods that were used on Bungie's sci-fi first person shooter series of games. Read more...

Marty O'Donnell, Mike Salvatori, and Microsoft resolve Halo royalties lawsuit

Asher Madan — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:54:01 +0000

Yesterday, original Halo composer Marty O'Donnell confirmed that he, Mike Salvatori, and Microsoft have resolved their legal differences and now he can share certain music again on YouTube. Read more...

Expect more big gaming acquisitions, says Geoff Keighley

Asher Madan — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Today, The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley said that he's heard of more big gaming deals in the final stages of negotiations. It's unclear which companies are involved, but it may be Sony. Read more...

Bungie splits with Activision while retaining rights to Destiny

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:44:02 +0000

The studio behind the Halo and Destiny series, Bungie, has decided to part ways with its current publisher Activision. The agreement has the studio retaining the full rights to the Destiny franchise. Read more...

Destiny 2 will not launch on Steam as confirmed by developer for the second time

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:46:01 +0000

Recently some in-game currency for the first game in the Destiny franchise made its way to the Steam store, fuelling speculation that the Blizzard deal wasn't as exclusive as once thought. Read more...

EA's answer to Destiny is called 'Anthem' and it's made by Bioware

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:20:02 +0000

At its EA Play conference today, the company showed off Anthem, Bioware's new IP, previously known as Project Dylan. Details are scarce, but a full gameplay will be revealed tomorrow. Read more...

Activision confirms Destiny sequel for 2017

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:34:01 +0000

Activision has confirmed that a sequel to Bungie's 2014 hit, Destiny, will arrive sometime this year. The news comes from a slide at an investor call that occurred on February 9. Read more...

Bungie delivers final Xbox 360 update for Destiny

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:06:01 +0000

If you own an Xbox 360, Bungie is issuing its final update for Destiny. Unfortunately, the upcoming expansion titled 'Rise of Iron', will not be supported on legacy consoles. Read more...

Sony's PSX 2015 recap and impressions

Chris Schroeder — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 02:20:01 +0000

Uncharted 4, Ratchet and Clank, Final Fantasy VII, Dead Star and more get rattled off as titles coming to Playstation 4 in 2016 at the PSX 2015 convention. See what's on tap. Read more...

Ex-Halo composer, Marty O'Donnell wins lawsuit against Bungie

Matt Brown — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 08:00:01 +0000

Ex-Halo and Destiny composer, Marty O'Donnell has won a lawsuit against Bungie today, after he was terminated in 2014, before their upcoming FPS, Destiny released. Read more...

Bungie announces "The Taken King" expansion for Destiny

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:58:01 +0000

Set for a late summer release, the next expansion for Destiny has been confirmed. As promised, this is going to be the biggest expansion of Destiny to-date. Read more...

Destiny community raises more than a million dollars for Nepal victims

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:30:01 +0000

The gaming community behind Destiny banded together with Bungie and Activision and managed to raise more than a million dollars, money that's being donated to Direct Relief to help victims in Nepal. Read more...

Destiny "House of Wolves" trailer unveiled, expansion coming May 19th

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 05:50:01 +0000

Bungie has unveiled a trailer for its latest Destiny expansion, "House of Wolves." While details are scarce, the upcoming expansion looks to add weapons, armor, new story missions and more. Read more...

These are the top-selling games of 2014

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:08:01 +0000

Last year, the gaming industry was bombarded by a hoard of new games. Some were new IPs, while others were yearly veterans. So which ones made it on the top 10 list of 2014? Read more...

Get an Xbox One bundle for $349 plus a $50 gift card and free copy of Destiny from Best Buy

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:34:01 +0000

For all the late Christmas shoppers out there, Best Buy is offering an Xbox One Assassin's Creed: Unity bundle for only $349, plus a $50 gift card and a free copy of Destiny. Read more...

Your Christmas Gaming Guide [Updated]

Byron Hinson — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:12:01 +0000

We have put together a large guide to gaming gifts for Christmas. So if you are wondering what to buy a gamer for Christmas, look no further. We've covered the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and the PC. Read more...

Free Destiny demo with transferable characters now available on all consoles

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:36:01 +0000

If you've been on the fence about Destiny, you now have the chance to check out the game for free. And you progress gets saved and transferred even to a new-gen console as long as it's the same family Read more...

Games Review Round-Up - 14 September 2014

Byron Hinson — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:42:01 +0000

Each week we post a review round-up and news of the latest games on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and on the PC. This week we have first impressions of Destiny and a review of Infamous: First Light. Read more...

Bungie opts to hold off on early reviews for Destiny

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:03:26 +0000

No early reviews for 'Destiny' as Bungie opts to hold off reviews until after the game has launched so that reviewers can explore more of the game before publishing scores. Read more...

Certain 'Destiny' players on older consoles can upgrade to next-gen for free

Brockman Davis — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 09:09:43 +0000

New information comes from the 'Destiny' website that addresses many gamers' concerns as to whether or not they will be able to upgrade their copy of the game to next-generation systems. Read more...

Activision CEO: Total budget for Bungie's Destiny will be $500 million

John Callaham — Tue, 06 May 2014 09:55:20 +0000

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed that the total budget of Bungie's upcoming sci-fi shooter Destiny will be a massive $500 million, which includes marketing, packaging and other costs. Read more...

Original Halo music composer Marty O'Donnell fired by Bungie

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:37:30 +0000

Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's long time music composer and audio lead who created the popular soundtracks for the company's Halo games, has been fired by the developer for unknown reasons. Read more...

VGX shows new Xbox One game footage, including Tomb Raider and new Titanfall mechs

John Callaham — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:16:13 +0000

Saturday's streaming Internet version of the VGX show on Spike showed off a number of upcoming games headed to the Xbox One, including a version of Tomb Raider and two new mechs from Titanfall. Read more...

More Xbox One games confirmed, including Ryse

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:38:26 +0000

More games have now been confirmed to be coming to Microsoft's Xbox One game console, including Ryse, a game that was first announced for the Xbox 360 console three years ago. Read more...

Third-party game devs spotted in NYC ahead of PlayStation event tonight

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:30:46 +0000

A host of major third party game developers, including members of Bungie, are either in New York City or headed to NYC only hours before Sony's PlayStation press event tonight. Read more...

Destiny website source code shows Xbox 720 and PS4 pre-order listings

John Callaham — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:39:18 +0000

A look inside the source code of the official website for Bungie's upcoming Destiny game shows pre-order headers for the Xbox 720 and PS4, along with PC, Wii U and PS Vita versions. Read more...

Bungie co-founder: "Nobody wants to" play FPS games with mouse and keyboard

John Callaham — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:01:25 +0000

Bungie co-founder Jason Jones has slammed playing first person shooter games on the PC, claiming that "nobody wants to" play those games with a mouse and keyboard setup anymore. Read more...

Bungie reveals footage of first post-Microsoft game, 'Destiny'

Anthony Tosie — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:45:51 +0000

Former Microsoft-owned studio Bungie has revealed the first footage of its upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter, "Destiny," in a new video on YouTube. The game is expected to be released this year. Read more...

Paul McCartney writing music for Bungie's next game

John Callaham — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:10:35 +0000

Beatles founder Paul McCartney has revealed on his Twitter page he is working with Bungie and will be helping to write music for the original Halo developer's next game. Read more...

The games we wish we could see at E3 2012 but won't

John Callaham — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:36:50 +0000

Not every single game in the works will be at E3 2012 this year. We go over some of the biggest upcoming game titles that (we think) won't make it to this year's show. Read more...