What platforms will Destiny be released on?

Bungie has announced the first title in the Destiny series for current generation consoles: the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The contract revealed earlier indicates that the game will later be made available on next generation consoles.

News sources vary on the possibility of a PC port; some said Bungie denied it, calling Destiny a "console shooter" while others say Bungie refused to confirm or deny the possibility of a later PC port.

Who is publishing Destiny?

As part of the courtroom battle between Activision and one of the studios developing the Call of Duty series, a version of the contract between Bungie LLC and Activision was made public. According to that contract, there is a ten year deal in place where Bungie develops games based on Destiny, and Activision publishes them.

Who owns Destiny?

Bungie LLC, which is the entity formed when Bungie achieved independence from Microsoft in 2007, has all ownership rights for both the intellectual property behind the new project, Destiny, as well as the Marathon franchise, which Bungie created as Bungie Software in the 1990s.

What aliens and enemies will we encounter in Destiny?

Concept art revealed by Bungie seem to show several different groups of enemy:

  • The insect-like Fallen with their humanoid shapes and insectoid eyes;
  • Space Zombies (not the official name) presumably something like Halo's Flood;
  • The Vex: time-traveling robots
  • The rhino-like Cabal

...there’s something primordial and instantly terrifying about squaring off against an unpredictable Fallen Captain, his tattered crimson cape draped over a set of four splayed and angular arms that bristle with sleek firepower.

What kind of world is the setting of Destiny?

Destiny is apparently set 700 years in the future. Humanity, once masters of their own solar system, have been chased back onto their home planet. They might have been extinguished if not for the Traveler, a mysterious sphere that now hovers over the Earth's surface. Humanity's last city, which the player is tasked to protect as a Guardian, is directly beneath the Traveler-- and Guardians have access to some of the Traveler's mysterious powers.

What kind of game is Destiny?

Bungie calls Destiny a "shared" first person shooter. It will require an always-on Internet connection and allow players to interact in ways that are intended to be both more pervasive and seamless than traditional online FPS or MMOFPS games.

It will not have a subscription fee and is not considered an MMO by Bungie.

Bungie employees described a style of play that might best be categorized as drop-in, drop-out coop with no lobbies or menus, similar to the Sony PlayStation 3 title Journey.

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