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Destiny Releases
Santa Monica, CA –
September 8, in the year of our Lord 2014 – Bungie and
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) have joined forces to
bring you Destiny, releasing worldwide today at 12:01 midnight
September 9th local time in each territory where available at
global retailers.
“Destiny has been a labor of love and a remarkable creative
journey for everyone at Activision and Bungie,” said Eric
Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing Inc. “We feel that we
have the opportunity to launch something huge – not just into
the gaming landscape, but the pop cultural landscape. Arriving
at our launch day with this much support and enthusiasm from
fans and retailers is downright exciting. Moments like this just
don’t come around very often.”
“Destiny is the game we’ve always wanted to make,” said Harold
Ryan, Bungie president. “We’ve dreamt of this universe for
years, so we couldn’t be more thrilled to swing open the doors
and let fans shape this experience as they tell their unique
stories in the game. For us, the next generation of games is all
about allowing players to collide and interact with each other
as they take on epic, action packed adventures all their own.”
In addition to the launch of the game, the Destiny Expansion
Pass is available for purchase. The Expansion Pass will extend
the Destiny adventure after the launch of the game, with two
expansions, both of which will include brand new story missions,
cooperative activities and competitive multiplayer arenas, and a
wealth of all new weapons, armor and gear to earn. The Expansion
Pass is available at a suggested retail price of $34.99, with
Expansion I and Expansion II to be priced individually at $19.99
when they launch. Expansion I will launch in December, with
Expansion II following.
In Destiny, you are cast as a Guardian of the last city on
Earth, able to explore the ancient ruins of our solar system in
a social, living universe filled with other players. You will
journey through environments spanning the red dunes of Mars to
the lush jungles of Venus while creating your own legend as you
and your friends venture out into the stars to reclaim the
treasures and secrets lost after the collapse of humanity. Over
the course of your adventures you will become more powerful as
you wield rare and exotic weapons, gear, and super abilities. In
addition to the story campaign, you can take your unique
character into any co-operative or competitive activity,
including the ability to compete with or against your friends in
The Crucible, Destiny’s competitive multiplayer mode featuring
numerous playlists and maps spanning diverse environments across
the galaxy.
Destiny is rated T for Teen by the ESRB (Animated Blood and
Violence), and is available now for the PlayStation®4 computer
entertainment system (PlayStation Plus required for some
features), PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox
One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system and Xbox 360
games and entertainment system from Microsoft (Xbox Live Gold
required for some features). There is some question on the ESRB
rating of this game. Some critics have claimed this game should
have earned a 'M' rating for SEVENTEEN and OLDER ONLY.