DESTINY.BUNGIE.ORG
Search the News Archive
Showing results 126 - 150 of 403 matches
Wickedshrapnel stopped by to let us know about the support group he setup for disenfranchised Guardians who had found their lives lacking a certain regal rocket launcher... and the results were humorous. Warning: some harsh language.
Wow. I'm pretty sure I'd pay for Samuel L. Jackson as the Ghost, if it sounded anything like this:
(Thanks, Schedonnardus.)
It's been a little while since we mentioned the Guardians of Destiny (it was all the way back in November, actually), but we're doing it again - and not just because they had me on as a guest. Episode 97 was recorded last night, and topics of discussion included Destiny's place in the Bungie universe, Xur's randomness, and the underappreciated glory of Destiny's Grimoire. Go listen! (Thanks to Craig for the invite!)
The DBO Admin Team challenged the Destiny Community last night in the Crucible, and despite DeeJ's best efforts, we managed to deny most fireteams of the exclusive loot. One fireteam who did manage to secure the bounty though was from our very own forums! Beorn has posted the match on Youtube:
And Ragashingo has his own... interesting... take on the match:
"Last night a top flight fireteam from the website Destiny.Bungie.Org (not to be confused with Bungie.net, the official website of Bungie Inc. the company that created classic games like Marathon, Myth, Oni, and Halo) gathered on the aging Xbox 360 platform and hunted for what is known as the Bungie Bounty. In said bounty, a team needed to be randomly matched up with the designated bounty team and beat them in a round of Destiny's (Bungie's newest game) multiplayer mode known as The Crucible.
Defending the bounty (and representing the forces of The Darkness (THE DARKNESS! THE DARKNESS!) were Louis Wu (AKA: Claude, looooong time head honcho at Bungie.org (which should still not be confused with Bungie.net), Beorn (a webdesigner best known for DungeonGrid.com (that could be true!)), XenosKB (the fastest news gather in the north, south, east, west, and middle!), Gwath Gil (aka: Leviathan, perhaps best known for his new and ongoing indie comic Mayflower(www.mayflowercomic.com)), and Malagate (the guy not sporting a Bungie related emblem...). Also with them was DeeJ, Bungie's (.net's not .org's) esteemed community manager.
Representing the forces of The Light were: Up North 65, Speedracer513, BeardFade, ChaosSociety, iconicbanana, and the every popular, beloved, fantastic storyteller and all around great guy Ragashingo.
The battle between these two diametrically opposed forces was a tense one with the lead shifting back and forth multiple times. Fortunately, for all concerned, The Light, a team consisting entirely of Hunters as they were hunting for the Bungie Bounty, prevailed and banished The Darkness (THE DARKNESS! THE DARKNESS!) back to the shadows. Notable moments were where multiple members of The Darkness (THE DARKNESS! THE DARKNESS!) flung themselves off the play area realizing that it was the better way to go, and Beorn's especially bad aim with rockets that let at least three members of The Light live to fight on.
While things started out bleak for The Light, they eventually managed to rally in the third half of the match with their hero, Ragashingo, delivering the last kill of the game against cheating Mythoclast user Beorn with his trusty modified Tex Mechanica hand cannon "The Last Word."
It truly was the last word, at least for the forces of The Light who graciously stepped out of matchmaking giving those who sided with The Darkness (THE DARKNESS! THE DARKNESS!) a much needed, easy, soothing win."
Say goodbye, Ragashingo.
Community member CruelLEGACY has been working on a website (currently in beta) dedicated to thoroughly covering every nuance of Destiny's Raids. He just let the forum know that he has finished up a multi-part walkthrough of the Vault of Glass with text and videos (images and maps are inbound later).
As well as feedback, he's looking for contributions. Little reference guides to specific tools found in the Raids, tips and tricks, or anything that could be of help to a newbie or experienced Raider. This site is meant to be cumulative in its ambition, so visit the submission page to help out if you have the wisdom!
Although its creator, Beorn, dropped a hint of this new tool a few days ago, there hasn't been a proper frontpage post on it yet!
With the new Fireteam Builder, you can help schedule an event with other members of the community to take down Atheon or Crota, or tackle other challenges in Destiny. Read this post for more details.
Another good reason to join the DBO community!
... He's known for a few other bands, too, I hear. You can go see the legend talk Destiny and how terrible he is at games on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Thanks, General Vagueness!
Okay, so we have mentioned the upcoming Art of Destiny hardcover and when it's coming out a couple of times, and last time it was regarding its delay until February... Well, Amazon now shows the book coming out tomorrow. There's also a couple of sample pages on the product page now, so it feels somewhat legitimate.
We'll continue to keep you informed of this exciting, high-speed-chase of a news story!
Paul McCartney has announced via his blog that his single for Destiny will be released December 8th with four different mixes of "Hope For the Future" (in addition to the standard version) included in the package. Thanks Black Six!
Bungie is back with a revised Iron Banner. You can read the gist at Bungie.Net, which will guide you through what numbers count in Saladin's playdate and what rewards are possible. Beorn pointed out on our forum that the Tempered buff activates immediately when you purchase it - it isn't an item you choose to activate.
Bungie's also streaming their gameplay starting at 11:00 AM Pacific, so go watch that if you can't partake just yet.
If you take a gander at the art book's Amazon page, you'll notice that its release date has been delayed until Feb 10th, 2015. Shucks! Off the Christmas list and onto the birthday list...
As usual, roland stopped by the forum to inform us that the latest episode of Guardian Radio has been posted on their site! This week they had Rob Adams, an Environment Artist at Bungie, visit the show. Great listen!
Bungie posted a note today letting everyone know that Destiny will be offline (and unplayable) for a couple of hours on Thursday morning for maintenance and patch preparation. Adjust your schedules accordingly!
Ack! Looks like we've been lax on news delivery recently... sorry about that. Here, have a 3D printable Thunderlord posted by D3DP on reddit last week!
Digital-tutors talked to Shiek Wang, a grizzled Bungie employee you should all know for the visuals of Halo he helped define, about the art direction and production of Destiny. What was the approach to armor, weapons, and enemies? And did Bungie worry about veering too close to Halo? A short, intriguing read!
Looks like Amazon now has a cover for the Art of Destiny book due out November 25th. Placeholder or the real thing - who knows? Regardless, I can't wait to read it / drool over it.
Narcogen and Blackstar posted the eleventh in their "Let's Play Destiny Co-Op" series, this one covering The Summoning Pits Strike on the Moon. Go check it out, then sound off in the forums!
Whoops! We missed posting about Guardian Radio Episode 77 last week! I wonder what we were doing... Also roland let us know about Episode 78, and here is his description:
Destiny has been deployed and this week we officially come to you LIVE from the Tower. This week we catch you up on the latest news surrounding the game and then dive in to our first impressions of the game. With one week under our belts we have a lot to say about Bungie’s shared world shooter. We share both the good and the bad but see that this is clearly a fantastic starting point for what is sure going to be one hell of a ride for the next 10 years.
io9 has an opinion piece on genre storytelling in general, with a paragraph regarding Destiny specifically. The author thinks there's too much world/system/galaxy/universe-saving going on and the sci-fi and fantasy genres would benefit from more personal and relatable stories. It's also kind of interesting as the article uses DBO's own personal Twitter background as an illustration for the article, huh! Thanks to Malagate for pointing it out.
B.Org regular, The Lionheart, showed us one of his coworker's woodburnings that highlights the game that's on all of our minds right now. Pretty neat!
It's an exciting time. The servers are live and it's release day in some places of the world. In the West, Bungie's about to open their doors to folks waiting for a chance inside. And for the game itself, Bungie has released notes for a day-one 1.01 patch. GrimBrother IV's already begun a discussion on the changes in the forum. The pilgramige is almost at an end... See you starside.
Act now! Buy Destiny for your past gen console and we'll throw in a copy of Destiny for current gen ABSOLUTELY FREE! That's TWO Destinies for the price of ONE! But this deal WON'T last forever! So pick up that controller! Servers are standing by!
Keith Stuart of The Guardian writes a short history of Bungie and Destiny's origins and production, as well as the framework of the gameplay itself in this article. Not much new but there's some nice insights from the crew and it relays the big picture well. Thanks to DaDerga and Kermit who both pointed it out to us.
We are NOT Bungie, Inc.! Bungie Inc. are bungie.net!
Destiny © Bungie Inc., 2010-2024
Intellectual © destiny.bungie.org, 2012-2024
BUNGIE™, DESTINY™, MARATHON® and the Bungie, Destiny and Marathon logos
are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Bungie, Inc., used with permission.