destiny

Official Site: Destiny
Studio: Bungie/Activision
Launch Date: September 9, 2014
Genre: Sci-Fi third-person shooter
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop, DLC)
Platform: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Hooray, no shouting LFG for hours, that's enticing.

Kotaku’s Anthem exposé unmasks a studio in ‘crisis’ – and BioWare’s response is alarming

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Kotaku has another lengthy expose up today, this one homing in on Anthem. Author Jason Schreier interviewed 19 Anthem (and Anthem-adjacent) developers to paint...

Destiny 2 outlines quality of life adjustments coming in Update 2.2.1

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The weekly Destiny 2 report from Bungie is once again full of details for what's coming down the pipeline for the multiplayer shooter. Most...

The Daily Grind: Which ‘MMO-lite’ utilizes the best parts of the MMO genre?

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One of the interesting twists and turns of the MMORPG market over the past decade is the rise of what we're starting to call...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors

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As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
What you consume is just that.

Destiny 2 doubles up its glory in the competitive crucible

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Glory, glory, hallelujah, twice the glory, hallelujah. Yes, a patch has been deployed for the competitive crucible playlist in Destiny 2, and it increases the...
It goes clicky.

Global Chat: Off-the-cuff impressions of Anthem

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If you like BioWare, high tech eye candy, blowing crap up, or riding the current wave of Hot New Game Releases, chances are that...

The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends

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If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...
I'm doing this why, exactly?

Destiny 2’s Season of the Drifter will bring new game modes, PvP maps, and more starting March 5th

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With the arrival of March, Destiny 2 says goodbye to the Season of the Forge and hello to Season of the Drifter, the second...
NO BOOSTING

Activision Blizzard expected to slash jobs after flat sales, loss of Destiny 2

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Storm clouds are gathering above Activision Blizzard, a portent of bad sales and dire predictions: The publisher is expected to cut "hundreds" of jobs this week...

More MMO Valentine’s Day events: Black Desert, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, MapleStory 2, Revelation Online, and Wizard101

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Hearts and chocolates and flowers continue to invade MMOs all around us. Bree here, reporting from the front lines of the invasion. Here are...

There’s another investor suit mounting against Activision, this one alleging fraud in Bungie split

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The controversy over the sudden split between Destiny 2 developer Bungie and longtime publishing partner Activision continues with the announcement that "global investor rights...

Bungie reiterates its commitment to Destiny 2 long-term as it previews short-term goals

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Since last week's revelation that Activision and Bungie were parting ways and sending Destiny home to live with its real dad - oh yeah,...
I TRUSTED YOU

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2019

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Working in this field has given me something of a sense of how a lot of the industry is going to play out. Take...
Oopsies.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 204: SpatialOS spasms

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Justin and Bree discuss the Unity vs. SpatialOS showdown, the Destiny 2 Activision split and investigation, Elite's massive event, big updates for Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, and LOTRO, plus our adventures in ESO, LOTRO, SWG, and DDO, and reader mail on games that don't click with you, the MMOs we'd like to see built, and video game eyeballs.

The Bungie-Activision split could herald tough times ahead for Destiny 2

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Following last week's announcement that Bungie would be cutting its business ties with Activision and taking sole control of Destiny 2, fans and players...
Back again, etc.

Activision investors are now investigating whether the Bungie split involves securities fraud

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Two days ago, Activision and Bungie announced an early split of their long-running partnership, a split that transferred publishing rights for the franchise back...
But it worked all of the time before!

Activision is transferring Destiny publishing rights back to Bungie

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Still more big changes are afoot at Activision: Bungie just announced that Activision is transferring publishing rights for Destiny back to Bungie. "We have enjoyed...

What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies

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Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...

Craig Zinkievich’s Aliens shooter is looking more and more like an MMOFPS after all

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A couple of years ago, several key devs who once built MMOs for Cryptic - Craig Zinkievich, Shannon Posniewski, and Matt Highison - announced...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Weirdest MMO cross promotion

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for weirdest MMO cross promotion. And the winner is...

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