Official Site:Â Destiny
Studio:Â Bungie/Activision
Launch Date:Â September 9, 2014
Genre:Â Sci-Fi third-person shooter
Business Model:Â B2P (Cash Shop, DLC)
Platform: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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Destiny is adding microtransactions, starting with emotes
Bungie is opening another revenue pipeline for its popular Destiny, as the game will introduce microtransactions next week.
"This coming Tuesday, October 13th, Tess Everis...
Destiny: The Taken King’s Legendary edition is all of Destiny for a lower price
With all of the changes brought to Destiny with The Taken King, it's entirely understandable that you might want to get into the game....
One Shots: Caught in the act
If I were an MMO character, I'd be completely paranoid that at any point in my life, I could be photographed by an invisible...
Perfect Ten: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters
When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...
Destiny’s new expansion creates a headache for non-buyers
Destiny players are flocking by droves to upgrade to the new Taken King expansion... but what about those who decided not to jump on...
Destiny: The Taken King breaks PlayStation records
If you had any doubt that Destiny is a huge force in the online world right now, Activision's announcement that the game is smashing...
Destiny launches The Taken King
If there's a rash of unexplained office and school absences today, it might be the fault of Destiny: The Taken King. The massive update...
Not So Massively: Destiny loses court case; MOBAs try new toxic chat punishments
Destiny's ex-composer Martin O'Donnell won a major court case against his former employer, giving him back shares in the company that are now worth...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Destiny sold 6.3 million copies its first month
How successful was Destiny's September 2014 launch? Pretty successful, by most measuring sticks. Bungie moved 6.3 million copies of its sci-fantasy shooter in the first...
Battle Bards podcast features percussion-heavy MMO music
You may or may not know that MOP's Justin is involved in a second podcast after this site's weekly show. Twice a month, he...
Destiny 2 would have come out this month; instead, we get update 2.0
Here's an interesting peek into an alternate history: Destiny 2 was originally slated to come out in September 2015.
This harkens back to Bungie's original plan...
Bungie loses lawsuit to ex-Destiny composer
Ex-Destiny composer Martin O'Donnell has prevailed in a lengthy legal battle with developer Bungie. The company must restore O'Donnell's stock holdings and pay what...
Destiny is hosting a Crucible preview event next week
Destiny's 2.0 update is heading our way next week on September 8th, and Bungie is busy getting players ready for the major changes to...
Destiny offers up The Taken King’s gameplay trailer
By this point most Destiny fans have a pretty good idea of the foundation beneath The Taken King's story. In short, you killed someone, and...
Destiny’s expansion update will require a lot of space, whether you buy or not
Good news, Destiny fans who thought that the game was taking up far too little hard drive space! You may or may not have...
Global Chat: Returning to WildStar for F2P
Many WildStar fans, past and present, are digging into the sumptuous buffet of the free-to-play patch on the test server for a better idea...
The Game Archaeologist: Star Wars Galaxies’ NGE
It became one of the most infamous moments in MMO history -- and perhaps one of the most misunderstood.
For all that the MMO community...
Destiny is going to get way better with The Taken King
When Destiny's The Taken King comes out on September 15th, it's going to be adding so many features and making so many changes that...
Destiny trailer teases Taken King, tomorrow’s Twitch reveal
It's hard to believe that Destiny is almost a year old, but it is. Today Bungie released a teaser trailer for the Twitch reveal...
