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Hopes for a PC port of Bungie’s upcoming shooter Destiny appear to be very much alive. "It is [a good fit], and it’s something we’re talking about and looking at very carefully, and obviously it makes a lot of sense with the genre and the type of game it is," …
Read More »Destiny gets Xbox One GPU boost following Kinect relegation
Bungie has been able to increase the resolution of Destiny on Xbox One thanks to the dropping of Kinect. Microsoft confirmed last week that its recent move to make Kinect non-mandatory means that developers will now have the option of utilising GPU resources that were formally reserved for the peripheral …
Read More »Former Halo composer sues Bungie for unpaid benefits – report
Halo and Destiny composer Marty O’Donnel is reportedly suing Bungie for unpaid benefits, such as unpaid vacation time and personal days. Venture Beat reports O’Donnel’s suit was filed on May 1st, accusing both Bungie and its chief executive Harold Ryan of violating the company’s agreement to pay employees for "unused …
Read More »Destiny beta scheduled for July
The beta release of Bungie’s Destiny is now set for July, Activision Blizzard revealed during its quarterly financial report. The beta’s release window was originally targeted for Spring 2014, and subsequently adjusted to Summer 2014 earlier this year. It will arrive on PS3 and PS4 first, and shortly after on …
Read More »Activision pumping $500m into Bungie’s Destiny
'The stakes for us are getting bigger,' says Bobby Kotick
Read More »Activision spending $500m to make Destiny its next billion dollar IP
Publisher Activision is throwing its financial clout behind Destiny in an effort to make the brand its next Call of Duty. Reuters reckons that the company is spending a colossal $500m developing and marketing Destiny in the hope that it can become its second billion dollar IP alongside its successful …
Read More »Destiny on PC ‘is not that simple’, but Bungie points to future PC release
Bungie’s new shooter Destiny will hit last/current/next-gen consoles in September but won’t be gracing PC… yet. The persistent world not-MMO FPS seems like an ideal match for PC, but despite repeated calls for the game to widen its reach beyond consoles, Bungie has until now remained pretty tight-lipped about a …
Read More »Halo composer Marty O’Donnell fired from Bungie ‘without cause’
Studio’s in-house composer of more than ten years dismissed under unspecified circumstances
Read More »Bungie sack Halo composer Marty O’Donnell
Acclaimed video games composer and Halo score creator Marty O’Donnell says he has been sacked by Bungie. I’m saddened to say that Bungie’s board of directors terminated me without cause on April 11, 2014,” he said on Twitter. The news was then confirmed in a Bungie statement that read: For …
Read More »Halo co-creator scores $5m investment for tablet shooter Midnight Star
Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian’s startup Industrial Toys has received a sizable investment from Accel Partners to develop his new mobile title, Midnight Star. Games Beat reports on the the funding deal, a $5m investment to help complete Seropian’s upcoming tablet shooter. The industry veteran served as president and CEO of …
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