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The co-founder of Halo developer Bungie Alex Seropian has raised $5m in investment for his new mobile studio Industrial Toys. The Series A funding round was led by Accel Partners which has previously invested in companies such as Rovio and Supercell. Today’s tablets are just as good, if not better …
Read More »Bungie co-founder raises $5m for new mobile studio
Developer's first title Midnight Star heading into beta this summer
Read More »Bungie’s Destiny harnesses Faceware tech
GDC 2014: Developer returns to markerless mo-cap system it used for Halo: Reach
Read More »Kotick: Destiny will be best-selling new IP in history
Activision expects Destiny to be a record-breaking release when it arrives late this year. Speaking to investors last night, CEO Bobby Kotick said that the game has the potential to be Activision’s next billion dollar franchise”, adding that he expects Destiny will become the best selling new video game IP …
Read More »Destiny ‘Activision’s next billion dollar franchise’
Publisher expects Bungie's sci-fi shooter to be the best-selling new game IP in history
Read More »Halo, Destiny writer returns to Microsoft
Joe Staten heads back to Halo publisher's internal studios after 15 years at Bungie
Read More »Bungie tabs Destiny worldwide launch for September 2014
Bungie’s upcoming multi-platform FPS Destiny will launch in September 2014, the studio has announced. The Activision-published title will release September 9th, 2014 on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. "Destiny has always represented a new beginning for our team. It was born from brave possibilities," Bungie’s announcement post states. …
Read More »VIDEO: Destiny beta to launch first on PlayStation consoles
PS3 and PS4 owners will get first crack at beta testing Bungie’s Destiny, the studio has revealed. Bungie COO Pete Parsons announced the news earlier today during Spike’s PS4 All Access event. "We’re going to give first access to the PlayStation nation, PS4 and PS3 owners," Parsons said. The beta …
Read More »PC release for Bungie’s Destiny would spread studio too "thin"
While it remains a possibility in the long-term, hopes of a PC release for Destiny have lessened. Bungie community manager Eric Osborne told IGN that trying to launch on another platform would, quite simply, be so resource intensive that it would jeopardise the quality of the game on other formats. …
Read More »Bungie wants a million gamers "crashing against" Destiny beta
Destiny developer Bungie is hoping to get a ton of testers in on the game’s beta in hopes to avoid many of the issues the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online faced. Speaking with IGN, Bungie senior writer Eric Obsborne discussed how the team needs a large number of gamers …
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