Destiny (series)



Destiny is an upcoming open-world first-person sci-fi shooter franchise created and owned by Bungie and published by Activision. The series is planned to comprise of four titles, with several DLC expansion packs - referred to as "Comets" - being released between games. The first game of the series will released in 2014 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. During Sony's PlayStation 4 conference, Activision announced Destiny would launch on the PlayStation 4 in addition to the PlayStation 3 and will launch with exclusive content for players with Sony versions of the game.

Announcement
Initial reports of the work on Destiny was hinted at as early as February 2011 where rumors had spread that Bungie was working on an untitled project which would be a sci-fi massively multiplayer first person shooter. These rumors were later confirmed in late May of 2012, where court documents, from an Activision court case, outlined plans for the Bungie's development of four "sci-fantasy, action shooter games" code-named Destiny. In these court documents, it outlined the agreement that Bungie would develop four installments, each followed by an additional downloadable expansion termed "Comets"; release dates were also set for these installments.

Unofficial conformation of the game was announced by IGN in November 2012, where a third party had apparently "leaked" concept art and an initial explanation of the Destiny plot to the company. The leak was later described to IGN to be a document prepared by an advertising agency to offer a look at Destiny from an outside perspective. The document confirmed that development of Destiny was underway. Bungie confirmed that the information in this document was correct with a response to IGN explaining that they were not ready to "take the wraps off our next universe". Bungie later posted matching concept art on their own website with the following message: "Go ahead. Take a peek. It’s alright. We weren't quite ready, but we will be soon, and we can’t wait to finally show you what we've really been up to. Stick around, we haven’t even started yet." A final confirmation that Bungie acknowledges the development of the Destiny series.

Plot
The story begins in the 28th century, taking place in the last city on Earth, in a solar system littered with remains of mankind's 'golden age'. A gigantic spherical alien spacecraft hovers above the cities the sky like second moon, its origin and purpose unknown. Termed only as the "Traveler", very little is known about the ship, only that it is Humanity's protector. Meanwhile, a mysterious alien species has crept into the galaxy from the far reaches of the universe determined to take Earth and the last city. Players will step into the shoes of young 'knights', tasked with the protection of humanity, and stopping the advancement of this unknown and aggressive alien species.

Release
Destiny will be available for the Xbox 360, the Xbox One, the PlayStation 3, and the PlayStation 4.

Release dates for the initial Destiny game were set for fall 2013 for the Xbox 360, and in 2014 for the PlayStation 3 after an analysis is performed on whether Destiny "is able to be developed for the PS3 at quality and feature parity to the Xbox 360 version.” Destiny will be available for the PC some time after the release of the game for Xbox 360 in 2013. Later installments of the series will be released in fall 2015, fall 2017 and fall 2019 respectively, with downloadable content planned for availability in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020, downloadable expansions.