Tag archive: Destiny

Remember that time when Bungie lead network engineer David Aldridge told everyone that the former Halo developer was working on a space-based “massively multiplayer action game” at the 2011 Game Developer's Conference last week? Well it turns out that it was all just one great, big joke! Funny, right?! …guys? After sending the games-reporting media and countless fans into a state of near-hysteria over the long-awaited… Read More

A rumor popped up a couple of weeks ago that Bungie Studios, the architect of the Halo franchise, was working on an outer space-set massively multiplayer online first-person shooter with new publishing partner Activision Blizzard. The in-development game was said to feature role-playing aspects and was likened to being “[World of Warcraft] in space.” Now at least some of that information is confirmed thanks to Bungie lead network… Read More

When it comes to “unnamed sources”, you need to take everything you hear with a grain of salt, and this is no exception. A source that contacted the gaming site Kotaku is claiming that work is well underway on Bungie’s first new title with its new publishing partner Activision, and that title will be named Destiny. The source also went on to claim that the Halo developer was recently asked to let go of 30 employees due to budgetary concerns.… Read More

It's possible Google surprised absolutely no one: at his keynote today at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, Google co-founder Larry Page took the wraps off the Google Video Store, officially putting the Internet giant in the content distribution business. Expected to be available “shortly,” the Google Video Store will enable users to buy or rent video content provided by independent producers and film makers, along with… Read More

Places your bets...on chess? That's right; strange as it seems, PinnacleSports.com today announced they'd become the "first sportsbook in the world to accept wagers on a professional chess league". The U.S. Chess League, new eight-team league comprised of players from various cities across the United States, features weekly action. PinnacleSports.com, in a press release, gave an example of their chess odds system: "the San… Read More

The suits were part of a new round of legal action by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has filed 341 lawsuits since it launched a crackdown against individuals in September. The association filed 41 new lawsuits this week and sent 90 lawsuit-notification letters to those targeted for legal action. The RIAA said the Washington residents being sued were allegedly sharing thousands of songs online illegally,… Read More