Destiny beta opens to all today

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The Destiny beta will be opened up to anyone who wants to play on Thursday afternoon, Bungie has confirmed.

As of 4pm PST, July 24 (12am GMT, July 25), the Destiny beta will be made available to everyone with a compatible console (PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360) and an applicable PSN/Xbox Live account. Xbox players will of course need an Xbox Live Gold subscription, and PS4 players will need to be PS Plus members.

So far, only those who acquired a redeemable code could enter the beta. Codes were originally handed to those who pre-ordered the game, but Bungie, seemingly keen to increase player numbers, has been handing out additional codes via email to PSN subscribers and other channels.

"The Beta has been eye-opening so far. We've watched the world of Destiny come to life. Guardians from every platform have arrived at the Tower from their battles in the wild," said Bungie in the announcement today.

"We have watched your adventures with great interest, and listened to your feedback. Your missions have provided us with volumes of discoveries we can use to prepare for the launch of Destiny in September."

The beta commenced on PlayStation platforms on July 17, and on Xbox consoles on Tuesday. The beta is due to conclude on Sunday, July 27.

A special surprise in the form of an exclusive player Emblem is promised to beta players who play the game on Saturday after 2pm PST.

The Destiny Release date is September 9.

Posted: Jul 24, 2014 5:54 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/472334/destiny-beta-opens-to-all-today/

Comments

HaloPosted: Fri. Jul 25, 2014

Linear
Yoke Smh Bungie, You made us pre-order the game to get it now you open it to everyone?!

No one made you preorder, and it's been said for all there would be a point for all to play the beta.

Be hapy, more beta players = more bug reports.

I do agree with you, the more players the better, but if they wanted people to find bugs and help fix their game a little better, they could have released the 360 and One beta the same time as they did the Playstation. Doesn't matter though, the game is fun right now.

LinearPosted: Fri. Jul 25, 2014

Yoke Smh Bungie, You made us pre-order the game to get it now you open it to everyone?!

No one made you preorder, and it's been said for all there would be a point for all to play the beta.

Be hapy, more beta players = more bug reports.

HarmfulMushroomPosted: Thu. Jul 24, 2014

Not cool of bungie to do this to people who preordered the game... It also makes the emblem for playing on the 26th no where near as unique anymore. A little disappointing really.

SakiPosted: Thu. Jul 24, 2014

AR15
Grimlock I've been playing the game but I find it really boring.

My friends that have played this have said that it is SO easy to level and therefore gets boring quite quickly.

It's not really that easy to rank up, once you hit rank 6 and beat the Devil's Liar, you either need to do small side missions that net you a small 250 XP a piece, or grind already completed missions over until you rank up. After rank 6 there are no more main missions that give huge XP rewards. (ex: ones that nearly rank you a whole level for completing)

KixaPosted: Thu. Jul 24, 2014

So what was the ponit on pre ording this?

YokePosted: Thu. Jul 24, 2014

Smh Bungie, You made us pre-order the game to get it now you open it to everyone?!

JaxsPosted: Thu. Jul 24, 2014

This game was not worthy another day.

TricksPosted: Thu. Jul 24, 2014

Kind of makes me mad. What was the point in pre-ordering? I'm tired of games doing this.

nostrilPosted: Thu. Jul 24, 2014

Downloading atm. Hope it's worth it.