A few years ago the news rolled out that Bungie's new IP would be called Destiny. Since then details have had us drooling at the sight of its magical new world away from Halo. [u]Lets quickly go over them:[/u] The first known reference to Destiny was shown in Bungie's 2009 game Halo 3: ODST, in which a sign on a wall read "Destiny Awaits" and showed a picture of Earth with a mysterious orb floating nearby. Though several vague statements by Bungie employees in interviews and presentations from 2010 through 2011 were interpreted to be Destiny references, the next overt references to Destiny were not shown until Bungie's August 2011 20th anniversary documentary, O Brave New World, in which appeared several early environment renders, an environment editor named "Grognok", and a brief shot of actors performing a scene with motion capture equipment. At that time, the game was still known by its original code name Project Tiger, a term used by Bungie co-founder Jason Jones when discussing the game in August 2011. The game later became known by its working title Destiny. On May 21, 2012, a publishing contract between Bungie and Activision was published by the Los Angeles Times. The contract originally had been entered into evidence under seal in Activision's lawsuit against former Infinity Ward employees Jason West and Vincent Zampella, but was later unsealed by the judge in that case. The contract outlined an agreement between Bungie and Activision to develop and publish, respectively, four Destiny games, with the first to be released in the second or third quarter of 2014. The first public details of Destiny were leaked in November 2012, revealing concept art and plot details. Bungie supplemented the leak with the release of further details, whilst expressing regret that details of an upcoming video game had once again been revealed before their planned release. In describing Destiny, Bungie's then lead writer Joseph Staten stated that the studio was approaching the game with the intention of "building a universe" that would "take on a life of its own". Further information became available in February 2013, when Bungie released a video documentary revealing information on Destiny and some of the core ideas behind the game, including the company's "seven pillars" philosophy, identifying the seven underlying elements of the early development process that they adopted to make the game appeal to as wide an audience as possible, with particular emphasis on making the game accessible to casual, novice gamers and dedicated fans of the genre alike. The game was first confirmed to be released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 at the PS4 reveal event on February 20, 2013. Bungie also revealed that both the PS3 and PS4 versions will receive exclusive content. They later confirmed that the game would be released on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Also revealed were plans to incorporate social media into Destiny, allowing players to remain connected to one another even when offline. With the in-game universe being in a state of perpetual change, Bungie is exploring the potential of using a mobile phone application to update players about new quests and inform them as to what their friends are doing in-game. On October 1, 2013, Bungie and Activision announced that players who pre-order Destiny on any platform at select retailers will receive an exclusive nine-digit code to gain access to the beta version of the game. Additional beta codes were also sent out randomly on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter during the week starting on October 20. On December 6, 2013, Bungie confirmed a September 9, 2014 release date for Destiny… With this date looming over us, and 2013 now behind us, we reflect on what was a great showing for Destinys early build. [i](and myself joining the ranks at Bungie.net!)[/i] My question to all of you would be, what has been your fondest memory of Destiny through 2013? and also what are you most looking forward to in 2014? With the Beta due this summer and another E3 to look forward to, hype will go into overdrive soon enough… [b]Exciting times Guardians.[/b] [u]Thanks for reading[/u] (HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!) :D EDIT: Bump! This Thread took me ages to type :P