Dated October 1, 2013: Community manager Eric Osborne discusses the "massive undertaking" that is the beta with Gamespot. [quote]"The Destiny beta, in many ways, is being treated like a full product launch. We can't just carve out three competitive multiplayer maps this time around. We'd only be gathering data on one facet of the overall experience--one that is arguably the least resource intensive and most well understood by our team. Destiny demands more."[/quote] Here's the full article: http://www.gamespot.com/features/bungie-on-how-destiny-beta-is-like-a-full-product-launch-6415134/?edition=desktop