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'Destiny' video from GDC shows moon base construction

XMNR: Bungie art director Chris Garret and design direct Joseph Staten shared a video during their Game Developers Conference panel Wednesday night that showed how the tool that the studio uses to create the game world of Destiny. Say hello to Grognok: Creator of Worlds.

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BattleAxe4036d ago

Just like the Far Cry 2/3 Map Editor.

Sandmano4036d ago

No, this is the debs actually making the world not something the community can use. Wouldn't make sense anyway in an mmo and if it were given to the community it's miles ahead then anything far cry has provided!

KaBaW4036d ago

I think it would be an awesome tool to have in an MMO..
Like if you was able to save enough money to buy a planet/moon/land.
Then you can spend credits on building a base for like a 'clan.'
Even throw in multiple people being able to work together to build one.

Iduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuno.

ScubbaSteve4036d ago

It's not all that dissimilar to what people work with in other games. I use to play MechCommander and that had an editor very similar looking to this where you could change elevations, buildings, environments and even dictate what NPCs would do. That is the easy part, the hard part is creating the assets in the program. Developers might dumb it down a bit if they intended a public release, which wouldn't happen in an MMO, but it was fairly common place to have an editor like this included in RTS games back in the 90s.

I'm not sure what the editors in Far Cry looked like but I doubt they're very dissimilar.

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Destiny Made Over $160 Million In Microtransaction Revenue In Less Than 2 Years

Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.

Sgt_Slaughter324d ago

That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it

LucasRuinedChildhood324d ago (Edited 324d ago )

This was back when the game wasn't free to play.

The figures are from November 2017 to February 2019 (1 year and 4 months).

Based on that projection, the MTX revenue for Destiny 2 likely would have been closer to ~$240m for 2 years.

Not sure if premium expansions are included in that figure either although ... I'd hope that they are though and that most of the revenue was for actual content like Forsaken.

People spend way too much money on cosmetics.

Rude-ro324d ago (Edited 324d ago )

Seasons($10 and just got bumped to $12) and dungeon keys($10 each, two a year) are through the eververse(micro transaction) store.
So for those two years, in order to play a season, you would pay through micro transactions.

Sonic1881324d ago (Edited 324d ago )

Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well

Kurt Russell324d ago

It makes me sad to agree... but at the same time I am looking forward to giving it a go. Destiny 2 is so far in, I find it difficult to figure out what I am meant to do first.

buffig324d ago

I think FIFA alone makes over $1bn a year from mtx

anast324d ago

FIFA promotes a worldwide sport. It should make more money than destiny.

CantThinkOfAUsername324d ago (Edited 324d ago )

Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.

z2g324d ago

For as much as ppl complain how much they hate microtransactions, they sure don’t act like it. No wonder they aren’t going anywhere.

spicelicka324d ago

By "people" you're referring to millions and millions of people. Obviously the ones complaining aren't necessarily the same as the ones spending all that money.

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Father__Merrin324d ago

There's millions that purchase MTX and there's nothing we can do about it

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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Destiny 1 Becomes Playable on PC via Emulation

Playing Destiny 1 on PC has been something fans have been requesting for years. It looks like Destiny 1 is now playable on PC via the RPCS3 emulator.

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spoonard476d ago

I've been thinking about playing through D1 again before it goes away...

CobraKai475d ago

That’s the sad reality of a game like this. I bought it, invested lots of money, and it can go away at anytime. I still think this was more fun than 2.

jeromeface474d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard472d ago

That's the bummer of 'games as a service'.