Inside Bungie: how the Halo developer is gearing up for Destiny

Edge: Issue 250 of Edge, on sale today, features an exclusive profile of Bungie, the studio which cemented its place in videogame legend with the 50 million-selling Halo series and which is now working on its first project for Activision, codenamed Destiny.

The game has been shrouded in secrecy ever since Bungie signed a ten-year deal with Activision in 2010 – until last November, that is. Art assets which had been handed to an advertising agency ended up in the hands of gaming websites; Bungie, to its credit, took ownership of the leak, giving fans a first official look at some of the game’s concept art in a post on its website. Speaking to us as part of an in-depth studio profile, writer and design director Joseph Staten recalls the day of the leak.

[EVILDEAD360]

Wow I need this issue. Love Bungie. Can't wait for Round Two. Hope they blow us away again.

Evil

[Belking]

Same here. I think Destiny will get the industry talking about Bungie again. My xbox360 or NGXB will be waiting for this title.

[shivvy24]

love bungie but that 1 year exclusive thing is just wrong , i dont mind if dlc is timed exclusives but on a game is just wrong , if it was completely exclusive to one console i wouldnt mind

[Belking]

That's just business and deals like that don't hurt anyone. IMO it's better than being exclusive because you can make more of a profit and get the game out to a larger audience. When you own your IP it's your choice in what you do with it. Much better than creating something putting in all that work just for a publisher to reap most of the benefits leaving you with nothing.

[otherZinc]

@shivvy24,

The PS3 doesn't have unified RAM. That's a problem for true co-op games that aren't cell shaded. That's why the game is exclusive to 360.

The PS4 should have enough to make the correct game Bungie wants. The 2nd iteration will be on 720 & PS3.

With this 1st game, Bungie doesn't have to hold anything back.

[MYSTERIO360]

Destiny is cOming to the PS3 http://www.psu.com/a017702/...