14 DAY TRIAL // Video game developer Bungie and publisher Activision are releasing a new update for their recently launched first-person shooter Destiny, which is at the moment available for download on the PlayStation 4 home console from Sony and the Xbox One from Microsoft.
The company has not offered any sort of details on the changes that are included or whether it is adding any sort of new features or content to the title, but the update is rather small at about 300 MB, which probably means that all the modifications that it makes are rather limited in scope.
The official help section for Destiny is not offering any more information about it, but it does feature a small warning that reads, “Pardon our dust! Destiny is being updated. You will be returned to the title screen to install a title update and will be able to continue playing afterwards.”
It’s a little troubling that the development team at Bungie has chosen not to directly communicate with gamers about the update process, especially given how open the studio has been during the alpha and the beta testing processes for the title.
Destiny had a day one update
As soon as it launched, the shooter received a significant day one update which was designed to introduce a range of changes to elements like weapons, talents, maps, achievements, character progression, user interface and game stability.
Bungie has said that it has plans to listen to the community and to deliver a range of patches for the video game based on the feedback, as long as it is legitimate.
At the same time, the studio is working on a full downloadable content pack, which is supposed to be launched on all platforms before the end of the year and is called The Dark Below.
The new missions and raids will slot right into the game world, and another big DLC pack is supposed to be launched in 2015.
Destiny and the ten-year plan
Activision says that Destiny is the biggest new intellectual property launch in the history of the company and that it has managed to ship games worth 500 million dollars (378 million Euro) to stores on launch day.
Bungie claims that the universe is complex enough to support a ten-year long life cycle as long as gamers remain interested in its core mechanics and continue to spend their time battling on the three planets and one moon included.