Destiny – Beta Dates Confirmed, Beta Trailer & Collector’s Edition’s Announced
Today is certainly the day of Destiny! Not necessarily your destiny (well if it is, good on you!), but Destiny the new game from Bungie, who are of course the creators of the Halo series. Today we’ve had the beta dates confirmed across the platforms, a new beta trailer; an Expansion Pass has been announced, along with some awesome special editions.
Firstly let’s start with the highly anticipated beta set to kick-off this month. First up the beta will begin for Playstation owners on Thursday July 17th at 5pm (UK time), and then it will begin for the Xbox owners on Wednesday July 23rd again at 5pm (UK time).
Both console beta’s will run until Monday July 28th 6:59am, though the beta will be offline for maintenance between Monday July 21st – Tuesday July 22nd. The beta will be available to all those that have pre-ordered the game, though there are sites such as IGN that are running Destiny beta code giveaways.
An Expansion Pass that has been announced that will come with two packs; The Dark Below and House of Wolves. The Expansion Pass will sell at £34.99 (includes both packs) and each expansion will be available for individual purchase at £19.99, so that’s a saving of £5 if you buy the Expansion Pass.
The Expansion Pass will also be included in all three of the announced special editions, which are detailed below. It has also been revealed that Playstation owners will receive additional content for the two expansion packs, which will remain exclusive until the end of 2015.
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Below are the official details for the content available in the Destiny Expansion Pass:
Expansion I: The Dark Below – Set deep beneath the surface of the Moon, fans will discover an ancient tomb that has been unsealed, and a dark god who has risen an evil army in the depths of the Hellmouth, the home of the Hive enemy race.
Expansion II: House of Wolves – details will be revealed later
PlayStation platforms will also include additional exclusive content for Expansion I and II and will remain exclusive until at least Fall of 2015.
Now let’s get on to the various special editions that will be available at launch for Destiny. First up there will be the Digital Guardian Edition (£84.99) and it will come with:
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- Full Game Download
- Destiny Expansion Pass: Expansion I & II
- Collector’s Edition Digital Content: Player Emblem, Player Ship Variant & Ghost Casing
The other two editions announced are the Limited Edition (£94.99) and Ghost Edition (£149.99) and they will come with the following content:
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- Limited edition Steelbook Case and Game Disc
- Early access to the Vanguard Armoury weapons and gear and an exclusive Vanguard player emblem
- Guardian Folio: Arms & Armament Field Guide, Postcards from the Golden Age & Antique Star Chart
- Collector’s Edition Digital Content Pack: Unique Ghost Casing, Exclusive Player Emblem & Exclusive Player Ship Variant
- Destiny Expansion Pass
Then the Destiny Ghost Edition will come with this additional content (as well as what’s detailed above):
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- Ghost replica: featuring motion-activated lights and voice recordings from award-winning actor Peter Dinklage, voice of the Ghost character, the player’s personal companion in the game
- Letter of Introduction
- Golden Age Relics: which include a Photo, Patch, Sticker and two Chrome slides of the Traveler
Destiny will release for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on September 9th.