Most Downloaded Day-One Game in PlayStation
History
More People Played Destiny on The Taken King
Launch Day Than at the Original Destiny Launch
Bungie and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), announced
today that Destiny: The Taken King broke the record for the most
downloaded day-one game in PlayStation history and set a new
day-one franchise benchmark for both total players and peak online
concurrency, surpassing the original Destiny launch day last
September, which was itself the biggest new video game franchise
launch in history.
“Destiny: The Taken King is officially the most downloaded game
on day-one in PlayStation history and set a new benchmark for both
total Destiny players and peak online concurrency on day-one, so
it’s safe to say the Destiny franchise continues to gain momentum,”
said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “Along with our
talented partners at Bungie, we cannot wait to watch the community
continue to grow and tackle the King’s Fall Raid kicking off on
Friday.”
For players who are new to Destiny, everything needed to jump in
is available in the Legendary Edition which includes: Destiny,
Expansion I: The Dark Below, Expansion II: House of Wolves, and
features The Taken King offered at a suggested retail price of
$59.99, a tremendous value for the scope of the content offered.
Those who have already purchased Destiny and both expansions can
purchase a digital or physical retail copy of The Taken King by
itself for a suggested retail price of $39.99. Both Destiny: The
Taken King and the Legendary Edition are available at thousands of
retail stores around the world, and also are available for digital
download.
PlayStation® gamers receive access to a host of additional
content for The Taken King, including a Strike, a Crucible map,
three sets of armor and an exotic weapon, timed exclusive until at
least Fall 2016. Both The Taken King and the Legendary Edition
include a character boost, called “Spark of Light,” a one-time
increase to level 25 which is the minimum level required to play
The Taken King content.
With a new storyline introducing Oryx, Crota’s vengeful father,
an all-new destination, three new Guardian subclasses, a massive
arsenal of new armor, weapons and exotics, new Strikes and Crucible
maps, and the new ‘King’s Fall’ Raid that will put players to the
ultimate test, there has never been a better time to jump in to
“Become Legend,” particularly for new players beginning their
journey as a Guardian. The Taken King major expansion takes players
deep into the chambers of a new destination, the ‘Dreadnaught’
ship, to defeat Oryx, and his Taken Army.
The Taken King is ESRB rated ‘T’ for Teen, and is
available for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system
(PlayStation® Plus required for some features), PlayStation®3
computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and
entertainment system and Xbox 360 games and entertainment system
from Microsoft (Xbox Live Gold required for some features).
The community can interact directly with the developers at
www.Bungie.net, www.facebook.com/Bungie and @Bungie on Twitter. For
game information, they can visit www.DestinyTheGame.com and follow
the official Destiny social channels at
www.facebook.com/DestinyTheGame and @DestinyTheGame on Twitter.
About Bungie
Bungie was founded in 1991 with two goals: develop kick ass
games that combine state-of-the-art technology with uncompromising
art, captivating storytelling, and deep gameplay, and then to sell
enough copies to fund our ongoing quest for World Domination. Over
the past twenty years, Bungie created a bunch of fun games,
including the Halo franchise, the Marathon Trilogy, and the first
two Myth games. Our independent, employee-owned development studio
is located in Bellevue, Washington, the base where we launched our
most ambitious project to date: Destiny.
More information about Bungie can be found
at www.bungie.net.
About Activision Publishing,
Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision
Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of
interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations
throughout the world and is a division of Activision
Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500 company. More
information about Activision and its products can be found on the
company's website,www.activision.com or by
following @Activision.
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strategies regarding the future, including statements about the
expected release date of the King’s Fall Raid are forward-looking
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uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing’s
actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in
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its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from
current expectations.
Destiny game, Expansions I & II required to play, all
included in the Legendary and Collector’s editions.
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