Blizzard Battle.net® Welcomes Destiny 2 for
PCWinner of Best PC Game – Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2017
Available Today
Bungie and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), delivered
for the first time, the world-renowned, first-person action game,
Destiny 2, on PC across the globe today. Destiny 2
has received more than 70 global awards and nominations to date,
including winning “Best PC Game – Game Critics Awards: Best of E3
2017,” and industry nomination for “Gamescom Award 2017 - Best PC
Game.” The console game, released on September 6, was recognized as
the best-selling console game of 2017 in the United States to date
with less than one month of sales by The NPD Group yesterday, and
now Destiny 2 PC is available exclusively on Blizzard
Battle.net®, Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed online-gaming
platform, for digital distribution and at global retailers.
Developed by Bungie, and brought to PC in partnership with
Vicarious Visions, Destiny 2 is optimized to take full
advantage of the PC platform, delivering a native PC experience
with PC specific features such as: 4K resolution support, uncapped
frame rate, full mouse and keyboard support with custom key
mapping, text chat, adjustable field of view, a detailed PC
settings screen, 21:9 and triple monitor support, and HDR.
Destiny 2 PC is playable on Windows 7, Windows 8, and
Windows 10.
"It’s not every day that you get to welcome a new community to a
game, but today we’re very excited to welcome PC players to the
incredible universe of Destiny 2,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of
Activision. “And with the unique partnership between Activision,
Bungie and Blizzard, we’re giving players a gaming experience they
won’t soon forget. Time to defeat Ghaul on triple monitor
widescreen.”
Bungie’s PC Project Lead David Shaw, said, “The anticipation
we’ve seen from the community and industry for the addition of PC
is exciting for Bungie, our partners at Vicarious Visions and
Activision.” He added, “We committed resources to make sure the PC
game was created with the discerning requirements of the PC
community in mind and are happy to extend a red-carpet welcome to
those players across the world now that the game is live on
Blizzard’s Battle.net platform.”
“It’s been an honor to work so closely with Bungie on the
development of the first PC version from the Destiny franchise
since we’ve been long-time fans of the game,” said Jennifer Oneal,
Studio Head for Vicarious Visions. She added, “As PC gamers
ourselves, the collective team has given great care to deliver on
our new audience’s expectations for Destiny 2 PC.”
Destiny 2 takes players on an epic journey across the
universe to defend humanity from annihilation. The game welcomes
new players to the universe, as well as those who have been devoted
to the universe since the beginning, with an array of modes and
activities to explore. In the story of Destiny 2, the last
safe city on Earth has fallen and lies in ruins, occupied by a
powerful new army. Players must master new abilities and weapons to
reunite the city’s forces, stand together and fight back to reclaim
their home.
In Destiny 2, every player creates their own character
called a “Guardian,” humanity’s chosen protectors. Players can
choose from playing the cinematic story campaign, venturing into
expansive destinations to joining in cooperative modes including
Strike missions. PC players can play the ‘Leviathan’ raid, a
fan-favorite, endgame, 6-player gameplay experience when it goes
live on November 1, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. For competitive
players, Destiny 2 offers intense 4v4 multiplayer matches in
‘The Crucible’.
Destiny 2 is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and is
available at a suggested retail price of $59.99. The product
line-up also features the Destiny 2 – Game + Expansion Pass Bundle
at $89.99 SRP, the Destiny 2 – Digital Deluxe Edition featuring
premium digital content at $99.99 SRP, the Limited Edition at
$99.99 SRP, and the Collector’s Edition, featuring a fully-wearable
Destiny 2 – Frontier Bag, Expansion Pass, premium digital content
and a Cabal-themed Collector’s Box for $249.99 SRP.
Minimum system requirements for the PC game are an Intel Core
i3-3250, Intel Pentium G4560, or an AMD FX-4350, along with a
GeForce GTX 660 2GB, GTX 1050 2GB, or Radeon HD 7850. Additionally,
6GB of RAM, and 68GB of HDD space.
For more game information, visit www.DestinyTheGame.com and
follow the official Destiny social channels on Facebook and
@DestinyTheGame on Instagram and Twitter. The community can
interact directly with the developers at www.Bungie.net, Facebook,
@Bungie on Twitter, Instagram and www.Twitch.tv/Bungie on
Twitch.
About Bungie
Bungie is an independent, employee-owned game development studio
dedicated to creating hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player
communities. For more than two-and-a-half decades that purpose has
led to the creation of some of the industry’s most celebrated
gaming franchises, including Marathon, Myth, Halo, and Destiny.
Today, Bungie is focused on creating new experiences and adventures
for the Destiny 2 community to share.
About Activision Publishing,
Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision
Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of
interactive entertainment, including Call of Duty®, Destiny,
Skylanders™ and Crash Bandicoot™ some of the world’s most
successful interactive entertainment franchises. 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 dates, features and functionality of the
‘Leviathan’ raid for Destiny 2, are forward-looking statements that
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