Destiny’s beta had over 4.6 million players participate

31 Jul 2014

Steve Wright

The Destiny beta had 4,638,937 players — and way more Guardians — exploring Old Russia, The Tower, the Crucible and the moon, Activision announced today.

“Hosting a beta at this scale is an incredible feat, so we’re thrilled to see the phenomenal response. But the beta is just a taste of what’s to come,” Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said.

“This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date.”

Destiny launches 9 September on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

TagsActivision Blizzard Bungie Destiny

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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