Reply with some information on Destiny and I'll add it to this Codex. [b]Information with no accompanying source (i.e. a link to a credible website) will [i]not[/i] be added.[/b] Happy hunting! [u][b]Destiny Knowledge Codex[/u][/b] [u]Title and Names[/u] [url=http://www.trademarkia.com/destiny-77784606.html]"Destiny" is trade marked.[/url] [url=http://www.vg247.com/2011/01/11/bungie-trademarks-osiris-new-monarchy-seven-seraphs-more/]Osiris, New Monarchy, Seven Seraphs, Dead Orbit are trademarked, along with internet domains for those names.[/url] [u]Gameplay[/u] [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/21/new-details-on-bungies-first-post-halo-game-revealed]Destiny is a science fiction action shooter.[/url] [url=http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/357988/bungie-activision-contract.pdf]Destiny will be a majestic, furred mammalian creature resembling an MMO with persistent elements and a client structure.[/url] [u]Maps[/u] [url=http://misriahsolutions.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/continued_cartography.png]Star Map[/url] [url=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3252482/Destiny/overlay_3d_001.jpg]3D Map[/url] [u]Setting[/u] [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/28/destiny-story-details-concept-art-leaked?abthid=50b55a2ef21821290d000003]Destiny is set 700 years in the future, on Earth.[/url] [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/28/destiny-story-details-concept-art-leaked?abthid=50b55a2ef21821290d000003]The giant round object is a ship called "The Traveller", and it is humanity's protector.[/url] [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/28/destiny-story-details-concept-art-leaked?abthid=50b55a2ef21821290d000003]Space knights established as the defenders of humanity and the protagonists. Logical to assume the prior trademarks are names for the knightly orders.[/url] [u]Platforms[/u] [url=http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/357988/bungie-activision-contract.pdf]Decision to create a PS3 version must have been set in stone by January 31st, 2011.[/url] [u]Possible Release Dates and DLC[/u] [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/21/new-details-on-bungies-first-post-halo-game-revealed]Destiny games will start coming out in Fall 2013, and then in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Additionally, "Comet" DLCs will be released in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.[/url] [u]On the images[/u] [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/28/destiny-story-details-concept-art-leaked]The concept art we've seen was produced by an advertising agency hired by Bungie, and some of the pictures are based on "pre-existing images" made for the cancelled "Command and Conquer: Tiberium" game.[/url] [u]Images[/u] [url=http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline12/Again/thirdtimesthecharm.jpg]First leaked piece of concept art, depicting three probable aliens and a tripodal vehicle.[/url] [url=http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/11/destiny-35jpg-489af9-610x291.jpg]Possibly faked image confirming Xbox 360 and PS3.[/url] [u]Notes[/u] [url=http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/357988/bungie-activision-contract.pdf]Leaked contract with Activision states that Activision can terminate Destiny if the first game fails to sell 5 million copies within several months of it's release.[/url] [u]Other reading[/u] [url=http://misriahsolutions.com/articles/waiting-for-destiny/]nscuDuncan's glorious Misriah Solutions blog.[/url] [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=72312963]talon2000's excellent summary of the leaked Activision contract.[/url] [Edited on 12.02.2012 9:44 AM PST]