Today, the livestream for Destiny is running at Gamescom 2016. The kickoff is in the evening. You can watch it with us. We will also provide live updates in German from 7 PM.
This evening at 7 PM our time, it will finally happen: We will learn what long-awaited new feature the “The Rise of Iron” expansion will bring to the Crucible. Are these private matches and custom games? Are there dedicated servers? Or maybe something completely different?
To unveil this well-kept secret, a livestream will take place on August 16th at 7 PM, focusing mainly on the new Crucible. Some PvP innovations coming with RoI have already been introduced here. However, more announcements are expected.
Twitch Stream on August 16th
Below we embed the Twitch livestream for you:
https://www.twitch.tv/bungie
In the stream, the World Lead Designer Steve Cotton and the Crucible Lead Designer Lars Bakken will discuss new game modes, new maps, and new features. You can listen to their insights while two fireteams compete against each other.
If you don’t consider yourself a PvP enthusiast, the livestream should still be exciting for you. Bungie will also present a new ViDoc that showcases the “entire player experience” in RoI. Every aspect of your upcoming journey will be accompanied by a brief commentary.
We from Mein-MMO.de will watch the stream and live provide you with the most important information in German.
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Live Updates on the Destiny Stream Tonight from Gamescom
5:00 PM: Yes, the live updates are a tradition for us that we do not want to miss. Today, for all who would like a few extra German insights into the English stream, we will be at the ready.
5:05 PM: By the way, even though it says Ttime under the article. I officially hijacked the number here – Schuhmann.
5:12 PM: By the way, these are Lars Bakken (right) and that other guy. The important thing is: Lars Bakken is the one who once killed PvP and didn’t tell anyone because he thought it was a good idea to switch to skill-based matchmaking. This made PvP in Destiny almost unplayable for months. What exactly happened, I believe nobody really knows. But he promised to never do something like that again.
5:30 PM: Only 90 minutes until the livestream starts. Enough time for Lars Bakken to either chase the Road Runner or James Bond.
5:35 PM: Not in the picture – the white cat he tenderly pets while looking sinister!
5:45 PM: The focus of the stream today should be PvP – a feature is to be presented that has long been desired by Guardians. And there will be a ViDoc – one of those videos with gameplay and “Talking Heads.” They are always pretty nice when Bungie makes them. 5:50 PM: Also still planned today – server downtime for maintenance work and the August Iron Banner. 6:05 PM: Some are already dreaming of Godrolls on the hand cannon in the Iron Banner …
Destiny is Down
6:30 PM: Destiny is now down. The planned “restart time” is 9 PM. We already had all the important information about the downtime in a “Good morning, today is downtime for Destiny” article. 6:40 PM: DeeJ with his patented “I wish I were British” humor.
6:45 PM: I still believe that DeeJ is secretly pretty annoyed that he has to work for Urk. He is several rungs above him in hierarchy, but seems at least five years younger. If they promote Cozmo before him … I am looking forward to the passive-aggressive “Congratulations, old boy” tweets.
6:55 PM: Today’s most important questions:
Are private matches coming or is there really just some nonsense that will disappoint everyone?
Anything exciting about RoI?
Are God-Rolls available in the Iron Banner or Tier 12 items?
Will Lars Bakken catch James Bond or can he free himself from one of Bakken’s death traps at the last second?
Bungie presented this at the Gamescom livestream for Destiny
7:00 PM: It begins. With ads for ESL on Twitch.
7:01 PM: 10 minutes countdown until the actual stream starts. Typical Bungie – they always do this. Twitch currently shows only 5000 viewers … despite Destiny being offline, hmm.
7:03 PM: Correction – now there are 52,000 viewers.
7:12 PM: Okay, the cat is out of the bag. Now a bit about lore: Guardians will be sent to a sort of forgotten land, following the footsteps of ancient heroes (the Iron Lords). Opponent: Siva.
7:14 PM: Boss fight in the new strike: The Fallen Captain has snatched the eye of an ogre and is blasting around with it, while the blind ogre goes berserk.
7:16 PM: Archron’s Forge – a sort of new court of Oryx – there will be the flame axe, probably as a usable weapon for the activity.
7:22 PM: “Hey Lars, what do you do at Bungie?” (Honest answer:) “Do you remember back then when no one could play PvP for months … that was a lot of work!”
Destiny gets Private Matches with Rise of Iron
7:24 PM: 3 new PvP maps and one new for PS4. Supremacy will be the September Iron Banner.
7:32 PM: New mode Supremacy: A lot of teamwork, a lot of tactics. It is important to control the places where players die.
7:42 PM: In Private Matches, they basically say what the community has been saying all along: So many possibilities for players to entertain themselves “Hey, let’s play 6v6 elimination at night with vehicles on Bastion.” “Light level on or off?” – You can do it all.
7:46 PM: There are new medals for Supremacy.
7:52 PM: The other 2 new maps will be introduced over GameInformer during the week. By the way, Private Matches are coming for everyone, no need for Rise of Iron, just any PS4 or Xbox One version. Supremacy is only for Rise of Iron players.
7:55 PM: Good stream, good decision. Private Matches are not a sexy feature now, but hopefully a very useful one in the long run. The RoI raid comes on Friday, September 23rd. Alright, we’re out of here. We will surely bring some info about Destiny in the Gamescom videos, starting with “This is what’s at the Iron Banner.”
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