The Next Destiny Adventure Overflowing with New
Story, Location, Raid, Quests, Strike, and Gear begins September
20, 2016Destiny’s Most Coveted Weapon, the Gjallarhorn, Returns
with Rise of Iron
Bungie and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced
Destiny: Rise of Iron, the next highly-anticipated, large
expansion in the Destiny universe. Building upon the legacy
of Destiny, this new chapter draws players back to where their
journey was born and entices them to join alongside one of
Destiny’s greatest heroes to battle an ancient enemy from the past.
Rise of Iron launches on September 20, 2016 and will be available
for the PlayStation®4 system and Xbox One (PlayStation®Plus, Xbox
Live Gold, required for some features). Requires Destiny game and
The Taken King (includes Expansions I & II), sold
separately.
“Rise of Iron is an exciting addition to the Destiny universe,”
said Pete Parsons, CEO of Bungie. “We are continually blown away
and inspired by the growing Destiny community’s energy and
enthusiasm.”
“We have been working hard with our partners at Bungie and are
planning great, new content for Destiny’s 30 million registered
players. Rise of Iron is the first step in fulfilling that
promise,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision. “There’s a ton of
content packed in Rise of Iron, including a new location, a
new Raid and a new Strike, combined with more quests, weapons,
gear, a competitive multiplayer mode and more that we think players
are going to love.”
Guardians must rise to the challenge to take their place as the
next generation of Iron Lords. Along the way they will join forces
with a legend from humanity’s Golden Age to defeat a plague of
unstoppable evil once and for all. The game features a collection
of fresh content including an all-new setting on Earth called The
Plaguelands, a brand-new six-player Raid, Felwinter Peak, a new
social space that looks out onto The Plaguelands, new cooperative
three-player Strike, more quests, weapons, gear, competitive
multiplayer mode and maps, a Light level increase, a
new mutated enemy faction of the Fallen, and more.
All Rise of Iron players will be able to acquire the
Gjallarhorn, a fan favorite weapon making its return. Those players
who preorder beginning June 9th will receive the limited-edition,
black and silver Iron Gjallarhorn.*
Rise of Iron is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. The expansion will
be available at a suggested retail price of $29.99. At launch,
PlayStation gamers will also get access to a collection of timed
exclusive content for Rise of Iron, content and timing of
exclusivity to be announced at a later date.
The community can interact directly with the developers at
www.Bungie.net, www.facebook.com/Bungie, @Bungie on Twitter, and
www.Twitch.tv/Bungie on Twitch. For game information, visit
www.DestinyTheGame.com and follow the official Destiny social
channels at www.facebook.com/DestinyTheGame and @DestinyTheGame on
Twitter and Instagram.
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
Blizzard
Activision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is the
world's most successful standalone interactive entertainment
company. We delight over 500 million monthly active users around
the world through franchises including Activision's Call of Duty®,
Destiny and Skylanders®, Blizzard Entertainment's World of
Warcraft®, StarCraft®, Diablo® and Hearthstone®: Heroes of
Warcraft™, and King's Candy Crush®, Pet Rescue® and Farm Heroes®.
The company is one of the Fortune "100 Best Companies To Work
For®." Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision
Blizzard has operations throughout the world, and its games are
played in 196 countries. More information about Activision Blizzard
and its products can be found on the company’s website,
www.activisionblizzard.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements: Information in this press release that involves
Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, including statements about the
expected release date, and features and functionality, of Rise of
Iron are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve
a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause
Activision Publishing’s actual future results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in
this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors
identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s
most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this
release are based upon information available to Activision
Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release,
and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes
any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may
ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not
guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or
Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
*Access to Iron Gjallarhorn starting 09.20.16. Can be attained
by pre-ordering Destiny: Rise of Iron and completing the in-game
quest. See www.destinythegame.com for additional details. Iron
Gjallarhorn not exclusive to any retailer or platform. Subject to
availability.
© 2016 Bungie, Inc. All rights reserved. Destiny, the Destiny
Logo, Bungie and the Bungie Logo are among the trademarks of
Bungie, Inc. Published and distributed by Activision. Activision is
a registered trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other
trademarks or trade names are the properties of their respective
owners.
PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Interactive
Entertainment Inc.
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