Destiny: Rising, the free-to-play mobile version of Bungie’s long-running sci-fi shooter series, has been given a release date. It’ll officially be whisking players away for some alternate-timeline shenanigans when it comes to Android and iOS on 28th August.
Announced last October, Destiny: Rising is a collaboration between Bungie and Chinese publisher NetEase, and is officially described as a “shared world” adventure set in an “alternate Destiny timeline, exploring a narrative in the post-Dark Age era”. It’s a result of a partnership the two companies initially announced – albeit in vague terms – back in 2018.
After a period of closed alpha testing that began last November, Destiny: Rising is almost ready for its full launch, which’ll see players – in the role of a “fully customisable” Lightbearer named Wolf – embarking on a sci-fi adventure stretching from the sanctuary of Haven to the “icy, ancient metro of Jiangshi, and the arid expanse of the Red Sea Rift.”
Destiny’s familiar looter-shooter action is said to remain at the heart of the experience, and there’s talk of “dynamic and challenging” single-player, co-op, and competitive multiplayer gameplay, plus various open-world objectives, missions, strikes, PvP battles, and six-player PvE activities. That’s alongside customisable Primary and Power Weapons, the ability for characters to share compatible weapons across their arsenal, a new Mythic rarity gear tier, and more.