--- title: Bungie's Destiny Lets Players Build Their Own Legend description: Bungie combines Halo greatness with RPG customization for new game 'Destiny.' canonical: https://time.com/2865242/bungie-destiny-xbox-playstation/ author: Corey Protin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-12T18:58:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:30.456Z article:section: Business og:title: Bungie's Destiny Lets Players Build Their Own Legend og:description: Bungie combines Halo greatness with RPG customization for new game 'Destiny.' og:url: https://time.com/2865242/bungie-destiny-xbox-playstation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bungie's Destiny Lets Players Build Their Own Legend twitter:description: Bungie combines Halo greatness with RPG customization for new game 'Destiny.' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # WATCH: Bungie's _Destiny_ Lets Players Build Their Own Legend by [Corey Protin](/author/corey-protin/), [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) and [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) Jun 12, 2014 6:58 PM CUT by [Corey Protin](/author/corey-protin/), [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) and [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) Jun 12, 2014 6:58 PM CUT Halo creator Bungie doesn’t work on the franchise that became the fledgling Xbox’s killer app any more — instead, they’re building their own legend. For Bungie’s next big multi-platform game, Destiny, it’s stepping away from Master Chief and letting players build their character from the bottom up. Combining the elements from first person shooters, RPGs and action adventures, Destiny puts the player in the shoes of a guardian, protecting the last safe city on earth. The frenetic firefights made famous in Halo remain, but whether you decide to snipe, run and gun, or melee attack to finish your opponents depends on how gamers develop their character. The destiny of characters, and the human race, depends on the player. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2865242/bungie-destiny-xbox-playstation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2865242/bungie-destiny-xbox-playstation/"},"headline":"WATCH: Bungie's Destiny Lets Players Build Their Own Legend","datePublished":"2014-06-12T18:58:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:30.456Z","description":"What do you get when you cross Halo and an RPG? Destiny.","url":"https://time.com/2865242/bungie-destiny-xbox-playstation/","keywords":["Tech","xbox","Playstation","destiny","e3","e3 2014"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Corey Protin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/corey-protin/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2865242/bungie-destiny-xbox-playstation/","name":"WATCH: Bungie's Destiny Lets Players Build Their Own Legend"}}]}] ```