'Destiny' video game has $500-million debut

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'Destiny' video game has $500-million debut

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/destiny-video-game-soars-launch-014230641.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qSJZQ_KlRes82Ns58CqKjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-DV-DV1844628-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Visitors queue to try out the &quot;Destiny&quot; game on August 14, 2014 during the Gamescom fair in Cologne, western Germany" align="left" title="Visitors queue to try out the &quot;Destiny&quot; game on August 14, 2014 during the Gamescom fair in Cologne, western Germany" border="0" /></a>Bungie studio's new science fiction action video game &quot;Destiny&quot; landed in the record books on Wednesday, boasting the biggest ever launch of a new franchise. Activision Publishing announced that more than $500 million worth of copies of &quot;Destiny&quot; had been snapped up by people eager to play or shops eying to sell the hotly-anticipated new game from the studio behind blockbuster &quot;Halo.&quot; &quot;Based on extraordinary audience demand, retail and first party orders worldwide have exceeded $500 million for Destiny,” said Bobby Kotick, chief executive of the publisher's parent company Activision Blizzard. &quot;This industry milestone marks another blockbuster success for our company.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>

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