Destiny: The Taken King (2015) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Destiny: The Taken King

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84 15 September 2015

What Destiny: The Taken King is

Destiny: The Taken King is an adventure game developed by Bungie and released in 2015. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Destiny: The Taken King is a major expansion for Bungie's first-person shooter, Destiny. Released on September 15, 2015, as the third expansion of Destiny, it revolves around Oryx, The Taken King and his plot for revenge after players slew his son Crota in Destiny's first downloadable content (DLC) pack, The Dark Below. Players must face the "Taken", Oryx's army of corrupted aliens forced to fight for him. The Taken King adds content across the game, including new missions, a Player versus Environment location, Player versus Player maps, player gear, weaponry, and a new raid. Upon the expansion's release, retailers also issued Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition which includes Destiny…

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Destiny: The Taken King holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Destiny: The Taken King launched on 15 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Mad Max. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Mad Max.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer