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Destiny community manager discusses competitive multiplayer and eSports

Bungie community manager Eric Osborne took some time away from Gamescom to talk to Shacknews about Destiny's competitive multiplayer and whether it'll have any focus on the eSports front.

Ozzie Mejia

August 28, 2014 4:00 PM

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Bungie is ready to flush away the summer doldrums, once and for all, when Destiny releases in less than two weeks. The studio recently traveled to Gamescom to show off some more of the game's competitive multiplayer, which gave Shacknews a chance to catch up with community manager Eric Osborne for a chat.

Osborne detailed some of Destiny's multiplayer design, even noting that some Major League Gaming players have been brought in to help ensure that it's a fun and balanced experience. Of course, don't necessarily read into this as a venture into eSports.

"Whether or not eSports players take it up is really up to them," Osborne told Shacknews. "Like any other community endeavor, we look for them to latch on and look for some ownership and so if they do that, we'll support them."

For more on Destiny's competitive multiplayer and the eSports front, check out the video below.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?