I posted earlier today (and updated), the Xbox Ultimate Summer Game Sale, but there’s also more Xbox Deals With Gold to discuss, Destiny rewarding their most dedicated fans, and some PAX news. 

No new games were released, but they made up for it I guess by unloading a ton of sales.

Bungie Rewarding Dedicated  Fans
Bungie has announced a special reward for first-year Destiny players who complete a certain set of challenges, called The Moments of Triumph, before September 9th. Some of the hardcore fans out there will have already completed some of these, as the data is being pulled retroactively, but here’s the list for those who want to strive for the exclusive emblem:

The Moments of Triumph are:

• Apprentice of Light — Reach level 20
• Light of the Garden — Finish the Black Garden mission
• Light in the Soul  — Finish The Dark Below story
• Light of the Reef — Finish the House of Wolves story
• Bane of Skolas — Defeat Prison of Elders on hard
• Bane of Atheon — Finish the Vault of Glass raid on hard
• Bane of Crota — Finish the Crota’s End raid on hard
• Public Servant — Complete 50 public events
• Crucible Gladiator — Win 100 Crucible matches
• Chest Hunter — Find all 20 golden chests

PAX Prime 2015 – Kim Swift
Prime’s Keynote speaker will be none other than Kim Swift, one of the creators of a little game called Portal.

Kim Swift is currently a Senior Game Designer at Amazon Game Studio and her resume shows she previously worked on another little game called Left 4 Dead, among others. She’ll be telling stories and sharing insights about her career.

PAX Prime runs from August 28-31. I’ll be at the event itself, and adding a section up top, as we near the event. So stick around for further coverage of the event.

E3 Game Critics Awards
The Game Critics Awards results for E3 have been revealed, and I’ve chosen a few of the notable ones, shown below:

• Best of Show – Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Best Original Game – Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• Best Console Game – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCE)
• Best PC Game – Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Best Action/Adventure Game – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCE)
• Best Independent Game – No Man’s Sky (Hello Games/SCE)

Deals With Gold

Xbox One
Lords of the Fallen – 60%
Destiny Expansion Pass – 25%
Destiny DLC I – The Dark Below – 25%
Destiny DLC II – House of Wolves – 25%

Xbox 360
Monaco – 60%
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men – 75%
Kane & Lynch 2 – 80%
Destiny Expansion Pass – 25%
Destiny DLC I – The Dark Below – 25%
Destiny DLC II – House of Wolves – 25%

Hopefully some more news tomorrow, but it’s definitely slowing down on the overall news front, and new releases as we hit the summer lulls. It’s all just sales while we wait for September, and then the holiday season.

This would probably be the time for me to start expanding the different features of the site, like articles, shorts, and E3 opinions. Or maybe play some games.

-iRogan