2V2 Multiplayer Mode Added to Destiny

Doubles Skirmish will pit two teams of two players against each other in an old-school deathmatch.

Bungie has revealed Doubles, which is the first example of its multiplayer experiments, suggesting that more are on the way. The mode's design lead, Lars Bakken, describes Doubles as "a slower burn with more explosive pockets."

He adds: "Your Supers will come back more slowly because you're not getting as many actions per minute as you would in a game of Control. The goal here was about taking the rules we already have and mixing them up to create a fresh experience. Each player has the full weight of winning or losing placed squarely on their shoulders and nobody to blame but themselves... or their teammate. No pressure."

Bungie recently in its latest weekly blog post revealed that the exotic sniper rifle, called Ice Breaker, was made available to buy at the game's Tower hub. The in-game merchant Xur managed to sell 1.1 million of the highly sought-after guns.