Your guide to Destiny, the most expensive game ever

Budgets for new games have been rivalling massive Hollywood blockbusters for a couple of years now.

But Destiny is set to blow the whole lot out of the water - the sci-fi, massively multiplayer shooter had a budget of an astonishing $500m.

That's £310 million, or roughly twice what Avatar cost to make, so there's an understandable buzz around Tuesday's launch.

Here's what you need to know about the most expensive game of all time.

The basics

Developers Bungie, that's the people behind Halo, worked alongside publisher Activision, of Call of Duty fame, to get the game made and shipped.

There's no question that Destiny is one of the largest and most exciting entertainment launches of all time

Dave Scarborough, Games TM

Destiny is set 700 years in the future and sees humanity in a pitched battle against a mysterious entity known as The Darkness and their alien allies.

It features a first person campaign as well as a 'vast number' of side episodes which can be played collaboratively.