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Bungie's online shooter Destiny now has more than 17 million registered players, the developer announced today during a Game Developers Conference presentation in San Francisco. This is up from 16 million registered players a month ago. Of course, this doesn't mean the game has actually sold 17 million copies, but it's a new milestone all the same.

Helldivers just released on PS4, PS3, and Vita yesterday, and our review of Arrowhead’s new game offers an enthusiastic recommendation for anyone looking for something new to try out this month. However, with its sci-fi setting, focus on cooperative play, and character upgrade options, there’s one group of gamers that definitely shouldn’t miss out on the title; players of Bungie’s Destiny should take a break from raids and bounties, and check out what Helldivers has to offer.

The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is happening right now, but just in case you can't make it to the show, we'll be streaming a few panels live right here on GameSpot. You can check out our full schedule and details below, or for more coverage, check out GameSpot's GDC hub.

The House of Wolves is the second expansion pack for Destiny, following last year's The Dark Below. Bungie has promised to fix some of the issues that players have complained about from that update with this new one, and despite the company's efforts to hold onto its secrets, several leaks have provided details on what The House of Wolves will include.

The app features have a lot of flexibility. You can shift gear around whether or not you’re signed into the game. You can even watch the changes happen in real time if you move items to/from the Vault or equip/unequip something on the character you happen to be using.

The update for Bungie's popular first-person shooter video game Destiny is already rolling out and it offers changes like weapon balances, bug fixes, matchmaking adjustments and more others. Bungie's official Twitter help page informed players of a necessary rebooting to install the latest patch. Bungie listed the following details for the Destiny 1.1.1 patch. Click here for the whole patch note details.

First though, let’s catch everyone up to speed. Reddit user megeamanexe4, a dataminer that has been responsible for many of the House of Wolves leaks, claims to be able to predict what Xur will sell alongside accurately describing what the weekly strikes will be and which modifiers will be attached to them. So far he has come pretty close if not nailing them all right on the head.

You'll now be able to access your account's Vault of items through Bungie.net as well as the Destiny mobile app. Bungie's engineering lead Chris Gossett gave a few examples of how you might use this feature:

Thankfully it hasn't fluffed its lines. Despite all the anticipation, the servers have impressively stood up to weight of an estimated 10 million gamers looking to get an early fix, with only the occasional stumble since going live on Monday.

While shotguns are known for the poor range, the Universal Remote counteracts that a bit by offering Guardians greatly increased ranged and precision damage while aiming down the sights. So if you want the power that shotguns deliver, but don’t want to get too up close and personal, the Universal Remote may be the shotgun to give a try!

The Reddit user who recently published a payload of leaked Destiny screens, which had laid bare the upcoming House of Wolves expansion, has disclosed another batch of enlightening images. Destiny power leveling to provide more information to help.

If you are playing the game when the patch becomes available, which should be any minute now, then you will be kicked and need to download the update before you can play again. This update features a ton of changes including weapon balancing and general fixes. Check out the full patch notes for Destiny Update 1.1.1 below: