Xbox Breaks World Record Projecting Destiny 2: Beyond Light From a Mountaintop

Destiny 2: Beyond Light has now been a part of breaking the world record for the largest projected video game display ever made thanks to Xbox!

Here's how it came together.

Xbox Breaks World Record Projecting Destiny 2

In a very new way to promote a game's winter event, it seems that Xbox has kicked off Destiny 2 The Dawning 2020 with a bang, and a world record!

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CALIBRATING: Xbox's massive world record projection took some adjustment

Xbox projected Destiny 2: Beyond Light via Xbox Series X from a mountaintop to create the largest projected video game display in the world.

You can watch the video covering the event below:

The Logistics

To break this massive world record took careful planning. It involved taking out plenty of high-tech equipment into the elements of the snowy top of Copper Mountain in Colorado.

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Player 1: Not many Destiny 2 players ski to their gaming setup

This equipment includes three incredibly powerful projectors to pump out a grand total of 120,000 lumens of light!

In the end the projected game display spread 180.15 feet wide, and 105.97 feet tall for a total projected area of 19,090 square feet of screen.

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All of this was done at an incredibly high altitude as well, certainly making room for some other unique firsts projecting from such a high place.

Destiny 2 The Dawning 2020

While we're sure the event wasn't done only to promote Destiny 2 The Dawning 2020, the game's Winter event, Xbox released the news and footage of this world record the same day of the event's premiere!

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ANEW: Destiny 2 The Dawning 2020 introduces plenty of new content

The Dawning will run from 15 December to 5 January, and will feature tons of new content over this time. That means it's the perfect time to hop into Destiny 2 if you've never tried it, and a great time to return if you have.

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And don't worry, you won't need to project it from a mountaintop to enjoy the game.