Destiny's beta on PS4 and PS3 starts July 17—Xbox platforms get it a week later

Your Destiny beta begins later this month … as long as you preordered the upcoming and anticipated sci-fi shooter.

Developer Bungie revealed today that the Destiny beta test will start on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on July 17. A week later—July 23—the Xbox One and Xbox 360 version of the sci-fi shooter’s latest testing phase begins. The beta then continues on both platforms until 11:59 p.m. Pacific time July 27. To get into this technical tryout, gamers must preorder Destiny.