Destiny is getting a new in-game currency you can buy with real-world money

Destiny sure seems like a game built for microtransactions, and that’s probably because it was. And today, developer Bungie finally revealed how that will work.

Silver is the name of a new in-game currency in Destiny that you spend your real-world cash on. It is launching October 13, and — at least at first — you can use it to buy new emotes (dancing animations) from the in-game merchant Tess of the Eververse Trading Company. The 18 emotes that you can purchase will include the three that were previously only available in The Taken King Collector’s Edition. This seems like an easy way for Bungie and publisher Activision to boost the revenue that Destiny makes between expansions, and maximizing that average revenue per player is crucial for a major online game like this.