Bungie's Destiny servers went down, and gamers were furious

This is not going well.
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Stan Schroeder
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UPDATED Sept. 20 12:54 p.m. ET: The servers are up and running now, and have been for a couple hours. Go forth and raise the iron, Guardians.


The long-awaited expansion for Bungie's first-person shooter, Destiny: Rise of Iron -- is out. Something else is, also, pretty much out: Bungie's Destiny servers, and gamers are not happy.

Although Bungie has posted several updates on its Bungie Help twitter accounts, saying it's "continuing to investigate issues that may impact player ability to sign in to Destiny," many gamers are stuck in long queues and still can't play the game.


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Responses from angry users on Twitter range from all-out rage to a large selection of memes and jokes at Bungie's expense. Check out our selection, below.

Then again, some lucky gamers were able to get in, and they seem to have already forgiven Bungie everything.

Bungie's latest tweet says the Destiny companion services have been restored, meaning there's hope after all. Patience, gamers.

Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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