Major Destiny 2 Reveals – Metroidvania Exploration, Star Wars Lightsabers, New Multi-Year Fate Saga

Bungie at this time pushed ahead an array of recent particulars concerning Future 2 and what gamers can count on to find within the recreation over the following yr. The scope and vary of matters touched upon was in depth, although it’s clear that most of the extra complete particulars will arrive in different codecs within the coming weeks and months. Even so, there’s loads to unpack from what was shared.

A lot of the stream centered on The Fringe of Destiny, the upcoming enlargement to the sport set to reach on July 15. The Fringe of Destiny takes gamers to a brand new vacation spot – a planetoid floating by means of the Oort Cloud on the fringe of the photo voltaic system – referred to as Kepler. Right here, gamers navigate a Metroidvania-inspired vacation spot of mysteries and secrets and techniques, fueled by new powers granted by means of darkish matter. Kepler will function a number of world tiers of problem that unlock over time as you play. Mysteries and puzzles could be solved a technique in an early tier, solely to vary as you purchase new skills and energy in later tiers.

Kepler can even carry an array of recent particular powers. The premier skill is one referred to as Matter Spark, which permits gamers to make use of a particular pad to rework right into a ball of bouncing arc power after which zip in regards to the atmosphere, leaping, electrocuting enemies, squeezing by means of tight areas, and rolling alongside ramps for distant leaps. In visuals, it was very paying homage to Samus Aran’s morph ball function from the Metroid video games.

Gamers additionally achieve different new skills on Kepler, like a Relocator Cannon that permits for teleportation by means of the house, and Matter Morph, which permits gamers to make use of Strand power to reshape the atmosphere, creating bridges, revealing secrets and techniques, and opening doorways.

The Fringe of Destiny storyline is the opening salvo to a brand new multi-year saga from the Future crew which they’ve dubbed the Destiny Saga. As The Fringe of Destiny will get going, gamers are lastly going to get extra particulars in regards to the mysterious entities referred to as The 9 – a bunch of godlike extradimensional beings which are every individually linked to one of many main our bodies within the photo voltaic system (eight planets and the Solar). We’ll see returning characters like Ikora Rey play a serious position, but in addition new characters, together with a bespectacled new character named Lodi. On a broader stage, the Destiny Saga seems to be deal strongly with the concept that The 9 have their very own motivations which have typically manipulated the Guardians to a specific destiny, and the brand new storyline questions how a lot the Guardians are capable of alter that destiny, if in any respect.

As a lead-up to the brand new enlargement, Bungie is launching a brand new prologue chapter referred to as the Ceremony of the 9, and it begins at this time. The brand new occasion contains entry to 3 dungeons, every at three completely different tiers of issue, aiming to be inviting to all participant ability ranges. The Ceremony of the 9 contains unique rewards, together with a brand new title. And it additionally serves to reintroduce the Emissary – a previous character from earlier storylines that we nonetheless know little or no about.

Whereas we realized a superb bit in regards to the enlargement, we additionally obtained a peek in at this time’s stream into extra substantial modifications coming to the core recreation of Future 2. The longtime use of “The Director” as a entrance web page to play is being overhauled. Beginning with The Fringe of Destiny, gamers will probably be invited to “Open Portal” to leap right into a streamlined menu number of actions, dominated by completely different ops break up into Solo, Fireteam, Pinnacle and Crucible ops.

The general focus for modifications is on offering elevated participant company, so these completely different ops permit for dramatic ranges of exercise customization, together with 50 new modifiers to tweak the gameplay. For instance, we heard a few grapple modifier that provides atmosphere navigation a sense extra akin to being Spider-Man. For individuals who need a extra curated expertise, there are additionally Quickplay alternatives; most actions additionally permit for a fireteam finder.

Gear can be altering, together with a dramatic reinvention of kit being dubbed Armor 3.0, which incorporates set bonuses for armor, and the flexibility to totally tweak armor perks as quickly as an merchandise is acquired. Gear tiers are one other main change, which see acquired gear coming in at considered one of 5 distinct tiers of high quality; gamers who purchase a Tier 5 weapon (that are the toughest to get) can have a particular shader remedy and different options that make them unmistakable as the most effective in a given class.

We additionally acquired a scattering of different data drops about what’s on the way in which. A few of the most essential is the soon-to-arrive new Crucible mode referred to as Heavy Steel, which pits tanks in opposition to mech-style brigs in large-scale battles; interact with this exercise and you may earn the brand new Griffin fight car, which could be outfitted into your Sparrow slot. We realized of a brand new everlasting function of the Tower referred to as the Capturing Vary, the place gamers can check out their builds in opposition to quite a lot of enemy sorts. Gamers have been additionally proven new holofoil therapies that can come on weapons, together with a slick ocean wave impact that will probably be out there with Solstice weapons later this summer time. We additionally realized that the brand new raid will launch solely days after The Fringe of Destiny reaches gamers; count on to strive for that world-first title on July 19.

Of all of the bulletins, probably the most stunning was the reveal of 2025’s second enlargement, which we’ll study extra about by means of a devoted reveal in September. Renegades is described as a full-on in-lore Future enlargement that strikes the core story ahead. Nevertheless it’s additionally described as a direct homage to the universe of Star Wars, and seems (amongst different issues) to incorporate direct mashing-together crossover parts between the 2 sci-fi/fantasy properties, together with Guardians wielding lightsabers. It’s secure to say that longtime Future followers could have sturdy opinions about such a direct melding of the 2 fashionable universes. Regardless, it’s clear that Bungie has sturdy plans for what’s to observe, as we additionally realized that the Destiny Saga will proceed into 2026 with extra expansions titled Shattered Cycle and The Alchemist.

There’s loads extra element to find by means of an in-depth viewing of the occasion; you may try Bungie’s full recap, or you may watch an archive of the prolonged reveal occasion under.