Bungie at present pushed ahead an array of latest particulars relating to Future 2 and what gamers can anticipate to find within the recreation over the following 12 months. The scope and vary of matters touched upon was in depth, although it’s clear that lots of the extra complete particulars will arrive in different codecs within the coming weeks and months. Even so, there’s so much to unpack from what was shared.
A lot of the stream targeted 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 way of the Oort Cloud on the fringe of the photo voltaic system – known as Kepler. Right here, gamers navigate a Metroidvania-inspired vacation spot of mysteries and secrets and techniques, fueled by new powers granted by way of darkish matter. Kepler will function a number of world tiers of problem that unlock over time as you play. Mysteries and puzzles is perhaps solved a method in an early tier, solely to alter as you purchase new skills and energy in later tiers.
Kepler will even carry an array of latest particular powers. The premier capability is one known 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 way 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 acquire different new skills on Kepler, like a Relocator Cannon that enables for teleportation by way 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 workforce 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 known as The 9 – a gaggle of godlike extradimensional beings which can be every individually related 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 degree, the Destiny Saga seems to be deal strongly with the concept The 9 have their very own motivations which have usually manipulated the Guardians to a selected 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 known as the Ceremony of the 9, and it begins at present. The brand new occasion contains entry to a few dungeons, every at three totally different tiers of problem, aiming to be inviting to all participant talent 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 an excellent bit in regards to the enlargement, we additionally acquired a peek in at present’s stream into extra substantial adjustments 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 can be invited to “Open Portal” to leap right into a streamlined menu number of actions, dominated by totally different ops break up into Solo, Fireteam, Pinnacle and Crucible ops.
The general focus for adjustments is on offering elevated participant company, so these totally different ops permit for dramatic ranges of exercise customization, together with 50 new modifiers to tweak the gameplay. For example, we heard a few grapple modifier that provides atmosphere navigation a sense extra akin to being Spider-Man. For individuals who desire a extra curated expertise, there are additionally Quickplay choices; 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 one in all 5 distinct tiers of high quality; gamers who purchase a Tier 5 weapon (that are the toughest to get) could have a particular shader therapy and different options that make them unmistakable as the very best in a given class.
We additionally obtained a scattering of different information drops about what’s on the way in which. Among the most necessary is the soon-to-arrive new Crucible mode known as Heavy Metallic, which pits tanks towards mech-style brigs in large-scale battles; interact with this exercise and you’ll earn the brand new Griffin fight car, which may be geared up into your Sparrow slot. We realized of a brand new everlasting function of the Tower known as the Capturing Vary, the place gamers can check out their builds towards quite a lot of enemy sorts. Gamers had been additionally proven new holofoil remedies that may come on weapons, together with a slick ocean wave impact that can be accessible with Solstice weapons later this summer season. We additionally realized that the brand new raid will launch solely days after The Fringe of Destiny reaches gamers; anticipate to attempt for that world-first title on July 19.
Of all of the bulletins, probably the most shocking was the reveal of 2025’s second enlargement, which we’ll study extra about by way 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 components between the 2 sci-fi/fantasy properties, together with Guardians wielding lightsabers. It’s secure to say that longtime Future followers might have robust opinions about such a direct melding of the 2 well-liked 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 further expansions titled Shattered Cycle and The Alchemist.
There’s lots extra element to find by way of an in-depth viewing of the occasion; you possibly can take a look at Bungie’s full recap, or you possibly can watch an archive of the prolonged reveal occasion beneath.
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