The upcoming Future 2 Frontiers DLC could also be a smaller content material pack in accordance with the newest insider rumors. Whereas many of the Future 2 DLC to this point has been significant-sized expansions, the current layoffs at Bungie probably imply that not one of the recreation’s future content material packs will attain that scale once more.
What’s a Future 2 content material pack?
Content material packs are Future 2 DLC that will probably be lighter and smaller in scale than The Closing Form. The purpose is that Bungie can proceed to supply new content material for the sport regardless of funding being lowered following the studio’s restructuring course of.
Throughout right this moment’s Sport Mess Mornings podcast, business insider Jeff Grubb claimed he had been advised that Future 2 content material would proceed however in a distinct type: “In the case of Future 2, the expectation internally is that the long run content material will probably be lighter, smaller, to take much less time than what The Closing Form did, and require fewer individuals.”
He then mentioned that Bungie now internally refers to all future DLC as content material packs. These will probably be “not a shell of their former selves, however they’ll positively have that vibe about them.” Apparently the administration at Bungie “need Future 2 to maintain being a factor, however the funding degree goes to pair again in a major method.”
In a “The Journey Forward” stream in June, Bungie teased new Episodes that may proceed the sport’s narratives. Every of those self-contained narrative arcs was to final a interval of six weeks. The primary of those, Echoes, was launched on June 11 with the ultimate a part of its story scheduled for later this month. Whether or not the remaining two Episodes — Revenant and Heresy — will probably be launched stays to be seen, though they do seemingly match into the brand new content material pack DLC mannequin.
In the meantime, Future 2’s new Codename Frontiers pack promised to proceed the sport’s journey in 2025. Little else is understood in regards to the upcoming content material, however the probabilities of it being a major enlargement now appear to be pretty slim.
