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Geek Culture
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Culture
Star Wars Expansion Set For 'Destiny 2'
Bungie's live-service online shooter Destiny 2 might be eight years old now, but the game is still being supported with new content drops, with the studio revealing two new paid expansions set for this year, which mark the title's next major story arc, the Fate Saga , including one that's themed after Star Wars. First teased late last year, the two expansions will follow the game's Year of Prophecy arc, beginning on 15 July with a paid expansion named The Edge of Fate . According to its announcement post, the expansion will take players to a new location known as Kepler, which will be 'inspired by the puzzle-solving and pathfinding challenges of Destiny 2's dungeons and destination design, which encourages deep exploration, mystery, and player-driven discovery.' Apart from providing new enemies, weapons and gear to discover, The Edge of Fate will also feature destination-specific abilities surrounding its new gameplay system, dark matter energy. This mysterious power source enables the use of new abilities like Matterspark, which can allow Guardians to change forms for both traversal and combat, the Relocator Cannon, which uses Fallen dark matter tech to teleport players across the environment, or Mattermorph, which combines dark matter and Strand to allow players to manipulate their surroundings. The upcoming expansion will also mark the beginning of a new season, Reclamation , which will be accompanied by free updates for all players to shake up the game, including the Portal, described as 'a new activity selection screen that will offer instant access to a range of activities tailored to different playstyles', an Armour 3.0 rework, a new tier system for weapons and armour, and a new shooting range. More free content is set to arrive on 9 September under the title Ash & Iron , although further information on this major update has yet to be detailed. Following The Edge of Fate , the game's second major expansion this year, named Renegades , is set to be themed after the worldwide pop culture phenomenon Star Wars , with its brief trailer showcasing its iconic lightsaber and blasters. Developed in partnership with Lucasfilm, not much is known about the expansion, with Bungie describing it as 'a definitive Destiny expansion with a narrative integral to the Fate Saga ' and that it will introduce 'new Destiny characters, innovative activities, and evolved mechanics designed to surprise and delight players'. Finally, the game's content lineup for Year of Prophecy will close with the Shadow & Order major update on 3 March 2026, promising more content leading up to next year. Pre-orders for both the individual The Edge of Fate expansion and other bundles for the Year of Prophecy's content are now open for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC, with more information listed on its announcement post. Kevin is a reformed PC Master Race gamer with a penchant for franchise 'duds' like Darksiders III and Dead Space 3 . He has made it his life-long mission to play every single major game release – lest his wallet dies trying. Bungie Destiny 2 Destiny 2: Renegades Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate
Forbes
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Bungie Announces ‘The Edge Of Fate' Expansion, With An Unexpected Focus
The Edge of Fate Destiny 2 fans have felt like they were being somewhat ignored as the circus of the Marathon premiere took place this week. They were wondering when Bungie was going to reveal anything about this summer's Frontiers era, the launch of a new expansion and a new format for all of Destiny going forward. Well, that time was yesterday. Not too shabby. Bungie has revealed the real name of the codeword Apollo expansion, actually called The Edge of Fate. There will be a livestream reveal and look at it on Tuesday, May 6 at 9 AM PT, 12 PM ET. All we have so far is the news that this is a Nine-focused expansion. That is…extremely surprising to me. What I figured is that we're about to head to a new solar system in the commandeered Dreadnaught, but…The Nine? I mean I feel like we will still leave the system, but it's just a surprising focus for the entire expansion. Destiny 2 We still know barely anything about The Nine after all this time. There are myths and rumors about what they actually might be, with some even believing they're a meta group that look at Destiny from afar knowing it's a video game. But who knows. We what seen from The Nine so far is mainly: FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Now, given that The Edge of Fate is Nine-themed, I'm wondering if Rite of the Nine itself is going to have some specific story component to lead into the events of the expansion. I mean, that seems like a bit too much of a coincidence for that not to be the case. The Nine have only really showed up for special events all this time, but yes, it appears we are now going to more directly interact with a group that sends us magic horses to play game shows. Destiny 2 I mean, I'm excited. I know we're heading into a smaller scale expansion, but I genuinely have no idea where this is going given what a mystery the Nine have been for most of the decade. And despite my predictions, this expansion and the launch of Frontiers is not going to be delayed, and should be here this July, by current estimations. Until then, we wait for the May showcase. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, and Bluesky Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
