Bungie at this time pushed ahead an array of recent particulars relating to Future 2 and what gamers can count on to find within the sport 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 quite a bit 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 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 darkish matter. Kepler will function a number of world tiers of problem that unlock over time as you play. Mysteries and puzzles may be solved a technique in an early tier, solely to alter as you purchase new skills and energy in later tiers.
Kepler can even carry an array of recent particular powers. The premier potential 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 vitality after which zip in regards to the surroundings, leaping, electrocuting enemies, squeezing by tight areas, and rolling alongside ramps for distant leaps. In visuals, it was very harking back 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 permits for teleportation by the house, and Matter Morph, which permits gamers to make use of Strand vitality to reshape the surroundings, 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 staff 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 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 significant position, but additionally 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 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 known as the Ceremony of the 9, and it begins at this time. 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 bit in regards to the enlargement, we additionally acquired a peek in at this time’s stream into extra substantial modifications coming to the core sport 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 likely be invited to “Open Portal” to leap right into a streamlined menu choice of actions, dominated by totally different ops break up into Solo, Fireteam, Pinnacle and Crucible ops.
The general focus for modifications is on offering elevated participant company, so these totally different ops enable 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 surroundings 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 enable 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 power 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 among 5 distinct tiers of high quality; gamers who purchase a Tier 5 weapon (that are the toughest to get) could have a particular shader remedy and different options that make them unmistakable as the very best in a given class.
We additionally acquired a scattering of different information drops about what’s on the best way. A number of the most vital is the soon-to-arrive new Crucible mode known as Heavy Steel, 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 might be geared up into your Sparrow slot. We realized of a brand new everlasting function of the Tower known as the Taking pictures Vary, the place gamers can check out their builds towards a wide range of enemy sorts. Gamers had been additionally proven new holofoil therapies that may come on weapons, together with a slick ocean wave impact that will likely be obtainable 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 attempt 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 a devoted reveal in September. Renegades is described as a full-on in-lore Future enlargement that strikes the core story ahead. However 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 fashionable universes. Regardless, it’s clear that Bungie has strong plans for what’s to comply with, 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 an in-depth viewing of the occasion; you’ll be able to try Bungie’s full recap, or you’ll be able to watch an archive of the prolonged reveal occasion beneath.
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