Bungie at this time pushed ahead an array of recent particulars relating to Future 2 and what gamers can anticipate to find within the recreation over the subsequent 12 months. The scope and vary of subjects touched upon was intensive, 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, an enlargement 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 method in an early tier, solely to vary as you purchase new skills and energy in later tiers.
Kepler may even carry an array of recent powers. The premier capacity known as Matter Spark, which permits gamers to make use of a particular pad to rework right into a ball of bouncing arc vitality and zip in regards to the surroundings, leaping, electrocuting enemies, squeezing by means of tight areas, and rolling alongside ramps for distant leaps. It was visually harking back 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 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 group 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 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 significant position, but additionally new characters, together with a bespectacled new character named Lodi. On a broader degree, the Destiny Saga seems to cope with the concept The 9 have their very own motivations which have usually manipulated the Guardians to a specific destiny. 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, at this time, Bungie is launching a brand new prologue chapter referred to as the Ceremony of the 9. The brand new occasion contains entry to 3 dungeons, every at three totally 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 bit in regards to the enlargement, we additionally received 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 totally different ops cut 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 example, we heard a couple of grapple modifier that provides surroundings navigation a Spider-Man-like feeling. For individuals who need a extra curated expertise, there are additionally Quickplay picks; most actions additionally enable for a fireteam finder.
Gear can be altering, together with a dramatic reinvention of apparatus being dubbed Armor 3.0, which incorporates set bonuses for armor, and the flexibility to completely tweak armor perks as quickly as an merchandise is acquired. Gear tiers are one other main change, which see acquired gear coming in at certainly one of 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 one of the best in a given class.
We additionally obtained a scattering of different data drops about what’s on the best way. A few of the most vital 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’ll earn the brand new Griffin fight car, which could be geared up into your Sparrow slot. We realized of a brand new everlasting function of the Tower referred to as the Taking pictures Vary, the place gamers can check out their builds in opposition to a wide range of enemy varieties. Gamers have been additionally proven new holofoil therapies that may come on weapons, together with a slick ocean wave impact that will probably be out there 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 strive 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 be taught 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 crossover components between the 2 sci-fi/fantasy properties, together with Guardians wielding lightsabers. It’s protected to say that longtime Future followers could have robust opinions about such a direct melding of the 2 well-liked 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 loads extra element to find by means of an in-depth viewing of the occasion; you’ll be able to take a look at Bungie’s full recap, or watch an archive of the prolonged reveal occasion under.