Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie’s newest DLC for the shared world shooter, will be going live later today. However, the developer has already begun hyping up its next set of add-ons last week. We got a brief look at the Annual Pass’s contents and received confirmation that some much-requested things like Heavy Machine Guns were making a comeback.

But while some new locations were teased, this doesn’t mean that the developer will add new planets with any of the add-ons. Bungie’s Steve Cotton told Polygon, “We’re going to have new places to check out. Sorry, I should be specific. What we call ‘bubbles’ or new spaces; I’m not saying new planets.” So essentially that means new locations on pre-existing planets.

In Destiny 1’s life-cycle, it was the bigger DLCs like The Taken King and Rise of Iron that added large new areas to explore. Destiny 2 took to adding new planets with its DLC with results falling somewhere between mediocre (Curse of Osiris) and decent (Warmind). We’re interested to see what the future could hold for Black Armory, Joker’s Wild, and Penumbra, but at $35 for the Annual Pass, they’ll need to deliver some great content.

Along with revealing Destiny 2’s Forsaken DLC during a recent livestream, Bungie also revealed the existence of a new Annual Pass. Retailing for $34.99 standalone, the Annual Pass can also be purchased with Destiny 2: Forsaken for $69.99. The DLC by itself costs $39.99.

Intended to replace the Expansion Pass for Year 2, the Annual Pass contains three “premium content releases”. These include Black Armory (Winter 2018), Joker’s Wild (Spring 2019) and Penumbra (Summer 2019). Instead of more cutscenes and extensive story content, these content releases will feature new endgame challenges; new weapons and armour; new “pinnacle” activities; new in-game lore; and new Triumph Records to collect.

Community manager David “DeeJ” Dague clarified on the livestream that the developer is “leaning harder into the things that keep you coming back to the game week over week, month over month.” So while there may not be any snazzy new cutscenes, hardcore players should have new activities to play around with.

Annual Pass content details are still fleeting but Bungie will discuss more about it in the coming days. It’s worth noting that though many activities and gear will be exclusive to Annual Pass holders, there will still be free updates to Destiny 2.

Destiny 2: Forsaken releases on September 4th for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. What are your thoughts so far? Let us know in the comments.