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Destiny 2’s First Expansion Out in Fall 2018, Characters Not Carrying Over – Rumour

Ravi Sinha — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:44:15 +0000

There’s even more information from today’s Reddit leak about Destiny 2: Forge of Hope, this time about the game’s story and frequency of content updates. Again, take this all with a grain of salt, especially until someone credible (like Kotaku’s Jason Schreier) confirms it.

Chronologically, the sequel will take place after The Taken King with the Cabal attacking the Tower. The Guardians will need to fight to reclaim the Last City, eventually discovering Queen Mara Sov’s story and the true intentions of the Exo Stranger. The new raid will end with the Tower and City fighting the leader of the Cabal.

Apparently, Bungie is planning for “substantial” content updates akin to the April 2016 Update every quarter. The first expansion is already in development for Fall 2018 and will focus on the origins of Kabr, Praedyth and the Vex.

Characters won’t transfer from Destiny 1 to 2 due to the new engine but there will apparently be better character creation with the addition of facial hair, tattoos and class-themed face paint.

Destiny 2: Forge of Hope Out in Q4 2017, Runs On New Engine – Rumour

Ravi Sinha — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:07:22 +0000

Take this with a heavy grain of salt but ahead of Activision’s quarterly earnings report, a Reddit user named Inside_Leaks claims to have information Destiny 2.

To be titled “Destiny 2: Forge of Hope“, it will arrive in Q4 2017 with a launch window of November 4th to 18th. It will arrive on PS4, PS4, Pro, Xbox One and PC. An Xbox Scorpio version is still to be confirmed. There will still be console exclusive content for PlayStation but now for three months at a time.

Interestingly, it seems Destiny 2 has a new engine built from the ground up to allow for the rapid creation of new content. Bungie will also apparently have an event every one to two months with themes (much like Overwatch), thus introducing new narrative paths and mechanics along the way.

Again, take all this information with a healthy source of skepticism (especially since, as another user pointed out, it’s not possible to have rebuilt an entire engine in that amount of time). We’ll have more information to share on the leak so stay tuned.