[PC Gamer} Bungie announces the next four Destiny 2 expansions, and yes, the second one is literally just Star Wars

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A post shared by Destiny 2 (@destinythegame)A photo posted by on Away from the Star Wars of it all, here's what's lined up for the next two years of Destiny 2:

• July 15, 2025: The Edge of Fate
• December 2, 2025: Renegades
• Summer 2026: Shattered Cycle
• Winter 2026: The Alchemist

For the first of those, The Edge of Fate, players will be summoned to a new location, Kepler, to get embroiled in some new drama from The Nine. Bungie calls this an attempt to bring mystery back into the Destiny universe, which is why the central antagonists here seem to be The Nine—dark matter beings that represent the celestial bodies of our solar system.This will also kick off a new release cycle for the game. As shown by the timeline, Destiny 2 will be receiving two expansions per year—each said to be around the same size as Destiny 1's Rise of Iron, (ie, smaller than a typical Destiny 2 annual expansion). And between expansion releases will be new "major updates" that replace the previous seasonal model. These will be free to all players, and the first, called Ash and Iron, will launch in September and add Destiny 1's Plaguelands location to the sequel. (Image credit: Bungie) It's going to be a major shakeup for the game, but honestly, after the last year of episodic updates, Destiny 2 desperately needed something different. The Final Shape was an all-timer, but it didn't take long for the regular seasonal fatigue to set in. By the second episode community sentiment was as low as I've seen it in some time, and even though the third episode was much better received, it's abundantly clear that the seasonal rollercoaster had long outstayed its welcome.Will this new model be better? I'm certainly intrigued by what Bungie is doing to streamline the new player experience, and to improve the loot chase through a new tier system. But ultimately it's going to come down to the quality of these new expansions—whether the metroidvania exploration of The Edge of Fate will feel like more than just a gimmick, and whether Bungie can pull off a whole Star Wars expansion and still make it feel like it makes sense in the game.Destiny 2 is a game forever bouncing between "It's so over" and "We're so back", and I'm struggling to predict where The Edge of Fate will fall.

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/bungi ... star-wars/