Destiny 2 Travels to Galaxy Far, Far Away in Star Wars Themed Expansion on PS5, PS4 1

Bungie is not pulling the plug on Destiny 2, which at least relieves some of the pressure on its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon.

As part of a livestream this week, the Sony subsidiary revealed the full-extent of its plans for the first-person shooter, including two expansion packs – one of which is inspired by Star Wars.

The content schedule is as such:

  • The Edge of Fate: 15th July
  • Renegades: 2nd December

A big Core Game Update will also launch on 15th July, making changes to the onboarding experience for new players.

Without getting too deep into the weeds, a new streamlined activity selection screen will help you to more quickly get to the content you want to play, which should help onboard players downloading the game for the first time.

One other thing worth pointing out is that new Solo Ops will allow you to enjoy the title on your own, so you won’t necessarily need to engage with co-op if you just want to chill out in single player. That seems like a smart addition, as not everyone always wants to join a Fireteam.

As for the new expansions, The Edge of Fate will dive into the origins of Destiny’s universe, and will come with new gameplay, abilities, and story. Meanwhile, Renegades will offer a unique experience inspired by the Star Wars universe, with more information to be announced in September.

Look, we won’t pretend to be experts on Destiny 2, but making the content a little more accessible and adding in some meaningful expansions makes sense to us. We suspect, even with all of the changes, this is still going to be a hard game to get into in 2025, but we appreciate the attempt from Bungie, and it’ll be interesting to see just how successful its efforts actually are.

The two new expansions are available to pre-order on the PS Store now, with a massive Year of Prophecy bundle available if you’re already committed to both The Edge of Fate and Renegades. There’s also a Collector’s Edition you can pre-order from the Bungie Store, which includes a pretty cool statue among other physical trinkets.

[source blog.playstation.com]