Destiny 2’s astronomical Witch Queen expansion launches February 2022

UPDATE 5.30pm: Bungie has announced a 30th anniversary event to be held this December, in-sport within Destiny 2, with a recent dungeon situation within Destiny’s iconic loot cave. Themed items will be provided celebrating Bungie’s past, including old video games, and return the fan-favourite weapon Gjallarhorn.

A six-player matchmade activity will be made available with out cost, but the above will come as section of a paid 30th Anniversary event pack that will imply it’s doubtless you’ll well detect the Loot Cave dungeon, form a Thorn-inspired armour situation and the claymore sword from Delusion.

One by one, to boot to confirming the total beneath leaked valuable aspects on Destiny’s upcoming Witch Queen expansion, Bungie also gave a name to the sport’s astronomical finale expansion situation to wrap up the franchise’s first 10-year slab of story. The Last Form will spherical off Destiny’s “Light and Darkness Saga” one day following its previously-announced 2023 expansion Lightfall.

ORIGINAL STORY 12.30pm:
Witch Queen, the next astronomical expansion for Destiny 2, will birth on 22nd February 2022. (Hey, that is 22/2/22!)

Facts of the expansion are situation to be completely announced by Bungie tonight in its astronomical Destiny livestream at 5pm UK time. Or, it’s doubtless you’ll well fetch them now through valuable aspects scooped up from the PlayStation Retailer (thanks, Correct Trophies).

This retailer itemizing valuable aspects the contemporary vacation characteristic coming to Destiny 2 alongside the expansion, to boot to an all-contemporary weapon form. While it’s doubtless you’ll receive to detect Bungie dole out this files later, here is your last likelihood to survey away.

In what Bungie describes as “the definitive Destiny marketing campaign”, gamers will detect the contemporary vacation characteristic of Savathûn’s Throne World in Witch Queen and it sounds as if gape how she “stole the Light”.

This characteristic is meant to be “a crooked wonderland of corruption and splendor” and encompass a palace and a swamp. Hmm, how about some ogres?

Witch Queen could also introduce weapon crafting with outlandish mod, shader and stat combinations, to boot to a recent Glaive weapon form. Master this, Bungie says, to unleash “melee combos, projectile attacks, and a deployable vitality protect”.

Pre-orders for the expansion will get you an extra exotic Ghost Shell, emote and sign. A Deluxe Model could also encompass entry to Seasons 16-19 and two 365 days 5 dungeons, plus varied in-sport gubbins.

The day old to this, Bungie confirmed a stare upon Savathûn herself – a lengthy-awaited villain who has been referenced within Destiny since pleasing much day one.

But tonight could also lay out valuable aspects for Season of the Lost, the forthcoming contemporary season that will situation up Witch Queen and also see the return of Destiny’s OG Reef royalty Mara Sov.

Tune in at 5pm UK tonight for extra.