Bungie’s live-service online shooter Destiny 2 might be eight years old now, but the game is still being supported with new content drops, with the studio revealing two new paid expansions set for this year, which mark the title’s next major story arc, the Fate Saga, including one that’s themed after Star Wars.
First teased late last year, the two expansions will follow the game’s Year of Prophecy arc, beginning on 15 July with a paid expansion named The Edge of Fate. According to its announcement post, the expansion will take players to a new location known as Kepler, which will be “inspired by the puzzle-solving and pathfinding challenges of Destiny 2’s dungeons and destination design, which encourages deep exploration, mystery, and player-driven discovery.”
Apart from providing new enemies, weapons and gear to discover, The Edge of Fate will also feature destination-specific abilities surrounding its new gameplay system, dark matter energy. This mysterious power source enables the use of new abilities like Matterspark, which can allow Guardians to change forms for both traversal and combat, the Relocator Cannon, which uses Fallen dark matter tech to teleport players across the environment, or Mattermorph, which combines dark matter and Strand to allow players to manipulate their surroundings.
The upcoming expansion will also mark the beginning of a new season, Reclamation, which will be accompanied by free updates for all players to shake up the game, including the Portal, described as “a new activity selection screen that will offer instant access to a range of activities tailored to different playstyles”, an Armour 3.0 rework, a new tier system for weapons and armour, and a new shooting range. More free content is set to arrive on 9 September under the title Ash & Iron, although further information on this major update has yet to be detailed.
Following The Edge of Fate, the game’s second major expansion this year, named Renegades, is set to be themed after the worldwide pop culture phenomenon Star Wars, with its brief trailer showcasing its iconic lightsaber and blasters. Developed in partnership with Lucasfilm, not much is known about the expansion, with Bungie describing it as “a definitive Destiny expansion with a narrative integral to the Fate Saga” and that it will introduce “new Destiny characters, innovative activities, and evolved mechanics designed to surprise and delight players”. Finally, the game’s content lineup for Year of Prophecy will close with the Shadow & Order major update on 3 March 2026, promising more content leading up to next year.
Pre-orders for both the individual The Edge of Fate expansion and other bundles for the Year of Prophecy’s content are now open for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC, with more information listed on its announcement post.
Kevin is a reformed PC Master Race gamer with a penchant for franchise “duds” like Darksiders III and Dead Space 3. He has made it his life-long mission to play every single major game release – lest his wallet dies trying.
Si Jia
Jake Su
