The Taken King

Bungie is promoting its latest Destiny expansion as more than downloadable content. "It's more than DLC," the developer said in a blog post. "It's a game." Whether or not that claim is a bit too bold, we will say that there's lots of new stuff coming to Destiny in September. In the words of Bungie itself, here's what you can expect to find in The Taken King:

  • New story missions and an array of side quests that conspire to tell the story of our battle to defend our Solar System against Oryx and his Taken army
  • New narrative driven by cinematic cutscenes starring an engaging cast of characters
  • New Exotic Weapons, Exotic Armour, and Exotic Questlines
  • The Dreadnaught: a full new destination, with unique secrets, rituals, and treasures to uncover
  • A new breed of enemy combatants, The Taken, armed with new abilities and weapons
  • An increased Level Cap, and new ways for your Guardian to grow more powerful
  • The most substantial injection of new, unique, and redesigned weapons, armour, and talents to date
  • New subclasses with all new Supers and abilities
  • New cooperative Strikes with unique and dynamic new Boss battles
  • Redesigned and reimagined Strikes – Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III – are now overrun by the Taken
  • New Crucible multiplayer maps with new Crucible modes, including the previously revealed Rift and Mayhem
  • And, of course, last but not least: our biggest six-player Raid yet

In addition, those eligible for some Year One exclusive items can expect an announcement on Bungie Day: the 7th July. Bungie has also promised regular updates in the weeks to come. What do you make of this update? Will it live up to its big promises? Boost jump to the comments below.

[source bungie.net]