A major expansion for Destiny has now also been officially confirmed by Activision for the fall.
With Destiny, there are now so many leaks that it’s hard to distinguish what is officially confirmed and what seems so logical that everyone assumes it’s already official. Bungie hasn’t said anything about it yet.
We all experienced this with House of Wolves: It seemed logical to expect it to come in March. But no such luck: At the earliest in April.
What is suspected and what is known: The future of Destiny
The same goes for the “larger expansion” that doesn’t have an official name yet. It seems that one knows when it will come, what it will be called, and what it will include. However, officially and confirmed, nearly nothing is known yet.
So far, there have only been confirmed statements before the release that Destiny is designed for 10 years and that several installments are planned (Destiny 2, etc.). Additionally, there are plans to release a larger expansion for each of these installments, alongside smaller DLCs.
So far, it wasn’t known when this “large expansion” is supposed to come. There was only a “leak” in early January, that named September as the date for this expansion. The leak also mentioned that the expansion “Comet” would raise the base level to 30, would appear as a “standalone” box, and would bring much more content than the previous DLCs. However, the leak also dated the 2nd DLC House of Wolves to mid-March – which has since turned out to be incorrect.
This is not particularly surprising: The “leak” comes, if it is indeed authentic, from October 2014. Timelines tend to get mixed up.
A large expansion is supposed to come in the fall
Now, Activision CEO Erik Hirshberg has actually confirmed “something on the scale” of Comet. He stated that a second expansion for Destiny is on the way (by which he means House of Wolves), and for the fall, they are planning “a major release of additional game content.”
With this content update, it’s likely to refer to “Comet,” or an expansion of this magnitude. Hirshberg did not mention any further details of any kind.
For the time thereafter, Hirshberg speaks of a “robust pipeline,” stating that there is still much planned for Destiny. These comments came late last week when Activision presented the impressive numbers for Destiny.
By the way: The fall officially begins on September 23 and ends on December 21. A release “early in September” doesn’t seem very likely.
