The developers of the MMO shooter Destiny Bungie have trademarked a name: This could be the name of the next major expansion, some now suspect.
In October last year, there was an ominous “conference” by Bungie, where pictures were secretly taken. These were only really brought to the players’ attention in January with some delay. There, a bunch of delicious information and rumors were seen. The most important info perhaps: the “Comet” expansion planned for September 2015. It was supposed to raise the normal level cap from 20 to 30, introduce new weapon types, a raid, new subclasses, everything possible.
However, the rumor indicated that the DLC House of Wolves was scheduled for March 2015. How that turned out, we now know.
Also, the legendary contract between Bungie and Activision kept mentioning the name “Comet”. This was supposed to be some sort of codename for larger expansions, so to speak for “interim-Destinys” that would appear in odd years between two parts of the franchise. But this contract is also far from being an official source. It is now hopelessly outdated.
So it’s all still future music that should be consumed with caution. We learned with “House of Wolves” that such leaks, just because they sound plausible and official, do not necessarily have to be true. It was firmly assumed that a raid would come with House of Wolves: The reality looks different now. Bungie’s plans, if they ever were so, have changed since October 2014.
Back to Comet: We currently know hardly more than in January. We have received two pieces of information since then: Bungie is indeed planning a “larger expansion” later in the autumn of 2015. And there is supposed to be another raid. It was said that after it became clear that there would be no raid in House of Wolves, they would bring one later in the year. Many players assumed this meant: Bungie wanted to provide a raid for “House of Wolves” later for free. Much more likely is that it will come with the next paid DLC.
Today we only know that Bungie has trademarked a name: “The Taken King” (the conquered/defeated/captured king) and it was from the lawyer who also protected Darkness Looms and House of Wolves.
The mark consists of the words THE TAKEN KING in CAPS in the color gray. Below the “A,” “K,” and “E” in the word TAKEN is a graphic image consisting of a large oxblood “V” in the form of two slightly outward curved slashes. Rising from a position approximately two-thirds up the inner sides of the large “V” is an inverted “V” with curved sides, and beneath the inverted “V” is an “X” consisting of two oxblood slashes resting half-way up the sides of the large “V,” whose lines cross below the center of the inserted “V” and then point straight up.
For example, Eurogamer believes the symbol looks a lot like “the Hive”; with “The Taken King” it could be Crota’s father Oryx. Comet was supposedly, as heard, thought of as a Hive expansion. So this could fit the theory.
But nobody knows for sure. It could also be one of the next smaller DLCs or subtitles for something completely different or it might not be used at all.
