‘Destiny: Rise Of Iron’ DLC Leaks, ‘Destiny 2’ Reportedly Rebooted
It looks like the Destiny expansion reveal for E3 2016 from Bungie and Activision has been slightly spoiled on Thursday. Marketing materials for the Destiny: Rise of Iron add-on has been leaked to the Internet along with a new rumor concerning the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One shooter’s sequel.
An image of a Destiny: Rise of Iron promotional poster was leaked on Reddit via viking805fan, and anonymous sources with Kotaku have confirmed the image is the real deal. Details are scarce, but it clearly deals with Lord Saladin and the Iron Lords.
The poster features Lord Saladin striking a pose while wearing a cape, wielding a flaming two-headed axe, and being surrounded by a pack of three wolves. Swords were added to Destiny as an equipable weapon with the release of The Taken King, so it wouldn’t be terribly surprising to find a new melee weapon added to the game. Meanwhile, wolves and the number three have been a constant with both Destiny and the Iron Banner events from the beginning.
Speculation on where the content for Rise of Iron will take players is currently running rampant on various forums. However, the imagery of Lord Saladin standing before a massive breach in a wall appears to be a call back to the Battle of Twilight Gap.
In Destiny lore, the Battle of Twilight Gap took place on the outskirts of the City when the Kell of the Fallen House of King gathered different houses together to attack and attempt to capture the Traveler. Lord Saladin led a force of Guardians to defend the fort located there, but was overrun. Lord Shaxx eventually mounted a counterattack and routed the Fallen from the City.
There’s also the possibility Rise of Iron will deal with the Iron Lords themselves. Skorri, Radeghast, Timur, Felwinter, Jolder, Gheleon, Silimar, Efrideet, and Perun were the original nine Lords and have weapons or artifacts named after them in Destiny.
The Destiny: Rise of Iron expansion is confirmed for later this year, based on Bungie comments, and will presumably be released sometime this fall. The developer seems to enjoy releases during the month of September, but we will have to wait for the PlayStation conference in June to confirm the date.
Meanwhile, Destiny 2 is also in development and targeting an unknown release window in 2017. The Mass Effect: Andromeda lead writer joined Bungie, as previously reported, but there were some additional shakeups behind the scenes per Kotaku.
The sequel was recently rebooted, according to the site, and The Taken King creative director is now in charge of the project. Destiny itself was rebooted leading up to its planned 2013 release, which led to the game being delayed to 2014. This led to a shakeup at the developer and the departure of Joseph Staten and eventually Mary O’Donnell. It also led to the game’s shallow and seemingly disjointed plot to become a major detractor for some.
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How the latest reboot and shakeup at Bungie affects Destiny 2 will be an open question up until it releases on the PS4 and Xbox One.
In more current news, Bungie announced this weekend’s Trials of Osiris event has been canceled. A Rocket Launcher glitch discovered by players gives the weapon an unlimited amount of ammo. This potentially affects Iron Banner, as well, unless the studio can release a patch fix in time.
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