Destiny 2: Lightfall due early 2023 – Bungie promise no more sunsetting expansions

metro.co.uk:

A release date for the Lightfall expansion, a Fortnite crossover, and a whole lot more were revealed in the recent Destiny 2 showcase.

Gamescom Opening Night Live had a brief new cinematic trailer for Destiny 2 among its announcements, but on the same night Bungie also had its own dedicated livestream for the game.

You can watch the whole thing yourself on YouTube, but it’s about three hours long so allow us to sum up all the major announcements, starting with the release date for Destiny 2’s next expansion, Lightfall.

We all knew that Lightfall would release at some point next year, but fans won’t need to wait too long as it’s launching on February 28, 2023. As a quick reminder, Lightfall will be the penultimate chapter for the game’s Light And Darkness Saga.

The expansion will introduce a new cyberpunk looking city on the planet Neptune and a new character subclass called Strand.

It comes with a neat grappling hook that lets you swing about like you’re Spider-Man, and it doesn’t even need to connect to anything since it’s magic, allowing you to swing wherever you want.

The other big news of the showcase was that Bungie will no longer be sunsetting Destiny 2’s expansions. In the past, Bungie removed content from prior expansions to avoid bloating the game.

Unsurprisingly, this has never been popular with the community, so Bungie has decided to end sunsetting and leave everything as is. This means everything from the Shadowkeep expansion onwards won’t be going anywhere.

‘We’ve also been working on the Destiny engine behind the scenes, preparing our technology and our game to last for many, many years to come. Because Destiny 2 is not going anywhere, and neither are your expansions,’ said general manager Justin Truman.

‘We want