Bungie confirms Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate set for reveal next month as fans abuzz for Codename Apollo update
Bungie has just revealed Marathon, but it's not forgotten about Destiny 2 fans — and has promised a showcase in a few weeks which will show the "upcoming year" of its loot shooterTech16:20, 15 Apr 2025Welcome back, old friend(Image: Playstation)If you were starting to feel worried about Codename Apollo, Destiny 2's next phase after last year's The Final Shape expansion, you weren't alone.After fans completed a series of puzzles and Bungie finally showed gameplay for its upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, we started to worry the game would overshadow Destiny.Article continues belowNot to be outdone, though, Bungie's team still working on the long-running loot shooter has finally revealed when we can expect fresh news on the next phase, revealing a title for it, too.Here's all we know about Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate, which will form Year 11 of the franchise.Content cannot be displayed without consentTaking to X (formerly Twitter), Bungie's initial post caught us off guard."Join us on May 6, 2025 as we reveal The Edge of Fate and the upcoming year of Destiny 2," it explained, but with no mention of Codename Apollo.Thankfully, a follow-up post from the Destiny 2 Team account confirmed that Codename: Apollo is indeed now known as The Edge of Fate.That means we finally have a title, as well as what appear to be symbols of The Nine, a mysterious group in Destiny lore that we've never interacted with directly — usually just via Xur, the merchant that appears each week.Episode Heresy has been greatIt's not a lot to go on, sure, but we'd expect a follow up in Bungie's weekly blog post, which usually arrives on Thursday evening UK time.With The Edge of Fate, Bungie is shifting to a different roadmap for its shooter. While the company had initially released annual expansions, those ended up slipping through COVID and subsequent delays.Instead, Bungie will aim to offer two mid-sized expansions each year, smaller than those annual expansions but buoyed by an array of free updates alongside the paid content.Article continues belowGiven one of the hardest parts of introducing friends to Destiny is the sheer volume of content to catch up on, it'll be interesting to see if things get easier in that regard with the new release cadence.For more on Destiny 2, be sure to check out why this current Episode, Heresy, is much more impressive than the two before it.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.