Destiny 2 is changing the way you pay for content

Bungie detailed Forsaken, Destiny 2's big September expansion, during a livestream last night, which also introduced fans to the concept of the series' first Annual Pass.

In previous years, simply owning the game's most recent expansion (The Taken King, Rise of Iron) was enough to unlock some additional content throughout the following 12 months. It sounds like Bungie wants to expand the amount of content it will offer over the next 12 months - but you'll also need to pay for it, too.

Destiny has had expansion passes before for smaller DLC chapters (The Dark Below and House of Wolves for D1, then Curse of Osiris and Warmind for D2), but these were for discrete content drops. With Destiny 2's second year, however, things are different - both because Bungie has promised a different kind of premium content is coming, but also because it now gives more away for free. (For example, all maps for Destiny's Cruicible PVP mode are now available to all players, to avoid fragmenting the game's userbase.)

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