Bungie Reveals Destiny 2 Warmind Expansion On Twitch

Bungie gave Destiny 2 players their first look at the second expansion, Warmind, coming to the title during a reveal stream on Twitch today. Warmind is set to be released on Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC on May 8th. 

Guardians will be heading back to Mars for the adventures that the new expansion will be taking them on. However, players will be traveling to a new area of the world that has never been explored before, the icecaps. Here players will encounter a new form of their old nemesis the Hive, as ice versions of the creatures have begun to make their way to the surface. This is due to the Warmind Rasputin who is causing havoc across the solar system and the icecaps to recede, which has led to the freeing of the new Hive enemies.

Warmind will also be introducing a new endgame experience in the form of Escalation Protocols. The Escalation Protocol is a new kind of public event that you can activate at any time. Introducing a horde type of mode to Bungie's first person shooter, gaurdians will be tasked with fighting off waves of enemies and powerful bosses to earn the new unique and legendary weapons and gear that will added into Destiny 2 by Bungie with the expansion.  

Destiny 2's newest expansion will also be adding an emote wheel to the game, new crucible maps, player ranks and private matches for the Crucible and a rework of of the game's exotic weapons with the goal of making them stronger and thus more special for players. This exotic weapon buff is to address a major issue that players that have had in Destiny 2 regarding exotic weapons not feeling powerful enough to warrant their status. 

With Bungie failing to bring back a majority of Destiny 2's playerbase with the title's first expansion, Curse of Osiris, the studio will be looking for Warmind to attract guardians back to the fight against the overwhelming threat of the darkness. 

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(cover photo courtesy of Bungie)