Microsoft has been fighting back in the console war - a war that nobody likes to entertain, but nevertheless still exists - with Sony before the grand release of the next-gen monoliths in November. Xbox’s latest hurrah announces the addition of Destiny 2 to the Xbox Game Pass, which has secured Xbox as the main hub to become Guardians. Both the Forsaken and Shadowkeep expansions are included.
As a way of celebrating the upcoming launch of Destiny 2’s latest expansion Beyond Light, Microsoft thought it would be a beneficial idea to bring two other critically-acclaimed and fan-favorite expansions to Game Pass members, before the latest installment releases in November. Both expansions allow players to discover the mysteries inside the Dreaming City, and eradicate evil from the Moon. Guardians are required to assemble and defend, as they live by the Guardians creed.
Forsaken stands as a new borderland for Guardians, after Uldren and the Barons destroyed hunter Cayde-6 during their notorious prison escape. New treasures, mysteries and enemies await in Forsaken, as justice now lies in the hands of the player. Forsaken’s narrative revolves around avenging the death of Cayde-6, and Uldren’s search for his sister, that features four new multiplayer Strike missions and Cruicible maps, with a shiny, new mode that combines PvE with PvP.
Shadowkeep became the fourth expansion for Destiny 2, that features the awakening of an ancient evil beneath the Lunar surface. Returning to the moon, Shadowkeep also welcomes the return of Eris Morn, who needs the help of the Guardians in vanquishing the Nightmares that were released. Shadowkeep’s scale has been compared to the fourth expansion of the primary title, Rise of Iron, and features two new multiplayer PvE strike missions on the expanded Moon destination.
Destiny 2: Beyond Light will take Guardians to Europa; home to the evil power of Stasis. The fifth expansion will see players working with the elusive Exo Stranger to obtain Statis before Eramis, the Kell of Darkness, uses its power on her own army. Microsoft has also announced that Destiny 2 will receive the crossplay treatment, to keep your fireteam intact across Xbox One and Xbox Series X.
Destiny 2: Beyond Light will launch onto Xbox Game Pass November 10. Pre-orders are available now.
Source: Xbox