Destiny 2: Into the Light, a free update coming for all players in just a few weeks, will bring an entirely new mode called Onslaught.
Onslaught is a “wave defense” mode that takes inspiration from other games and previous games in Bungie history, where players team up to defend the Last City on Earth. The mode was teased in a key art reveal that dropped just last week in the This Week in Destiny blog post.
Bungie revealed some gameplay for Onslaught, which looks very similar to a mode like Gears of War’s Horde mode, in the Last City on a repurposed version of the multiplayer map Midtown. The Witness’ Pyramid ships have begun to take over the city, as evidenced by its architecture on the map.
“Where some see calamity, Shaxx sees opportunity,” a Bungie dev said today on stream. Shaxx will be the main vendor of the Onslaught mode, which aims to arm Guardians for the upcoming fight against The Witness in The Final Shape DLC coming later this year.
The gameplay showed that Guardians can purchase defenses like upgradeable turrets, tripwires, decoys, and more, all while completing objectives, picking up currency to spend on upgrades, and defending against increasingly difficult waves of enemies.
The battles will take place between multiple different locations, including onboard Pyramid ships, and then culminate in boss fights before moving on to new waves. The mode will be available in sets of 10 waves or 50, meaning it’ll all depend on how much time you have to grind.
The livestream today also teased some returning weapons from Destiny 2’s past, such as the Midnight Coup hand cannon from the Leviathan raid and the Hung Jury SR4 scout rifle.
There are still two more developer streams for Into the Light before its launch, so more information about the free update is still to come. This final update will be the last big one before Destiny 2’s next major expansion, The Final Shape, launches on June 4.
Destiny 2: Into the Light will launch for free for all players on April 9.
