13-minute Destiny 2 video previews the Witch Queen expansion

Bungie has released a 13-minute Destiny 2 documentary previewing the game’s upcoming The Witch Queen expansion.

“The Witch Queen campaign, I think, is probably the most ambitious campaign we’ve made in a very long time,” says production lead Katherine Walke.

The video, which you can watch below, also includes information on “a massive revamp” to the Void subclasses plus the game’s new weapon crafting feature.

And it offers a first look at Season of the Risen, which launches alongside The Witch Queen on February 22.

Bungie said last week that The Witch Queen is on track to be the most pre-ordered expansion in Destiny 2 history, with over a million players having purchased the product ahead of its release.

It was announced this month that Sony is set to purchase the Destiny studio and Halo creator—which was once owned by Xbox parent company Microsoft—in a deal worth $3.6 billion.

However, after the completion of the deal, Bungie will be “an independent subsidiary” of the PlayStation firm and remain a multiplatform studio.

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