I’m off to Los Angeles next week to go get some sweet hands-on time with Destiny 2. I know this, because I got an invite in the mail. An invite which came with a big clue as to the narrative setup for Destiny 2, as Bungie is teasing a sequel that welcomes you to a world "without Light".

BioWare's new IP is no longer on the table for the next year, with EA pushing back the Destiny-like title by at most another year.

Over the course of almost three years, Destiny was fantastic. It didn’t start out that way of course, being a vague and somewhat dull new franchise that only really found its feet a year later with the introduction of Oryx in The Taken King. But when it did find that groove, it was utterly magical. Here’s a list of reasons why Destiny is one of the very best original games to emerge this generation.

Destiny finally found its groove around the time that the House of Wolves DLC arrived, with the Taken King expansion finally giving it the heavyweight punch it needed to stand tall with the big boys in the industry. Point is, mistakes were made. Mistakes that Bungie learnt a lot from, and that I’m hoping we won’t see in Destiny 2 later this year. Here’s the first proper trailer for the upcoming sequel, so that you can start judging for yourself.

Man, it really sucked to be a formerly deceased human who was resurrected by a sentient floating Dinklebot to fight back against the infinite hordes of the Fallen, Hive and Vex. But around the release of The Taken King, Destiny found its groove. Even better, it found a spark that made the game realise that it didn’t have to be serious all the time. An idea that the sequel looks to be building on.

Remember last week when that new poster leaked of a somewhat legit-looking Destiny 2? Well it was legit. Too legit to quit, as Bungie has officially confirmed that Destiny 2 is coming out this September.