'Destiny The Taken King' Player Guide: Eight New Crucible Maps to Explore and Fight

Destiny's New Expansion Pack is announced to be available on Sept. 15 with its newest addition of maps that are sure to bring more excitement to the addictive first-person shooting game.

Bungee announced that the Taken King Expansion will bring forth joy to players as they introduced a lot of exciting details about the expansion.

Here is what you need to know about the new maps of 'Destiny: The Taken King.'

  • Bannerfall
    • Mid-sized map well-suited to matches of Control, and Rift Matches
    • Similar to the Tower where players gather on in-between missions but set in the other site of the city
  • Frontier
    • A showcase Rift Map
    • A semi-symmetric map that was built on a train yard
    • Train track cuts through the middle of the map and runs across a bridge, which is a central landmark for the map and a jam for combat
  • CrossRoads
    • Good for Mayhem Matches
    • A smaller island is separated from the main map and can only be reached by launchers
  • Sector 618
    • Exclusive to PS4
    • Set inside the Cosmodrome Wall with various floating Platform, so expect a lot of leaping and platforming
  • Ghost Ship
    • Good for small matches between few players
    • Smallest Map set in a sunken ship with minimal gravity effects
  • Exile
    • Good for Control, and Clash Mode
    • Complicated Maze, and lower level with vertical combat
  • Memento
    • Good for Control, and Clash Mode, but also suitable for smaller team modes
    • Map's core is an overgrown street tucked in-between two larger buildings, all set within a roughly triangular shape
    • Lots of Elevation shift scattered in the map for high ground advantage
  • Vertigo
    • Use for Player versus Player Engagement
    • Has a one way teleporter that sends player to an advantageous platform that oversees both ends of the map

For more in-depth details of the map visit Game Informer.

The game expansion is now available for pre-purchase in their site.

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