Destiny – The Dark Below expansion releases 9 December; screenshots here

Activision and Bungie have announce that the first major expansion for Destiny is titled “The Dark Below”, and have issued a few screenshots to accompany the statement that it will be available on 9 December.

Featuring various new weapons, armour and equipment, including Legendary and Exotic items, to procure, fresh story quests and missions which see players locating a new character called Eris in the Tower to gain quests that increase Light and grant other rewards, an increased Light Level cap of 32 with five additional Bounty slots, and the new co-operative Strike, The Will of Crota, the content is priced at $19.99/£19.99, though one can also acquire it as part of the Expansion Pass, which costs $34.99/£34.99,for the online FPS.

The Dark Below also boasts of three new competitive multiplayer arenas – Pantheon, Skyshock and The Cauldron – a new six-player Raid called Crota’s End, and an exclusive co-operative Strike, The Undying Mind and an exotic weapon for PlayStation platforms.