Don't expect any meaningful changes to 'Destiny' until late next year

Since "Destiny" came out last September, there's been a relatively steady stream of new content, including expansion packs and other forms of downloadable content (DLC).

But don't expect the same pattern this year.

As Bungie is expected to release "Destiny 2" in September 2016, the company has confirmed to Eurogamer that there won't be any "giant, monolithic DLC packs" over the next year.

"With 'Taken King' we are moving to a more event-based model - things like Festival of the Lost and Sparrow racing, which is our winter event, and then smaller events such as Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris every weekend," Bungie's senior designer Derek Carroll told Eurogamer in an interview referring to the last major expansion pack that came out this fall.

"Rather than doing these giant, monolithic DLC packs, this way everybody who's an owner of 'Taken King' can enjoy these things."

Carroll didn't explain why Bungie won't release any major "Destiny" DLC for the time being, but said the game will continue to get these "events" that don't require any actual money to participate in. In October, "Festival of the Lost" was a way for "Destiny" players to go trick-or-treating, complete with masks and candy for beating bad guys. On Tuesday, "Destiny" is introducing a three-week event called "Sparrow Racing League," where players will finally get something they've long asked for: the ability to race against each other in vehicles.

Bungie is funding these public events with microtransactions, which were introduced in October in order to help support the company's live team. Microtransactions have been extremely successful in "Destiny," at least for Bungie, which will continue to release and sell aesthetic items through the new in-game shop called "Eververse Trading Company."

On the plus side, it doesn't sound like players will need to spend money to attain any new "Destiny" content over the next year. When asked about whether or not players will need to spend money to access future content, Carroll said, "We've had Festival of the Lost and now Sparrow racing [two events that are open to all players] - if you wanted to extrapolate from there, you could."

You can read Carroll's entire interview with Eurogamer here.