That is exactly the kind of stuff I've daydreamed about for this game. For some reason I have always imagined an animated series that had the Tower factions working together and plotting against each other... Well, Dead Orbit at least.

Looks like that might come true! Just the fact that there are in-game cutscenes in Taken King at all is exciting.

Some kind of new weapon type for sure. It could also be a really long, really skinny rifle of some kind? It looks to me like it maybe has a handle and sight, but it's really hard to tell.

The article also includes a minute-and-a-half-long video. Among other things, these three were very intriguing:

At 0:22, it looks like the player is holding some kind of longsword in the heavy weapon slot.

It might break the game.... but I'm totally cool with the idea of a longsword! :)

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It's currently non elemental.

Additionally, I don't think I recognize the make of some of those other weapons. Has a cut out holo-feedback at the end, striped paintjob. Doesn't look like the three foundries we've seen, not strange enough to be an exotic.

According to The Legend Blue's twitter, this weapon is called "No Time To Explain" and has Black Hammer's old perk.

His Twitter feed currently contains dozens of tweets with little bits of information about TTK - including the map of the Dreadnaught, info about the Gunsmith offering guns on loan to try out, crucible quests, and a bunch of other stuff.

FWIW, The Legend Blue is a well-known person in the Destiny community, and he recently leaked something else (the GameStop Suros Pack stuff IIRC) - he is not one to troll so, while I would take any "leaks" with a grain of salt, I'm inclined to believe most, if not all, of the info he's been tweeting.

EDIT: Apparentky the info he is posting comes from the Game Informer article, which is available digitally today and in print in a week or so.

(for lack of a better term) “Hive barrel” in the middle of the capture point.

Perhaps "Hive Orb" ... or hive_orb01 if we're going to be overly specific :)

Could this be a Faction restricted PvP gametype?! That would be sweet! Factions working against each other in the wild to secure valuable alien tech! Fighting over every little edge that will give them an advantage in the more civil, but no less deadly, halls of battle in The City!

0:25 - Looks like a PvP (Control) match against the [Taken?] Hive on Saturn

Looks like Control, but there appears to be a (for lack of a better term) “Hive barrel” in the middle of the capture point. Pretty sure, though, that those enemies are just regular Guardians. That looks like a Titan wearing Trials gear.

Don't mean to burst any bubbles, but it's possible this is just Salvage. A lot of the maps in Salvage have map specific (or race specific) relics to capture. I'm holding out for more than 3 new modes though either way!