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Destiny will feature three weapon slots

New dev doc shows off weapons, worlds and creatures.

A new behind-the-scenes video for Destiny entitled Out Here in the Wild shows off a plethora of the strange, beautiful worlds, weapons, costumes and monsters in Bungie's highly anticipated FPS MMO that refuses to call itself an MMO.

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One new addition since Bungie's work with Halo is that you can go from carrying two weapons at a time to three. You've got a primary weapon slot for all-purpose assault rifles and such, a secondary slot to use for more specific situations like for when you absolutely need a shotgun or sniper rifle, and then you've got a new "heavy slot" for "causing unrealistic amounts of damage over a very small window of time." The example shown in the video is the "exotic machinegun" Thunderlord, which increases damage dealt with each kill over a limited period of time.

We also get to see some slick super powers, like a Hulk smash with your "Fist of Havok" or tossing a nova bomb. Plus there's plenty of hovering, and if Spelunky has taught me anything, it's that everything is more fun with a jetpack.

Look forward to these airborne antics when Destiny launches next year on Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360 and PS3.