Destiny: The Taken King pre-orders include new exclusive weapons and more

Destiny players who pre-order the game's upcoming third expansion, Destiny: The Taken King, will receive the Suros Arsenal Pack, an exclusive group of in-game items, Bungie confirmed today.

Bungie's announcement follows a leak last night that suggested the Suros Arsenal Pack would be tied to GameStop pre-orders of The Taken King. That is not the case. All pre-orders of The Taken King — the $40 standard version, as well as the $60 Legendary Edition and the $80 Collector's Edition, both physical and digital — will include access to the Suros Arsenal Pack starting Sept. 15, the day The Taken King launches.

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The offer "is not exclusive to any retailer or platform," according to Bungie, and is available worldwide. Anybody who has already pre-ordered The Taken King will get the content.

Destiny's Suros Arsenal Pack is a group of five items from Suros, one of the weapon foundries being introduced in The Taken King. The bundle includes three weapons — the WSC-17 scout rifle, which you can see in the screenshot above, plus the PRR-11 auto rifle and BNS-13 pulse rifle — as well as a Suros-themed emblem and shader. Pre-orders of The Taken King will also receive the Vanguard Weapons Pack, which includes a Vanguard-themed auto rifle, pulse rifle and sidearm.

Both the Suros Arsenal Pack and Vanguard Arsenal Pack will be exclusive to The Taken King pre-order customers for three and a half months. Everybody will be able to earn them through gameplay starting Jan. 1, 2016. You can see a leaked image of the Suros Arsenal Pack below. For details on real-life Destiny items, check out our story about the game's $190 action figure.