Destiny Iron Banner Returns Next Week With These Awesome-Looking Gear Rewards

Destiny's limited-time Iron Banner multiplayer event will return next week, Bungie has announced. The event kicks off on August 16, and this time, the gametype is the straightforward shoot-fest Clash. This Iron Banner runs until Tuesday, August 23, ending at around 2 AM PT / 5 AM ET that day.

Saladin is offering up a number of bonuses for Iron Banner players, including armor and weapons, as well as some content exclusive to PlayStation users. The PlayStation-exclusive items can be seen immediately below, while you can click through the gallery to see the rest of the armor and weapon rewards.

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The new Iron Banner event is scheduled to begin at around noon PT on August 16, which is roughly two hours later than normal. This is because Destiny is undergoing some maintenance that day, starting at 9 AM PT. It ends "when Bungie says so," and Iron Banner will kick off right after this.

You may have noticed that the downtime overlaps with Destiny's upcoming Rise of Iron Crucible livestream. Did Bungie plan this to draw more users to its livestream?

"We did not," Bungie said. "These are the machinations of progress. Sometimes, everything happens all at once."

Rise of Iron launches on September 20 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is Destiny's fourth expansion, following The Dark Below, House of Wolves, and The Taken King.

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