Calling all Guardians! Immediately brings the newest content material replace to Sea of Thieves, and with it, some radiant new additions to the Pirate Emporium – Lightbearer gadgets, impressed by the world and characters of Future, have arrived!
Whether or not your pirate is as silent as a Hunter, mighty as a Titan or smart as a Warlock, they’ll discover a ship set to swimsuit their type, full with Collector’s cosmetics and a Ship’s Crest. An array of matching weapons and a fancy dress set to spherical out the vary ensures you’ll be able to tackle no matter otherworldly foes might stand in your method.
At first look, venturing throughout the photo voltaic system might appear to be a far name from securing swag in a tropical pirate paradise — so how did this celestial collaboration come to be? Adam Park, Director of Model & Licencing at Uncommon, sheds gentle on the partnership:
“As we’ve seen with our different beauty crossovers and our Tall Tales, our groups are all the time in search of alternatives to carry different worlds into Sea of Thieves and put a singular spin on them, irrespective of the place the inspiration comes from. Though it may not appear to be an apparent selection, Future’s courses and co-operative play introduced a ‘crew-like’ bond that we thought was a terrific match, together with some putting iconography, vivid artwork type and a way of being legendary in tone and scope.”
Handily, there have been already loads of completed Guardians at Uncommon with a deep understanding of the Future universe, although the workforce accomplished greater than their fair proportion of Quests whereas gathering concepts. If you’d like a way of how a lot the workforce at Uncommon wished to make this occur, simply know that they’ve been working with Bungie on this concept since 2023!
As soon as plans had been agreed, the subsequent step in making the Lightbearer assortment a actuality was to create idea items for ship units, weapons and clothes. Andria Warren, Director of Artistic Operations at Uncommon, oversaw their growth.
“Working with Bungie to carry Future 2 into Sea of Thieves was a creatively wealthy and deeply collaborative course of. From the earliest idea sketches to finalising designs that honoured each universes, each step challenged us to assume otherwise. We explored how iconic Future components could possibly be reimagined by means of a Sea of Thieves lens, translating tone, visible language, and character into one thing that felt recent however unmistakably trustworthy. It pushed our groups creatively in the very best method, and the result’s one thing we’re actually happy with!”
Working alongside the Future workforce to iterate and refine the assorted Lightbearer gadgets culminated in one among Sea of Thieves’ most complete collections. “Partnerships like this may take quite a bit longer than individuals realise to make occur,” Park muses, “However if you see the outcomes it actually does showcase the expertise and laborious work of everybody concerned. We’re certain the Lightbearer gadgets will probably be an enormous hit with Future followers previous and new, and may’t wait to see individuals making inventive use of them as they go about their adventures. Good luck, Guardians!”
You possibly can try the trailer beneath to see the complete Lightbearer assortment, after which go to the Pirate Emporium to gear up and prepare for battle – the seas are relying on you!
