Calling all Guardians! At the moment brings the newest content material replace to Sea of Thieves, and with it, some radiant new additions to the Pirate Emporium – Lightbearer objects, 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 go well with their type, full with Collector’s cosmetics and a Ship’s Crest. An array of matching weapons and a dressing up set to spherical out the vary ensures you’ll be able to tackle no matter otherworldly foes might stand in your means.
At first look, venturing throughout the photo voltaic system might look like 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 at all times searching for alternatives to convey different worlds into Sea of Thieves and put a singular spin on them, irrespective of the place the inspiration comes from. Regardless that it may not look like an apparent alternative, Future’s lessons and co-operative play offered a ‘crew-like’ bond that we thought was an awesome match, alongside with some putting iconography, vivid artwork type and a way of being legendary in tone and scope.”
Handily, there have been already lots of completed Guardians at Uncommon with a deep understanding of the Future universe, although the group accomplished greater than their fair proportion of Quests whereas gathering concepts. If you need a way of how a lot the group at Uncommon needed to make this occur, simply know that they’ve been working with Bungie on this concept since 2023!
As soon as plans have 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 Inventive Operations at Uncommon, oversaw their improvement.
“Working with Bungie to convey 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 suppose otherwise. We explored how iconic Future parts might be reimagined via a Sea of Thieves lens, translating tone, visible language, and character into one thing that felt recent however unmistakably devoted. It pushed our groups creatively in the very best means, and the result’s one thing we’re actually proud of!”
Working alongside the Future group to iterate and refine the varied Lightbearer objects culminated in a single of Sea of Thieves’ most complete collections. “Partnerships like this could take quite a bit longer than individuals realise to make occur,” Park muses, “However once you see the outcomes it actually does showcase the expertise and laborious work of everybody concerned. We’re positive the Lightbearer objects might be an enormous hit with Future followers outdated and new, and might’t wait to see individuals making artistic use of them as they go about their adventures. Good luck, Guardians!”
You’ll be able to try the trailer under to see the full Lightbearer assortment, after which go to the Pirate Emporium to gear up and prepare for battle – the seas are relying on you!