Calling all Guardians! Right this moment brings the most recent 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 clever 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 dressing up set to spherical out the vary ensures you’ll be able to tackle no matter otherworldly foes could stand in your approach.
At first look, venturing throughout the photo voltaic system could 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 mild on the partnership:
“As we’ve seen with our different beauty crossovers and our Tall Tales, our groups are all the time on the lookout for alternatives to deliver different worlds into Sea of Thieves and put a novel spin on them, irrespective of the place the inspiration comes from. Though it may not look like an apparent selection, Future’s lessons and co-operative play offered a ‘crew-like’ bond that we thought was an amazing 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 achieved Guardians at Uncommon with a deep understanding of the Future universe, although the workforce accomplished greater than their justifiable share of Quests whereas gathering concepts. If you need a way of how a lot the workforce 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 Artistic Operations at Uncommon, oversaw their improvement.
“Working with Bungie to deliver 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 in another way. We explored how iconic Future parts might be reimagined by a Sea of Thieves lens, translating tone, visible language, and character into one thing that felt contemporary however unmistakably trustworthy. It pushed our groups creatively in the very best approach, and the result’s one thing we’re actually happy with!”
Working alongside the Future workforce to iterate and refine the varied Lightbearer gadgets culminated in one in all Sea of Thieves’ most complete collections. “Partnerships like this could take lots longer than individuals realise to make occur,” Park muses, “However while you see the outcomes it actually does showcase the expertise and exhausting work of everybody concerned. We’re certain the Lightbearer gadgets will probably be an enormous hit with Future followers previous and new, and might’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 total Lightbearer assortment, after which go to the Pirate Emporium to gear up and prepare for battle – the seas are relying on you!
