Calling all Guardians! In the present day 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 clever 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 fancy dress set to spherical out the vary ensures you’ll be able to tackle no matter otherworldly foes might stand in your approach.
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 mild on the partnership:
“As we’ve seen with our different beauty crossovers and our Tall Tales, our groups are at all times on the lookout for alternatives to carry different worlds into Sea of Thieves and put a novel spin on them, regardless of the place the inspiration comes from. Regardless that it won’t look like an apparent selection, Future’s lessons and co-operative play offered a ‘crew-like’ bond that we thought was an important 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 crew accomplished greater than their fair proportion of Quests whereas gathering concepts. If you would like a way of how a lot the crew 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 following 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 may very well be reimagined by 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 absolute best approach, and the result’s one thing we’re really pleased with!”
Working alongside the Future crew to iterate and refine the varied Lightbearer objects culminated in one among Sea of Thieves’ most complete collections. “Partnerships like this will take loads longer than folks realise to make occur,” Park muses, “However while you see the outcomes it actually does showcase the expertise and laborious work of everybody concerned. We’re positive the Lightbearer objects can be a giant hit with Future followers previous and new, and might’t wait to see folks making inventive use of them as they go about their adventures. Good luck, Guardians!”
You may take a look at the trailer under 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!
