Bungie introduced throughout right this moment’s developer livestream that Star Wars-inspired armor and cosmetics will come to Destiny 2 when Heresy Act 1 goes reside on February 4.
Destiny 2 gamers could have entry to a few new Star Wars skins with the launch of Heresy, developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. For Hunters, it is the black armor of the elite, covert Death Troopers; Warlocks will get to decorate up within the sensible purple of the Royal Guard; and for Titans it is the traditional Stormtrooper look, full with “an intrinsic perk that tanks your accuracy.” (I think that final bit is a joke, nonetheless.)
Ghosts can even get a glow-up within the type of the DS-2 shell, a ghost shell modelled after the Return of the Jedi Death Star, full with a cute little superlaser that I’ve to imagine is completely beauty.
More is on the way in which: Senior social media supervisor Andy Salisbury mentioned through the stream that there can be “a sparrow, a ship, emotes, and a finisher” that can be out there with the beginning of Heresy.
The Star Wars skins are a superb match for the armor-clad characters of Destiny 2, though it is attention-grabbing that every one of it’s impressed by the area fascist group—I assume the factor to do is acknowledge that it appears cool and never give it some thought a lot past that.
I do marvel if it is attending to be a bit a lot, although. Destiny 2 is ostensibly a severe, self-contained sci-fi universe, however over the previous couple years it is accomplished model crossovers with Assassin’s Creed, The Witcher, Mass Effect, Ghostbusters, Dungeons and Dragons, Street Fighter, and extra. It’s nowhere close to the frenetic tempo of, say, Fortnite, however I am unable to think about that buzzing “Who you gonna name?” whereas slaughtering hordes of the Fallen does a lot for a way of immersion.
PC Gamer’s Morgan Park wrote in 2024 that each time a brand new shooter launches, he begins a countdown “till it turns into a clown present of manufacturers and hideous skins,” and Destiny 2 might not be new however it definitely appears to be treading that path. On the opposite hand, Lincoln Carpenter admitted when the D&D collaboration occurred that whereas such crossovers “can find yourself feeling like I’m taking a look at spillover from Comic-Con once I wish to be taking a look at Destiny,” his Titan “would look rad using an owlbear”, and I suppose that is actually the underside line: It might not make a hell of plenty of sense however so long as folks assume it appears cool, there’s cash to be made.
Destiny 2: Heresy Act 1, and all of the Star Wars stuff, goes reside on November 4.
