Destiny 2 going full Star Wars with new Renegades DLC

The Future video games, with their laser swords, hover bikes, and house wizards, have all the time been Sort of Star Wars. However Destiny 2 will go Full Unadulterated Star Wars later this yr with a brand new, Lucasfilm-authorized growth referred to as Renegades. It actually has lightsabers and Darth Vader in it.

Future developer Bungie revealed the Renegades growth, which is slated for a Dec. 2 launch, on Tuesday throughout a livestream for the Year of Prophecy roadmap reveal. The temporary teaser for the Renegades DLC is awash in Star Wars sights and sounds, in addition to the promise of utilizing Han Solo’s blaster and a inexperienced lightsaber in battle. Bungie additionally revealed a trio of Darkish Aspect skins for the sport’s Hunter, Titan, and Warlock lessons, primarily based on Common Grievous, Darth Vader, and Kylo Ren. They’ll be out there as a part of the Future 2: Yr of Prophecy Final Version, which additionally contains one other growth — The Edge of Fate — due out in July.

Particulars on Renegades are scant, but it surely appears to be like like it could embody extra than simply Star Wars-themed cosmetics. The DLC’s teaser trailer exhibits Guardians scooting throughout a desert location that appears a hell of loads like Tatooine. Bungie devs mentioned in a livestream on Tuesday that that desert-like world can be set within the Star Wars universe.

Past Guardian skins, anticipate cosmetics for sparrows and different gadgets. In the event you can’t purchase a Marksman-H fight distant ornament to your Ghost later this yr, one thing has gone horribly improper.

Future 2 beforehand flirted with the Star Wars franchise in February, when Guardian cosmetics primarily based on the Stormtrooper, Dying Trooper, and Imperial Guard have been added to the sport alongside the Heresy growth. Future 2: Renegades and The Fringe of Destiny can be launched this yr on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X.