Destiny 2 is Ending 2025 With a Star Wars Crossover Season

Across its 10-year history, Destiny has ever looked toward the future, beryllium it a caller gun, location, oregon powerfulness scale. What next adventure awaits the Guardians? A postulation far, acold away, apparently.

During its livestream uncover for the upcoming Destiny 2 season—Edge of Fate, kicking disconnected July 15—Bungie gave a abbreviated teaser for the play to follow, Renegades. Turns retired it’s a Star Wars crossover: 1 Guardian brandishes Han Solo’s iconic blaster pistol, and different ignites a lightsaber, followed by immoderate acquainted substance and the presumption of a godforsaken planet.

Destiny 2 has crossed implicit with antithetic IP successful caller years, including Fortnite, The Witcher, and Mass Effect. Its past dalliance with Star Wars really wasn’t that agelong ago; earlier this year, players could bargain armor that made them look similar antithetic Imperial Troopers. Bungie’s recap notes Renegades is “inspired” by Star Wars and is simply a cardinal portion of the Fate Saga archetypal and foremost, truthful players should expect the play to beforehand the larger Destiny 2 plot.

Still, this is simply a marked quality from the shooter’s erstwhile crossovers. Making this into a sizable enlargement raises caller questions astir the aboriginal of Destiny 2, ditto Star Wars’ enlargement into gaming betwixt this and its existent in-game Fortnite event. With mainline Star Wars games perchance coming astatine a reliable cadence, are crossovers similar these a mode for Disney to support the franchise successful gamers’ minds?

Destiny 2: Renegades volition get a afloat uncover September 9, followed by its merchandise December 2.

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