For the past month, Bungie has been celebrating its 30th anniversary, giving players new cosmetic items and dungeons inDestiny 2.Halo Infinitewas also fully released this month, and even though the game is fully considered developer 343 Industries' baby, the bones of classicHalothatBungieforged 20 years ago are fully alive and well in that game. Bungie just recently shared a look at box-art mashups ofHaloandDestinyto commerate the anniversary celebration and the results are as surreal as to be expected.
Over on Twitter, Bungie shared 4 different box-art mashups and the highlights of the lot are theHaloandDestinycover switches. The first shows aDestinycross-over withthe originalHalo: Combat Evolvedthat shows a couple of guardians on what looks to be earth in front of a guardian on their speeder. The logo has also been changed to resemble the font of the originalHalo: Combat Evolvedlogo. Bungie also recreated the originalDestinybox-art but instead added a 2 to the logo and put all-new guardians on the front with gear that was not seen back in the vanillaDestiny1 days.
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Elsewhere, Bungie also re-did the cover art for their 1993 gamePathways in Darkness, instead replacing it with an image fromDestiny1 and 2’s popular Vault of Glass raid. The logo reads as “Destiny: Vault of Glass” and includes a stamp on the cover that reads “Game Hall of Fame 2014.” These box-art mashups, along withDestiny 2’s celebration show a company that is proud and has a reverence for the titles and legacy it has put out over the years.
As far asDestiny 2’s 30th Anniversary pack goes,Destinyplayers are given an embarrassment of riches upon purchase. The pack includes a new armor set, the fan-requested Gjallarhorn Exotic Rocket Launcher, a new dungeon, tons of themed weapons, and gear to coincide with Bungie’s storied past. Owners of the 30th Anniversary pack also get access to additional cosmetic reward chests in the free Dares of Eternity activity.
While no 30th-anniversary events are happening for Bungie inHalo Infinite, the best way to see how far Bungie’s original vision has come and how343 Industries has iterated on theHaloformula, is to experience bothInfinite’s campaign and multiplayer. Both show what can happen whenHalois given the love and care it deserves after a legacy of 20 years.
