Destiny 2 Arknights collab could be one mobile dev’s dream come true

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A Destiny 2 Arknights collaboration is coming soon, and while some people may question why the team behind Bungie’s popular FPS game would choose to collaborate with a Chinese-developed mobile tower defence game with ‘gatcha’ mechanics, there’s a significant backstory that sheds light on how this interesting Destiny 2 collaboration may have come to be.

In late 2022, Hai Mao, better known as Lowlight and the creator of Arknights, shared his top-watched videos of 2022 on Billi Billi, a Chinese version of YouTube. His post showed that his second most-watched video of the year was the main Destiny 2 campaign storyline, which he watched a staggering 40 times. This could either mean that Lowlight is a massive fan of the space game series or that the collaboration was already in the works, and he was simply watching the storyline on repeat to gain inspiration for a Destiny 2-based Arknights 2 storyline. However, fans seem to think the first option is likely the case, as the creator seems to have a documented history of stating Destiny and Destiny 2 are some of his favourite games.

The collab will apparently introduce a Destiny 2 storyline in the mobile game and feature new costumes. As for now, there appears to be no firm launch date for the collaboration. This forthcoming mix-up is the latest of several recent Destiny 2 collaborations, which also include Fortnite, Among Us, Fall Guys, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

Bungie’s interest in being part of such a game is not quite as out of left field as it might initially seem. Just a few years ago, Bungie partnered with NetEase, a Chinese game developer primarily known for its collection of mobile games. Job postings dating back to 2021 also suggested the Bungie team was looking