Bungie has confirmed in its Feb. 1 “This Week in Destiny” publication that it’s lastly ending its four-year partnership with Prime Gaming. Since January 2020, Bungie has launched a month-to-month bundle containing free shaders, sparrows, emotes, and different cosmetics that Amazon Prime members can redeem totally free. The 49th and final Prime Gaming exotic package will embody a timed-exclusive shader and can be out there by Mar. 7, so be certain to log in and declare your rewards earlier than they go away for good.
![Key art for the final exotic bundle being offered as part of Detiny 2’s Prime Gaming benefits](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/VFMoAID_eRRv09wNV0en65PImAA=/0x0:1920x787/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x787):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25284180/qwy6jkis.png)
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Whereas it is unlucky that Bungie is shutting off this loot faucet, gamers will nonetheless obtain some advantages. Starting Mar. 5, gamers can log in and head over to the Eververse retailer to say a free bundle with 700 free brilliant mud each week till the launch of the subsequent Future 2 enlargement, The Ultimate Form, on Jun. 4. Along with free in-game forex, gamers may declare a free bundle of Mass Impact-themed cosmetics selling Bungie’s newest studio collaboration with Bioware. The bundle consists of the Enhanced Protection Ghost Shell, Alliance Drop Ship Sparrow, and Alliance Scout Frigate Ship, which is on the market to all gamers for free of charge. Bungie hasn’t acknowledged how lengthy this explicit profit will final, so that you’ll wish to log in ASAP should you’re available in the market for some free cosmetics.
![In-game screenshots of the Enhanced Defense Ghost Shell, Alliance Scout Frigate Ship, and Alliance Drop Ship Sparrow in Destiny 2](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/_6SlgiSJCKw7nPBMlw53iDFox8E=/0x0:3859x982/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:3859x982):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25284391/Screenshot_2024_02_13_133922_copy.jpg)
Personally, I’m not one to show away free stuff, particularly in a recreation with such an expansive catalog of microtransactions. Nonetheless, it’s inconceivable to disregard that Future 2 has been struggling to retain its dwindling participant base. Whereas a each day Steam participant rely of 45,000 is nothing to scoff at when you think about Future 2 boasted roughly triple that quantity a 12 months in the past, it is tough to not view these free incentives as a strategy to cease the bleeding.