Blizzard Entertainment is teasing an Overwatch 2 Transformers crossover when Season 11 arrives in just some days.
The fast tease arrives on the tail finish of a new Season 11 trailer that premiered earlier at present. It takes up so little house within the video that there’s a superb likelihood many might have missed it, however those that caught round to the top will catch the acquainted Autobot brand and its iconic transformation sound impact.
That’s all we will see from what is going to inevitably turn into a full-fledged collaboration between Overwatch 2 and Transformers for now. Thankfully, that is removed from the primary time Blizzard has tied its hero shooter in with one other property, so we not less than have a couple of guesses about how the Autobot and Decepticon content material will finally roll out.
One of the earliest collabs noticed One Punch Man skins making their manner into the sport, giving characters like Doomfist, Genji, Soldier 76, and Kiriko outfits themed after characters like Saitama, Genos, Mumen Rider, and Terrible Tornado. This similar crossover occasion launched extra anime-themed challenges, poses, voice traces, and extra. Other crossovers introduced IP like Cowboy Bebop, Diablo, and even Porsche into the fold, with every giving not less than one character particular skins for gamers to buy and put on into battle.
While the Cowboy Bebop occasion noticed Overwatch 2’s resident cowboy, Cole Cassidy, getting a Spike Spiegel pores and skin, we will in all probability guess that a few of Blizzard’s many robotic characters would be the ones gifted Transformers skins this time round. Our eyes are on heroes like Bastion, Orisa, Zenyatta, Ramattra, and Echo.
Overwatch 2 Season 11 drops June 20. While it’s unclear how and when the Transformers content material will seem, at present’s trailer provides gamers a take a look at numerous the opposite highlights the forthcoming additions will deliver. This season’s battle go is Ultrawatch superhero-themed, introducing a protracted record of very ’90s, Power Rangers-like cosmetics to swimsuit up with. Ashe will get the Mythic pores and skin this time round, which means her robotic counterpart, B.O.B., will get some highly effective new threads, too. Other promising additions embody objects that commemorate Overwatch 2 reaching the 100 million-player milestone, a brand new Push map referred to as Runasapi, a Mythic weapon for Reinhardt, and a rework for the Colosseo map.
For extra on how Blizzard is preserving Overwatch 2 updated, you may learn up on why the studio selected to take away its Hero Mastery Gauntlet PvE mode final month. Then remember to try our 8/10 Overwatch 2 assessment, the place we stated, “Overwatch 2’s change to a 5v5 format breathes new life into what was as soon as the sharpest shooter round. It simply hasn’t fairly recaptured all of that glory – but.”
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