Overwatch 2’s second anime crossover occasion will carry the characters (and music) of Cowboy Bebop to the team-based hero shooter on March 12, Blizzard Leisure introduced Thursday. The collab will add new Cowboy Bebop-impressed skins, emotes, spotlight intros, and extra to Overwatch 2, together with an Ein pores and skin for Wrecking Ball that each one gamers will be capable of unlock without cost.
The opposite confirmed characters getting Cowboy Bebop-inspired seems to be embody Cassidy as Spike Spiegel, Ashe as Faye Valentine (with a Pink Tail-inspired BOB), Sombra as Ed, and Mauga as Jet Black. Blizzard and anime studio Dawn revealed stylized paintings of these characters, and promise to disclose the in-game skins on March 11.
“We’re honored to be collaborating with probably the most revered anime collection of all time in Cowboy Bebop,” Overwatch 2 affiliate director Aimee Dennett stated in a press release. “This collaboration is an excellent solution to pay homage to the legendary tales, artwork, animation, and music of the Cowboy Bebop collection. We hope its followers and our gamers have as a lot enjoyable with what we’re bringing to Overwatch 2 as we did in creating it.”
Overwatch 2’s first anime collab was with One Punch Man, and introduced characters like Saitama, Genos, Horrible Twister, and Mumen Rider to the world of Overwatch. That crossover occasion ran for a couple of month in-game, and required gamers to finish challenges to unlock free cosmetics.
You may get a sneak preview of the Cowboy Bebop Overwatch 2 skins within the gallery under. Cowboy Bebop is at present streaming on Crunchyroll in choose territories.
Overwatch 2 is on the market to play without cost on Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X.
