Blizzard is celebrating World of Warcraft’s twentieth anniversary this yr, and to take action it is… collaborating with itself by placing some WoW skins in Overwatch 2.
Collabs are all the fashion today for live-service video games, however it may be a bit humorous when a developer does it with itself – which is precisely what Blizzard has accomplished with its newest one. This coming November is the twentieth anniversary of World of Warcraft (I am so sorry to these of you which have instantly been made to really feel previous), and so Blizzard has launched a enjoyable little trailer asserting the MMO’s collaboration with the developer’s different largest property, Overwatch. The trailer, which you’ll take a look at under, is framed like a theme-park trip, which is nearly positively a reference to the fan favorite map Blizzard World, a theme-park-like map primarily based on, nicely, you’ll be able to in all probability guess.
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“Be part of the celebration as Overwatch 2 and World of Warcraft unite the realms for a legendary crossover occasion!” reads the trailer’s description. “Select to signify the Horde or the Alliance because the mighty heroes of Overwatch honor the enduring characters from the world of Azeroth.” By this, it means there are 4 skins you can seize when the collab drops on September 17, together with Reinhardt as The Lich King, Widowmaker as Sylvanas Windrunner, Torbjorn as Magni Bronzebeard, and Zenyatta as Thrall.
This World of Warcraft collab comes as a part of Overwatch 2 season 12, a season that launched the sport’s newest assist hero Juno, in addition to some new maps and Conflict mode final month. Nothing else has been revealed in regards to the collab, and whether or not it is extra than simply skins, although contemplating it kicks off in two days from the time of writing, you in all probability should not guess on something greater than skins, if solely to not get your hopes up an excessive amount of.