Fans of Overwatch 2 are getting the collaborations they have been promised when the builders instructed them that they have been trying to do them, and the Kiriko One-Punch Man pores and skin that was revealed immediately is the primary pores and skin within the collaboration. It can be the primary main non-Blizzard collaboration the studio has designed new skins for because it teamed up with Lego for the Bastion pores and skin.
The collaboration was first introduced final month when Blizzard revealed it’s making a Saitama pores and skin for Doomfist. Kiriko’s pores and skin is the second to have its artwork revealed after Doomfist’s was proven a month in the past.
The Kiriko Legendary pores and skin Terrible Tornado will come as a part of a bundle that may price 2,100 cash within the Overwatch 2 retailer. Purchasing the bundle will rating gamers the pores and skin, the Terribly Impressive victory pose, and the Terrible Tornado identify card. This pores and skin and the remainder of the collaboration occasion gadgets can be accessible from March 7 to April 6. Most gadgets from the One-Punch Man set will solely be accessible for buy, however the builders have stated that one of many skins can be earnable by means of in-game challenges. It hasn’t been revealed but which pores and skin that’s.
Art director Dion Rogers stated the staff was fairly excited concerning the concept and that the collaboration felt proper to them, particularly since sport director Aaron Keller was already accustomed to the anime.
“It’s something we’ve been wanting to do for a while,” Rogers stated. “You know, Overwatch’s art style is kind of a marriage of West-meets-East aesthetics and values – there’s a bit of an anime look to Overwatch. So, being fans of anime, we were looking for a partner to collaborate with. And we looked at various studios, and then when One-Punch Man came up, it was surprising how many people on the team knew the anime, they loved it, they watched it.”
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After this collaboration, the Overwatch 2 growth staff is hoping that they will staff up with extra studios to do one thing comparable, maybe with Dragon Ball or Street Fighter.
