Overwatch 2’s subsequent season is bringing a water-bending hero, some main overhauls to its build-based Stadium mode, and new Perks for each character on the roster. I’m not right here to speak about all that. I’m right here to speak in regards to the collaboration I couldn’t have fathomed that was teased on the very finish of the hero shooter’s newest trailer. Blizzard and Atlus have labored out a deal to place skins primarily based on Persona characters within the hero shooter. What a world we reside in.
I don’t take care of the Fortnite-ification of Overwatch 2, which has become such a core part of Blizzard’s strategy as of late, so though Persona is one in all my favourite online game sequence of all time, I’m not significantly thrilled that this collaboration is going on. That stated, I’m morbidly curious as to what this collaboration finally ends up wanting like. The transient clip on the finish of the trailer reveals somebody dressed as Joker, the primary character of Persona 5, however we solely see them depicted as a silhouette, so it’s unclear who’s beneath the masks. Might or not it’s Wuyang, the brand new assist hero becoming a member of the roster this season? That doesn’t appear to be that a lot of a stretch. Past the mysterious Joker pores and skin, we don’t know if that is strictly a Persona 5 collaboration or if we’ll see skins primarily based on characters from different video games like Persona 3 and 4. Blizzard may throw an actual curveball in there and have cosmetics primarily based on characters from the often-forgotten first two games. The teaser does embrace what appears to be a brand new Play of the Recreation animation made to appear to be Joker’s All-Out Assault victory pose, so it seems to be like we’ll get extra than simply skins in the course of the occasion.
Past turning Overwatch into Phantom Thieves, Overwatch 2’s season 18 is including new modes and characters to Stadium, in addition to permitting you to play it in Quickplay slightly than simply in ranked modes. This fashion, you gained’t have to fret about shedding your rank you probably have a foul match or two. Stadium is already one of many largest time sinks in Overwatch 2 and going via a whole sport simply to lose your rank feels unhealthy, so it is a good different. In the primary sport, each hero is getting a minimum of one new ability-altering Perk they will select between over the course of a match. Some might be getting multiple new Perk, nonetheless, as Blizzard plans to remodel greater than 50 throughout all characters.
Lastly, Blizzard launched a brand new animated trailer for Wuyang that offers us extra perception into his household dynamics and likewise would possibly tease that his sister, the fire-wielding Anran, might be part of the roster sooner or later down the road.
Season 18 begins on August 26.
