After weeks of teases, a comedian, and an animated trailer, Overwatch 2’s Transformers crossover is stay at this time, July 9. Whereas the entire above has informed us which of Blizzard’s heroes could be donning appears to be like primarily based on Hasbro’s robots in disguise, we hadn’t seen the skins in-game but. Now Blizzard has launched some in-game screenshots of every of the skins, in addition to idea artwork for the Ramattra and Reinhardt skins that can be out there within the Overwatch 2 retailer at this time.
Blizzard artist Bobby Kim talked about how the workforce built-in the mechanical parts that make Transformers’ visible id distinct whereas additionally preserving Overwatch 2 heroes’ silhouettes which have turn out to be recognizable through the years. Reinhardt’s pores and skin, for example, resembles Autobot chief Optimus Prime, full with the long-lasting pink truck-like torso.
“When creating the pores and skin, I attempted to combine the sturdy, truck-like design that Optimus Prime is understood for, such because the entrance windshield and the exhaust on the pores and skin’s shoulders, to make him look extra like a dashing truck when he costs,” Kim stated in a Q&A press launch. “I additionally tried utilizing sharper, angular elements all through the pores and skin, which I believe captured the long-lasting look of Optimus Prime.”
Ramattra, in the meantime, has a pores and skin primarily based on Megatron, the antagonist of the Transformers franchise. The tie-in comedian Blizzard launched confirmed Ramattra and Megatron becoming a member of forces, claiming they each wished peace for the Omnics, the oppressed synthetics of the Overwatch universe. Whereas I’m not thrilled with Blizzard doing an precise in-universe crossover whereas its personal story is as soon as once more on ice, I can see how Ramattra, a radical preventing for Omnic freedom, finds Megatron’s provide tantalizing.
Bastion and Illari spherical out the Transformers skins as Bumblebee and Arcee. Every pores and skin can be out there within the Overwatch 2 retailer alongside unlockable Transformers-themed participant icons, title playing cards, and titles. Click on by means of to see the skins in motion.
