After weeks of teases, a comedian, and an animated trailer, Overwatch 2’s Transformers crossover is reside right this moment, July 9. Whereas the entire above has advised us which of Blizzard’s heroes can be donning seems based mostly 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 shall be out there within the Overwatch 2 retailer right this moment.
Blizzard artist Bobby Kim talked about how the group built-in the mechanical components that make Transformers’ visible identification distinct whereas additionally preserving Overwatch 2 heroes’ silhouettes which have turn into recognizable through the years. Reinhardt’s pores and skin, as an example, resembles Autobot chief Optimus Prime, full with the enduring pink truck-like torso.
“When creating the pores and skin, I attempted to combine the sturdy, truck-like design that Optimus Prime is thought 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 prices,” Kim stated in a Q&A press launch. “I additionally tried utilizing sharper, angular components all through the pores and skin, which I believe captured the enduring look of Optimus Prime.”
Ramattra, in the meantime, has a pores and skin based mostly 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 combating for Omnic freedom, finds Megatron’s supply tantalizing.
Bastion and Illari spherical out the Transformers skins as Bumblebee and Arcee. Every pores and skin shall 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.