Overwatch has been more and more leaning into its franchise crossovers, with the free-to-play hero shooter having collabed with all kinds from anime to Okay-Pop teams; toys; video games and extra. Almost about the latter, Blizzard has now unveiled its subsequent main crossover, formally saying Overwatch x Eve Protocol (aka Stellar Blade).
Taking to Twitter to tease the upcoming crossover, the official Stellar Blade page confirmed that an “Overwatch x EVE Protocol collaboration [is] incoming”. Whereas particulars stay comparatively gentle proper now, the workforce revealed that the crossover will go stay on the third of November – formally releasing their first piece of promotional artwork.
Based on the teaser released, the collab will embrace a complete of 5 skins to acquire:
- Eve (Widowmaker)
- Raven (Freja)
- Tachy (Vendetta)
- Adam (Soldier: 76)
- Lily (D.Va)
Assuming its monetisation will match that of previous collabs, count on these skins to price you round 2,800 Overwatch cash every (roughly £25-30).
Regardless of being a comparatively new franchise, it’s fascinating to see simply how a lot Stellar Blade has managed to search out its method into different franchises, with Eve having appeared within the likes of Astro Bot; PUBG; Bayonetta and shortly Overwatch.
This crossover can also be fascinating as Stellar Blade stays unavailable on Xbox platforms, even if Overwatch is a Microsoft-owned franchise. Whether or not this implies Stellar Blade can be ported to the Xbox in future stays to be seen – however the connection actually appears to be there.
KitGuru says: What do you consider this upcoming crossover? Has Overwatch been leaning too closely into collabs? Would you wish to see Stellar Blade come to Xbox in some unspecified time in the future? Tell us down under.