Overwatch 2 is teasing its next big crossover: Cowboy Bebop

Season 9 of Overwatch 2 kicks off next week, with some big changes to the game’s competitive mode, a new battle pass, and a cosmic horror theme for hero skins. But Blizzard Entertainment’s season 9 teaser, called Champions, also hints at something surprising: a crossover with beloved anime series Cowboy Bebop.

A short teaser at the end of a trailer for Overwatch 2 season 9 features an image familiar to long-time Overwatch players. A tumbleweed, indicating that Cassidy’s Ultimate is about to unleash, rolls through the deserted streets of Route 66. Then there is an interruption in the jukebox, which begins to play. the Cowboy Bebop theme song, “Tank!”

Blizzard doesn’t have one yet Overwatch 2/Cowboy Bebop crossover not yet, but that’s a crystal clear hint. And there’s precedent for anime crossovers: almost exactly a year ago, Blizzard teased the first (non-Lego) IP collaboration for Overwatch, based on One-man man. That event added a variety of themed skins and other cosmetics to the game, in the form of Saitama Doomfist, Genos Genji, Terrible Tornado Kiriko, and Mumen Rider Soldier: 76.

a Cowboy Bebop crossover would almost certainly mean a Spike Spiegel skin for the cowboy Cassidy, but could it also mean a Faye Valentine skin for Tracer? A vicious skin for Genji? Edward and Ein skins for Ashe and Bob? Okay, that last one might be a bit long, but we’ll find out soon.

Overwatch 2 season 9 starts on February 13. Every potential Cowboy Bebop the crossover would likely arrive within two months of that season’s launch, based on the length of the last season.