Blizzard reveals first look at Overwatch 2’s Cowboy Bebop crossover
Overwatch 2‘s second anime crossover event brings together the characters (and music) of Cowboy Bebop to the team-based hero shooter on March 12, Blizzard Entertainment announced on Thursday. The collaboration will add new ones Cowboy Bebopinspired skins, emotes, highlight intros and more Overwatch 2including an Ein skin for Wrecking Ball that all players can unlock for free.
Getting the other confirmed characters Cowboy Bebop-inspired looks include Cassidy as Spike Spiegel, Ashe as Faye Valentine (with a Red Tail-inspired BOB), Sombra as Ed, and Mauga as Jet Black. Blizzard and anime studio Sunrise originally revealed stylized artwork of those characters, and later revealed the in-game versions of the five heroes, reimagined as Cowboy Bebop characters.
In a new gameplay trailer released on Monday, we even get to hear some new voice lines from the collaboration, including Ashe delivering the famous “See you, space cowboy” line.
“We are honored to collaborate with one of the most respected anime series of all time Cowboy Bebop,” Overwatch 2 Associate Director Aimee Dennett said in a statement. “This collaboration is a wonderful way to pay tribute to the legendary stories, art, animation and music of the Cowboy Bebop series. We hope the fans and our players will enjoy what we have to offer as much Overwatch 2 as we did in making it.”
Overwatch 2‘s first anime collaboration was with One punch man, and brought characters like Saitama, Genos, Terrible Tornado, and Mumen Rider to the world of Overwatch. That crossover event lasted about a month in the game and required players to complete challenges to unlock free cosmetics.
You can get a taste of the Cowboy Bebop Overwatch 2 skins in the gallery below. Cowboy Bebop currently streaming on Crunchyroll in select territories.
Overwatch 2 is available for free to play on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series