Overwatch 2 gets a set of World of Warcraft 20th anniversary crossover skins

Overwatch 2 will get a series of four skins as a collaboration-crossover with developer Blizzard's World of Warcraft 20th Anniversary. The four skins cast Overwatch characters as similar-in-silhouette counterparts from across World of Warcraft's 20 year history.

The four skins are:

• Reinhardt as The Lich King
• Widowmaker as Sylvanas Windrunner
• Torbjorn as Magni Bronzebeard
• Zenyatta as Thrall

Adorably, the announcement trailer for the skins takes place on a ride that can only take place in the Overwatch universe's fictional Blizzardworld amusement park, which is also a level in the game.

It has been a weird year for Overwatch 2, with the long-running shooter doing better than you'd expect in some metrics and worse at others. A slightly contentious mid-season balance patch led into the release of Juno, a new spacetastic support hero that was received quite well . At the same time, Overwatch 2's pricing and the costs of skins continue to be a point of contention when weird bundles or promotions are announced .

The 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft, on the other hand, appears to be going swimmingly. Expansion The War Within earned an 80% in the PC Gamer Review , with reviewer Tyler Colp, who called it a "a huge step up for storytelling in the 20-year-old MMO."

WoW is gearing up for its own event , which is set to bring back classic dungeons like Blackrock Depths, the opening of Ahn'Qiraj event, and the return of the hands-down coolest armor that a Paladin ever wore in a modernized look for the Judgment set.