Blizzard Entertainment's Crossover Events With Street Fighter and Bezerk
Blizzard Entertainment is also committed to cross-franchise collaboration. Overwatch 2 will soon feature a crossover event with Capcom's Street Fighter franchise, while Diablo IV is collaborating with Kentaro Miura's Bezerk.
Overwatch 2, which regained popularity in Season 16 thanks to the Stadium (new game mode), will soon feature a crossover event with Capcom's Street Fighter franchise. Players will be able to transform their Overwatch heroes into Street Fighter champions with new skins. The event kicks off on 20 May. According to IGN, the following skins will be available Zenyatta as Dhalsim, Winston as Blanka, Sigma as M. Bison, Hanzo as Ryu, Juno as Chun Li, and Soldier: 76 as Guile.
Overwatch 2, which regained popularity in Season 16 thanks to the Stadium (new game mode), will soon feature a crossover event with Capcom's Street Fighter franchise. Players will be able to transform their Overwatch heroes into Street Fighter champions with new skins. The event kicks off on 20 May. According to IGN, the following skins will be available Zenyatta as Dhalsim, Winston as Blanka, Sigma as M. Bison, Hanzo as Ryu, Juno as Chun Li, and Soldier: 76 as Guile.
In addition, Diablo IV features its first external collaboration with Kentaro Miura's fantasy manga Berserk, which will run until 3 June 2025 as part of Season 8. The crossover will also take place in Diablo Immortal. A music video featuring Finnish heavy metal band Beast In Black (Enter The Behelit) has also been created. In Diablo IV, this collaboration includes the Berserker armour for the Barbarian, the Skull Knight skin for the Necromancer, and the Chimimoryo Schnoz in-game pet. Additional items can also be earned through gameplay or purchased from the in-game store.
Associate Director Game Designer Colin Finer: "It was really a perfect match. Both Diablo and Berserk are worlds rooted in traditional dark fantasy with very visceral and brutal themes. It really feels like the characters from each world could fit seamlessly into the other, and that was at the core of our approach to the collaboration. We wanted players to look and feel like the iconic characters from Berserk were slaughtering demons in Sanctuary. Our art team did an amazing job of taking Kentaro Miura's iconic work, dissecting it, and translating it into a 3D world within Diablo IV."
Lead Season Designer Deric Nunez: "When it came to partnerships, we spent a lot of time thinking about what would be right for Diablo, as the franchise is very dark. When we discovered that we would be working with Berserk, it felt like a match made in heaven, as the manga is also dark and gritty and explores the nuances of good and evil in a similar way to Diablo."
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In addition, Diablo IV features its first external collaboration with Kentaro Miura's fantasy manga Berserk, which will run until 3 June 2025 as part of Season 8. The crossover will also take place in Diablo Immortal. A music video featuring Finnish heavy metal band Beast In Black (Enter The Behelit) has also been created. In Diablo IV, this collaboration includes the Berserker armour for the Barbarian, the Skull Knight skin for the Necromancer, and the Chimimoryo Schnoz in-game pet. Additional items can also be earned through gameplay or purchased from the in-game store.
Associate Director Game Designer Colin Finer: "It was really a perfect match. Both Diablo and Berserk are worlds rooted in traditional dark fantasy with very visceral and brutal themes. It really feels like the characters from each world could fit seamlessly into the other, and that was at the core of our approach to the collaboration. We wanted players to look and feel like the iconic characters from Berserk were slaughtering demons in Sanctuary. Our art team did an amazing job of taking Kentaro Miura's iconic work, dissecting it, and translating it into a 3D world within Diablo IV."
Lead Season Designer Deric Nunez: "When it came to partnerships, we spent a lot of time thinking about what would be right for Diablo, as the franchise is very dark. When we discovered that we would be working with Berserk, it felt like a match made in heaven, as the manga is also dark and gritty and explores the nuances of good and evil in a similar way to Diablo."
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