Key Takeaways
- Overwatch 2 Season 14 features skins from a player survey conducted in December 2023.
- Mei and Widowmaker will receive new skins, first revealed in a player survey.
- New skins for Overwatch 2 are vital for fans, including a crossover with Avatar: TLA.
Eagle-eyed Overwatch 2 fans have noticed that the latest batch of playable skins for the game includes several originally teased via player survey. The skins will debut with Overwatch 2 Season 14 on December 10, 2024.
It’s not an understatement to say that a major motivation for many Overwatch 2 players to play the game is acquiring and applying new skins. Whether they’re status symbols like Overwatch 2 Mythic Weapon skins or premium purchases like one of the game’s many crossover skins, players are always looking for new ways to show off their favorite characters. Now a new wave of excitement is accompanying the imminent launch of Overwatch 2 Season 14, which is timed to coincide with winter festivities and the holiday period.
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In fact, some of the skins shown off by developer Blizzard in Overwatch 2 Season 14 previews have been a long time coming. Eagle-eyed player Shiro-Aka in the Overwatch Reddit community pointed out that at least two of the skins shown off in the Overwatch 2 Season 14 trailer were first revealed more than a year ago in the form of a player interest survey conducted by Blizzard itself.
New Overwatch 2 Season 14 Survey Skins Include Mei and Widowmaker
Among the many skins being added in Overwatch 2 Season 14 are a new Battle Pass skin for frosty hero Mei and a new Shop Skin for agile sniper Widowmaker. They were first spotted in a lineup of dozens of potential skin concepts surfaced by an Overwatch 2 player survey sent out back in December 2023. That same survey teased concepts covering a wide array of styles for the characters, including Japanese Harajuku fashion, Gothic Lolita style, Alice in Wonderland-inspired looks, and more.
As they appear in the Overwatch 2 Season 14 preview, the new Mei Battle Pass skin is gilded in gold and adopts a fantasy “Winter Wonderland” theme befitting the season, giving Mei white hair and a winter-cloud skirt motif. The Widowmaker shop skin is a little simpler, opting for a cream winter coat and black stockings, but was given more detail and some eye-catching gold accessories to add some ornamentation beyond what was shown in the original concept art.
The excitement over new Overwatch 2 skins shows just how critical they are to the fanbase’s enjoyment of the game as it is now. With more along the way, including a crossover between Overwatch 2 and Avatar: The Last Airbender, it looks like fans will have plenty of skins to earn (or buy) in the near future.
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