{"id":52357,"date":"2026-05-14T20:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52357"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:34:39","slug":"several-overwatch-heroes-are-about-to-hit-fortnite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52357","title":{"rendered":"Several Overwatch Heroes Are About To Hit Fortnite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2172080\/several-overwatch-heroes-are-about-to-hit-fortnite\/\" data-post-title=\"Several Overwatch heroes are about to hit Fortnite\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2172080\">\n<picture id=\"p1921cace88842132436b895e358a86a4\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/several-overwatch-heroes-are-about-to-hit-fortnite\/intro-1778688386.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/several-overwatch-heroes-are-about-to-hit-fortnite\/intro-1778688386.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/several-overwatch-heroes-are-about-to-hit-fortnite\/intro-1778688386.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2172080\/several-overwatch-heroes-are-about-to-hit-fortnite\/\" data-post-id=\"2172080\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Several Overwatch heroes are about to hit Fortnite: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Overwatch heroes Mercy, Tracer, D.va and Genji as depicted in Fortnite\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Epic Games<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Months after leaks\u00a0indicated as such, Epic Games has finally confirmed that several <em>Overwatch<\/em> characters are coming to <em>Fortnite<\/em> as skins. Mercy, Tracer, Genji and a mech-less D.va will all drop into the battle royale game on May 14. Leaker ShiinaBR noted that the skins will be available in a bundle along with <em>Overwatch<\/em> emotes, four pickaxes, a glider and other cosmetic items.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While Epic has yet to reveal the full details of the collaboration, it seems there&#8217;s more to it than cosmetics. According to another leaker, FireMonkey, <em>Fortnite<\/em> will introduce <em>Overwatch<\/em>-inspired weapons and other heroes as NPCs during the next act of its current season. It looks like parts of <em>Overwatch<\/em>&#8216;s fan-favorite King&#8217;s Row map are coming to the island too, along with a Porsche Cayenne EV SUV that features hero decals. Tracer&#8217;s Blink ability and pistols will be included too.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overwatch Answers the Call  \u260e\ufe0f | Act III Cinematic Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0AsfMdywXug?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Every now and again, there&#8217;s a <em>Fortnite<\/em> update that pulls me back in for about six weeks, and as a long-time <em>Overwatch<\/em> player, you can bet I&#8217;ll be dropping in for this crossover. It&#8217;s a fairly wild collaboration that would have been unthinkable not too long ago, but in a world in which a Halo game is coming to PS5, you can never really know what to expect. This is actually more interesting to me than <em>Overwatch<\/em>&#8216;s own anniversary event, which got underway on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That game debuted 10 years ago this month and Blizzard is marking the occasion with a few limited-time &#8220;throwback modes&#8221; and a boatload of free cosmetic items (along with others you can buy). Not the most thrilling way to celebrate a decade of <em>Overwatch<\/em>, even if I do kinda want that table-flipping player title.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You&#8217;re in for a legendary good time during Overwatch&#8217;s 10th Anniversary Event \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Join the party to earn 21 exclusive Launch Hero Skins, 15 Anniversary Loot Boxes, community-made cosmetics, and much more May 12 \u2013 June 1 \u2728 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9y1gEQRB65\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9y1gEQRB65<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\/status\/2053792238870671365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In fairness, the <em>Overwatch<\/em> team has been pretty busy. It recently gave the game a soft relaunch and it&#8217;s adding 10 new heroes overall in 2026, far more than it has introduced in any year since the debut in 2016. I&#8217;m mostly just glad that, with this week&#8217;s mid-season update, the developers reverted one of the most heinous changes to Mystery Heroes by bringing perks back to my favorite <em>Overwatch<\/em> mode.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2172080\/several-overwatch-heroes-are-about-to-hit-fortnite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Epic Games Months after leaks\u00a0indicated as such, Epic Games has finally confirmed that several Overwatch characters are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}