By Dexerto | Created at 2025-04-01 20:31:27 | Updated at 2025-04-04 21:25:39
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Overwatch 2 has confirmed leaks that Season 16’s collaboration will be with Gundam Wing to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary.
Gundam will be the latest anime to collab with Overwatch 2 following One Punch Man and Cowboy Bebop after leaks surfaced pertaining to Season 16.
In March, dataminers revealed a logo for a Gundam Wing 30th anniversary image in the OW2 files.
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Although it wasn’t confirmed at the time, players were excited for the potential crossover and what skins could be in the works.
Well, on April 1, the official Overwatch 2 X account responded to Gundam Wing announcing its anniversary, and players couldn’t be more excited.
Overwatch 2 fans excited for Gundam Wing collab
On X, the Gundam account tweeted, “Gundam Wing released on April 7th, 1995 in Japan and is now approaching its 30th anniversary. Launch into a year-long celebration with us starting April 1st all the way through 2026!”
Overwatch then responded, “30 years of epic battles and legendary storytelling. Happy Anniversary, Gundam Wing.”
30 years of epic battles and legendary storytelling. Happy Anniversary, Gundam Wing 🦾🔥
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 1, 2025
This seemingly random response indicated that a collab was almost certainly happening. Additionally, the account continued to interact with other users, posting the always cryptic “eyes” emoji.
As for what heroes could be getting skins, many believe Pharah will be a good choice as she already has some, dating back to OW1, that appear inspired by the anime series.
“Gundam Wing collab might make me play Pharah. Truly tragic,” one said.
“Gundam? BASTION SKIN PLEASE,” another chimed in.
“Overwatch x Gundam Wing?? Okay, now we’re cooking. Expecting a full mech takeover. Give me a Barbatos Ramattra or we riot,” urged Twitch streamer and former Overwatch pro Dafran.
Overwatch x Gundam Wing?? Okay, now we’re cooking. Expecting a full mech takeover. Give me a Barbatos Ramattra or we riot 🔥
— Dafran (@dafran) April 1, 2025
We’ll have to see what the devs have cooking up, but interestingly, this wouldn’t be the first time Gundam and Overwatch have collided… sort of.
Back in 2022, Bandai released an Overwatch rival hero shooter called ‘Gundam Evolution’ with gameplay similar to that of Blizzard’s title.
Despite a decent start, the game never took off and its servers were shut down in November, 2023.
