Overwatch, one of the pioneers of the live service model, has finally come full circle with an official Fortnite collab this week. For years, Blizzard kept its iconic heroes close to its chest, but now they've been released, free to show up as premium cosmetics elsewhere in the live service multiverse.
It already felt like Blizzard was becoming less precious with its Overwatch characters after spending the last three years flooding the hero shooter with brands like Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Porsche. Collab skins went from being sorta like cosplay to near-copies of characters from other games.
