K-Pop group Le Sserafim has reunited with Blizzard Entertainment for new Overwatch 2 A collaboration that will bring stylish new skins and bouncer bobs to the game later this month from the “Perfect Night” video. The new collaboration coincides with the release of Le Sserafim’s new album hot.
This time, Blizzard and Le Sserafim have worked together on new skins from Mercy, Juno, D.Va, Ashe and Illari. (Sorry, Roadhog Fan, next time is next time.) Players who missed the original cosmetics from late 2023 – Bridget, D.VA, Kiriko, Sombra and Tracer have the option to buy a Rikholder version of these skins.
But what’s not back is the collision mode of the concert added to Overwatch 2 Original Le Sserafim Collab. In an interview with passthecontroller, Aimee Dennett, Associate Director of Product Management at Overwatch, is tied to the themes around the video of the “Perfect Night” K-Pop group.
“This time I wanted to be one of the pieces celebrating my new album,” Dennett said. “There are no new songs specific to Overwatch, but we had to celebrate K-Pop Culture. That’s why we created one of the new songs on the album that we are extremely excited about, as well as a Visualizer for a massive cosmetics for this collaboration.”
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Le Sserafim’s Second Cosmetics Specific Cosmetics Overwatch 2 Collab was primarily created by the Blizzard Korea Studio team, explained by Overwatch art director Dion Rogers. Blizzard Korea Studio Artists has adjusted Le Sserafim’s photo shoot, video, video blogs and Korean streetwear trends to bring K-Pop clothing options to a level of reliability.
“We’re trying to work pretty close to the Korean team with these specific skins,” Rogers said. “We did one of them here (at Irvine) and they’re close to this job and have the best knowledge of how to translate what they see. (…) We work closely with Le Sserafim, and girls have ideas and ideas about what they want to see in the hero. It’s a really fun collaborative process.”
The selection process in which characters are represented in the new collaboration worked in the same way as previous crossovers, including Cowboy Bebop, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Transformers. Rodgers said Blizzard will first consider which heroes are fans of the crossover property and build from there.
“I think the heroes on the team might actually hear or get hooked on Russeraphim. I imagine them exist in the world of Overwatch. Mercy, Junho, obviously D.Va is a huge fan of K-Pop and Ashe. This is what we think of in the skin we create, but do the characters want to be this or do they hear these things?”
The newly remixed Russeraphim Skin for 2023 – what Blizzard calls the “blue flame” skin – is part of the trend of replenishing larger skin that is happening in Overwatch 2 recently. As Blizzard restores the old skin with a new colour palette, the addition has attracted cost criticism from players. But Rodgers says it takes more effort than Overwatch fans think.
“The team actually really enjoys it (does these recourse), and it’s not really fast,” Rogers said. “It’s not easy to choose the right colour for your skin. It’s blue and now it’s red. It requires a lot of conversation and someone will reapply the skin itself. This takes time (particularly) a lot of denim and jean fabric. We actually make these recollers, so there’s more effort than it shows up. It’s obviously easy. You’re not basically starting from scratch, but we’re very careful about that. ”
Added Rogers. “Le Sserafim actually contributed to the color design. It was very inspired by their style, their fashion, and it was just cool to revisit those skins again and try to create a new palette for them.”
Overwatch 2The release of the new Le Sserafim collaboration at the game on March 18th.
