Playing HotS Isn't Mandatory for New Overwatch Skins

"... We plan to add both the Oni Genji skin and the Officer D.Va skin to the normal, base Overwatch loot box at some point in the future."

By Evan Campbell

Blizzard is enticing Overwatch owners to engage with Heroes of the Storm by offering exclusive skins for playing the MOBA. But the Genji and D.Va costumes will eventually come to standard loot boxes in the team-based shooter.

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan addressed the issue on the game's official Battle.net forum. A console player was upset that they might never see the Oni Genji or Officer D.Va skins because they don't play the PC game.

No worries, Kaplan said. Blizzard is totally aware of this. "... We plan to add both the Oni Genji skin and the Officer D.Va skin to the normal, base Overwatch loot box at some point in the future," he said.

However, if you want them now, the only way is playing the MOBA. "Heroes of the Storm is an amazing game and you'll unlock those skins for free and before anyone else," Kaplan added.

There is other stuff in the works for the team-based shooter as well. Kaplan revealed earlier this month that three new maps are in development for Overwatch, along with other experiments.

Right now, Overwatch has a new co-op mode as part of the Uprising seasonal event.

Evan Campbell is a freelance writer who scripts the Daily Fix, streams games on his Twitch channel, and chats about movies and TV serieson Twitter.

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