Now that spooky season has officially started, we’re beginning to see a lot of Halloween-themed events in games. To that end, Overwatch 2 has just announced that its Season 7: Rise of Darkness will start on Oct. 10, and it features, among other things, a badass Lilith skin.
The announcement came from X/Twitter, where the official Overwatch account posted a video showing off the Blizzard World map, updated to fit its annual Halloween PvE event, Junkenstein’s Revenge. Right before the trailer ends, we’re given a glimpse of a new Moira skin that’s themed around Diablo IV’s main antagonist, Lilith.
Might want to keep the lights on for this one 🧟♂️#Overwatch2 Season 7: Rise of Darkness launches Oct 10 💀 pic.twitter.com/T6P6EqTisL
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) October 2, 2023
The brief trailer doesn’t reveal too much else, but leaks on Reddit have already seemingly revealed Halloween appropriate skins for Widowmaker and Echo, as well as a new Mythic skin for Hanzo. See the Moira/Lilith skin below.
In addition to the newest season, over the weekend during the Overwatch League Grand Finals, devs shared a deep dive on Samoa, the latest map, which is set to be a control map that’ll have players fighting over areas that include a beach, downtown, and volcano points. Samoa is scheduled to launch alongside Season 7 on Oct. 10.
Team fights and beautiful sights await you in Samoa 🌋
The new #Overwatch2 Control map arrives Oct 10 in Season 7 🌴 pic.twitter.com/pRnETMNPKV
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) October 1, 2023
It’s also worth pointing out that this isn’t the only Activision Blizzard IP Lilith has crossed into recently. Thanks to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0’s The Haunting event, players can purchase two Diablo-themed bundles that allows them to play as both Lilith and Inarius Operators.
It’s also not the first time Diablo and Overwatch have met before; other Diablo-themed Overwatch skins include Barbarian Zarya, Demon Hunter Sombra, and Butcher Roadhog.
Luis Joshua Gutierrez is a freelance writer who loves games. You can reach him at @ImLuisGutierrez on Twitter.
