Lucky Overwatch 2 Player Finds Rare Widowmaker Skin Code at Goodwill
In the world of Overwatch 2, skins have always been a coveted feature among fans. Recently, a lucky member of the community stumbled upon a game code from Goodwill that gave them access to a rare Widowmaker skin. However, the game’s cosmetic scene has undergone a significant shift with the introduction of the new shop feature, which has garnered criticism from players.
The original Overwatch game contained semi-random loot boxes to provide skins and other cosmetics, but this system is absent in the sequel. Instead, players can directly purchase skins or cosmetic bundles from a weekly rotating selection in the new shop section. While Overwatch 2 is offering some free cosmetic content this season for a limited time, it offers few methods of earning skins for free via gameplay. The high prices of the shop, along with the inability to reliably unlock cosmetics by playing, has led to complaints directed at the game. However, this new monetization model is a predictable consequence of the game going free-to-play.
Although many skins in Overwatch 2 are obtainable for a high price, some are thought to be nearly impossible to acquire. One of the rarest skins in the game is the Noire skin for Widowmaker, which was only ever made available via a distributed code or as a pre-order bonus for some versions of the game. While many of these codes have expired by now, some codes have no expiry date, allowing a lucky fan to gain access to the skin in Overwatch 2 more than seven years after the original game’s launch.
It’s worth noting that the Noire skin was also made available in 2019 as a bonus for players who pre-ordered the Nintendo Switch version of Overwatch. Nevertheless, the skin is so rare in Overwatch 2 that some players have sold their accounts for hundreds of dollars to other fans desperate to have it. This practice continues and is generally seen as the only way to gain access to the skin unless Blizzard distributes it again in the future.
Blizzard’s new approach to monetizing cosmetics in Overwatch 2 has been one of the game’s most significant issues since its release. However, the newly released Season 5 seems to have acknowledged this issue to some extent. Along with adding plenty of new features and content, it offers freebies such as a Legendary Tracer Skin to Overwatch 2 fans.
Overwatch 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Skins have always been a crucial part of Overwatch 2 in the eyes of many fans, and one particularly lucky member of the community has stumbled across a game code from Goodwill that permits access to a rare Widowmaker skin. The scene regarding cosmetics has shifted substantially in Overwatch 2with the new shop feature garnering plenty of criticism since it was introduced.
While the predecessor to Overwatch 2 contained semi-random loot boxes to provide skins and other cosmetics, this system is nowhere to be found in the sequel. In its place is the entirely new shop section, which allows players to directly purchase skins or cosmetic bundles from a selection that rotates on a weekly basis. Although Overwatch 2 is offering some free cosmetic content this season for a limited time, for the most part, the game offers few methods of earning skins for free via gameplay. The high prices typically seen in the shop, paired with the inability to reliably unlock cosmetics via gameplay, has led to no end of complaints directed at the game, though this new monetization model is a predictable consequence of the game going free-to-play.
Though many of the skins in Overwatch 2 are obtainable for a high price, some are thought to be all but unobtainable in the present day. One of these skins is the Noire skin for Widowmaker, which one very fortunate fan found a code for recently at Goodwill. Widowmaker’s Noire skin represents one of the rarest skins in the game and was only ever made available via a distributed code or as a pre-order bonus for some versions of the game. While many of these codes would’ve long expired by now, some codes never had an expiry date, allowing one lucky fan to gain access to the skin in Overwatch 2 more than seven years after the launch of the original game.
It’s also worth noting that the skin was more recently made available in 2019 as a bonus for players that pre-ordered the Nintendo Switch version of Overwatch. Still, this Overwatch 2 skin is so rare that some players that own it have sold their accounts for hundreds of dollars to other fans eager to have it. This practice still continues and is generally seen as the only way of gaining access to the skin unless Blizzard distributes it again at some point in the future.
The new direction that Blizzard has taken toward monetizing cosmetics with Overwatch 2 has largely been viewed as one of the biggest problems with the game since it came out. The recently-released Season 5 finally seems to have openly acknowledged this issue to some extent, and along with adding plenty of brand-new features and content to the game, makes it possible for Overwatch 2 fans to claim some freebies such as a Legendary Tracer Skin.
Overwatch 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
