Overwatch might be getting new weapons skins and more

some Overwatch players would love to see more variety in the combatants’ weapons — or, perhaps, the ability to separate the two. There’s a chance that that’s on the way, according to evidence discovered by Reddit sleuths in a recent video from developer Blizzard Entertainment.

Currently, a character’s weapons are tied to their skin, and the design of the weapons matches the outfit in question, Compare, for instance, Soldier:76’s default skin to his Cyborg look from Overwatch’s Anniversary event .

Redditor good_samartian was watching the developer diary for upcoming character Doomfist that Blizzard released earlier this week, and noticed a tiny detail in a snippet of gameplay footage, he caught a glimpse of Soldier:76 wearing his classic skin, but wielding a never-before-seen version of his Heavy Pulse Rifle.

People in the Reddit thread are saying that the prongs point to a flamethrower — a type of weapon that does not currently exist in Overwatch.

Another Reddit user, Nyxxic, noticed that there was also a discrepancy between Sombra and her weapon in the video, it’s clearly Sombra in her Classic skin, but she’s holding a different gun.

A number of Overwatch players, including the aforementioned Nyxxic, are hoping that the appearance of characters using guns that don’t match their skins means something else is coming to the game: the ability to choose your weapon independently of your character skin.

Note that this could also mean nothing at all, or just that Blizzard is merely experimenting with stuff that will never see the light of day.