The Noire Widowmaker skin was originally a pre-purchase bonus for Overwatch 1 and was redeemed with a code from the game’s special preorder/origins-edition packaging. Blizzard’s 2015 announcement says players who pre-purchased received the Noire Widowmaker skin, and a later Blizzard forum thread discusses people redeeming old codes for it.

How people got it

  • Preordered Overwatch 1 before launch.
  • Got a code included with the purchase or console bundle.
  • Redeemed that code in the platform store, then checked the hero gallery for Widowmaker.

Current status

It is generally treated as an extremely rare legacy skin , and players on community threads have said it’s no longer normally available through standard in-game purchase paths. Some people have reported buying old codes and redeeming them successfully, but that’s an unofficial resale route, not a normal Blizzard store method.

Quick note

If you meant a different “Noir” skin or a modern Overwatch 2 cosmetic, the acquisition method could be different, but for Widowmaker Noire , the answer is preorder bonus code redemption.

TL;DR: You got the Noire Widowmaker skin by preordering Overwatch 1 and redeeming the included bonus code.