Mauga goes bald for a Jet Black skin. Sombra gets an Ed skin, which makes sense considering both characters are hackers. This isnt the first time Overwatch 2 has done an anime crossover, either.
Mahou shoujo skins, new heroes, and more are coming to Overwatch 2. Now, shes a fearsome bounty hunter with trapper-like abilities and a crossbow. She can also Quick Dash in any direction to reload her explosive bolt or make a speedy escape. The latter ability seems to trap enemies in place, much like Junkrats Steel Trap. Blizzard will unveil the weekends date and details later. Overwatchs 44th hero is codenamed Aqua....
Image: Blizzard Entertainment Overwatch 2 has unveiled its next hero Hazard, a punky Scottish Tank. The new hero will be playable during a limited-time event held this weekend, from November 22 to 25. Incidentally, this will also double the amount of heroes Overwatch had at launch, going up from 21. The in-development hero had punk-like aesthetics, which appear to have carried over in part to Hazards current form. Hazard will launch as part of Overwatch 2Season 14,which launches this December....
Image: Blizzard Entertainment Overwatch 2s latest Damage hero is a non-binary archeologist named Venture. After that, the hero will become fully available to all players during Season 10. You dont even needa battle pass to unlock them anymore. Venture also has two passive abilities. Explorers Resolve gives them temporary shields when using other abilities and Clobber buffs their melee attack damage. Season 10 launches on April 16.
Overwatch has had its share of shippers, porn, and fanfic. In the past, Blizzard was criticized for the content desert with Overwatch prime. Cleverly announced as Battle Pass Season 3,Loverwatch isa textual dating sim based in theOverwatch 2universe. Players will have the chance to try and romance either Mercy or Genji in this web client-based game. The dialogue options chosen will determine how successfully you woo your love interest. The developers were very vocal that anything contained within the dating sim was not canon....
Image: Blizzard Entertainment Optimus Prime, Megatron, Arcee and Bumblebee join Overwatch this week. Several Transformers are invading the world of Overwatch. One should be available for free through gameplay, though Blizzard has yet to confirm as such. Past crossovers have also included cosmetic bundles with event-themed emotes, name cards and sprays as well. Winston as Optimus Primal seems like a slam dunk to me, so why stop at just four skins?...
The only character unaffected by these changes is sadlyVenture,whose trial weekend ended on Monday. The hero will returnnext season,and likely become subject to more April Fools shenanigans in 2025. any other time of the year, after all. you might findthe full patch notes here.
All regions can participate and the beta includes a larger pool of testers than this months closed alpha. This is your chance to get a feel of how the game’s move to 5v5 teams impacts gameplay.
Blizzardsfirst community-made map forOverwatch 2is now live and available to play via the Arcade game mode. The sequel doesnt have a map creator, only something of a game mode creator. Still theres potential for some Team Fortress 2-level shenanigans here.
Blizzard hasrevealed more detailsonOverwatch 2sfirst seasonal event, Halloween Terror, which kicks off this week. The event runs from October 25 to November 8. That changes this year, with the release of Overwatch 2. The original mission will also be playable as a separate game mode. The new mission looks like a pretty sizeable upgrade. The trailer also teases that well fight against an all-new creation of Junkensteins. It was Roadhog last time, but who knows what else that Australian maniac has up his sleeves?...
Image: Blizzard Entertainment Overwatch 2 Season 12 is a sizable content drop themed after Egyptian Mythology. Blizzard Entertainment is going big withOverwatch 2s twelfth season of content,titled New Frontiers. Despite its sci-fi-leaning name however, this season is mostly themed after deities from Egyptian Mythology. This seasons battle pass is headlined by a Mythic skin for Reaper inspired by the Egyptian god Anubis. Nothing for Venture this season, sadly. Both maps have received significant reworks, and will return under a new game mode called Clash....
Image: Blizzard Entertainment Overwatch 2s latest gameplay trailer shows off new hero Sojourn and her abilities. Overwatch 2swide roster of playable characters is expanding with the addition of Sojourn, a Canadian railgun-toting ex-Overwatch captain. Other heroes like Genji and Sombra also appear in the trailer, sporting new visual redesigns for the sequel. Her main weapon is the Railgun, which has a rapid-fire mode that generates energy with every hit. This energy charges up the guns secondary fire mode, which then lets Sojourn dish out a high-impact shot....
Blizzard Entertainment has released an origin story trailer forOverwatch 2snext playable Canadian hero, Sojourn. Fun fact: this is Overwatchs first origin story trailer in 756 days! The last origin story released was forthe Damage hero Echo. Sojourn will be playable when Overwatch 2s closed beta goes live later this month. In case youre confused about Overwatch 2,weve covered everything we know about the game here.
