The Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion remains to be a good method off, however we already know a bit about what to anticipate from season one’s spooky celebrations. Junkenstein’s Revenge: Wrath of the Bride will reprise the favored occasion from the primary Overwatch recreation, however with new characters, skins, and an up to date mode to attempt.
It has been a fairly troubling launch for Overwatch 2 with lengthy queues (opens in new tab) and plenty of confusion over offering telephone numbers (opens in new tab) to play the sport. However by the point all hallows eve rolls round later this month and the occasion kicks off, hopefully issues could have settled down. On this Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion information, I will run via when the festivities begin, which characters can be playable within the particular recreation mode, and who’s getting new spooky skins.
When does the Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion begin?
The Overwatch 2 Junkenstein’s Revenge: Wrath of the Bride occasion takes place from October 25 – November 8. Within the first recreation, this yearly Halloween occasion added quite a lot of seasonal skins, and a particular four-player PvE mode, nevertheless it appears like Blizzard are altering issues up a bit in its latest iteration.
The official battle cross weblog submit (opens in new tab) mentions a brand new “Wrath of the Bride” Junkenstein occasion. If the accompanying display is something to go by, it appears like gamers can be venturing into some sort of haunted citadel or gloomy crypt to battle Zomnics as a substitute of the Adlersbrunn map from earlier years. Sombra may even be showing as the large unhealthy. There aren’t any actual particulars on what the mode will contain but, however likelihood is it will likely be a co-op PvE exercise.
Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion: Playable characters
The 4 playable characters within the Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion mode can be Sojourn, Junker Queen, Kiriko, and Ashe. You’ll be able to see all of them within the season one trailer. Presumably you will not should unlock the characters via the battle cross (opens in new tab) first to be able to use them within the occasion mode, however that hasn’t been confirmed simply but. Fortunately, it is fairly straightforward to unlock heroes (opens in new tab) like Junker Queen and Sojourn, since they’re free.
Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion: Skins
The three new season one heroes are unsurprisingly those who’ll positively be getting new skins within the Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion. Sojourn appears to be a futuristic movie noir detective, Junker Queen is dressed like some sort of wasteland/Mad Max character, whereas Kiriko has a witch pores and skin. All of those have been proven off within the battle cross weblog submit, nevertheless it’s additionally probably that Ashe is getting a brand new pores and skin too. Within the season one trailer, you may see Kiriko’s witch pores and skin in motion, nevertheless it additionally reveals Ashe with a unique wanting outfit when it shows the occasion dates.
