The Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion continues to be a good manner 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 sport, 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 a whole lot 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 am going to run by way of when the festivities begin, which characters shall be playable within the particular sport 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 sport, this yearly Halloween occasion added a wide range of seasonal skins, and a particular four-player PvE mode, nevertheless it feels like Blizzard are altering issues up a bit in its latest iteration.
The official battle move weblog put up (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 shall be venturing into some type of haunted fortress or gloomy crypt to battle Zomnics as an alternative of the Adlersbrunn map from earlier years. Sombra may also be showing as the large dangerous. There aren’t any precise particulars on what the mode will contain but, however likelihood is will probably be a co-op PvE exercise.
Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion: Playable characters
The 4 playable characters within the Overwatch 2 Halloween occasion mode shall be Sojourn, Junker Queen, Kiriko, and Ashe. You possibly can see all of them within the season one trailer. Presumably you will not need to unlock the characters by way of the battle move (opens in new tab) first so as 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 type of wasteland/Mad Max character, whereas Kiriko has a witch pores and skin. All of those have been proven off within the battle move weblog put up, nevertheless it’s additionally possible that Ashe is getting a brand new pores and skin too. Within the season one trailer, you possibly can see Kiriko’s witch pores and skin in motion, nevertheless it additionally exhibits Ashe with a unique wanting outfit when it shows the occasion dates.