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By Stefanie Fogel, Variety
“Overwatch’s” Winter Wonderland 2018 seasonal event returns on Tuesday, Dec. 11, developer Blizzard Entertainment announced on Tuesday.
The
amusement park-themed map Blizzard World is getting a holiday makeover,
according to a brief teaser clip posted to Twitter. Blizzard said it
will do skin reveals throughout the week leading up to the event’s
launch.
Snow off your holiday spirit! ☃️— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) December 4, 2018
Overwatch Winter Wonderland returns December 11. pic.twitter.com/ZDkz80h8Ts
Of course, it wouldn’t be a seasonal “Overwatch” event without new
cosmetics. Last year, Blizzard released about 19 holiday-themed skins
for characters like Ana, Lucio, Sombra, and more. The game’s newest
hero, Ashe, will likely get a seasonal legendary skin this year. Junkrat
could also get one based on the Rat King from Tchaikovsky’s “The
Nutcracker,” according to Dexerto. As usual, all of the previous Winter Wonderland cosmetics will likely once again be available in loot boxes during the event.
Last
year’s Winter Wonderland, which ran from Dec. 12-Jan. 1, also
introduced a new brawl called Yeti Hunter. It was a 5v1 match where a
team of powered up Meis tried to eliminate one angry Winston, and vice
versa. The 2017 event also brought back Mei’s Snowball Offensive from
the previous year and introduced over 50 seasonal items.
There’s a
good chance we won’t see a new game mode this year, however. Back in
October, “Overwatch” game director Jeff Kaplan said the team was hitting
pause on creating new seasonal brawls. It brought back Junkenstein’s
Revenge for Halloween, but added a few more playable heroes. Similarly,
Blizzard might choose to expand Yeti Hunter rather than launch an
entirely new game mode.
Winter Wonderland 2018 ends on Jan. 2.
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