‘Overwatch’ Chinese New Year Event Details: Limited Skins & Capture The Flag Mode
Gloven RamosBlizzard recently announced that there will be upcoming "Overwatch" events this first quarter of January. The first is the Chinese New Year event which started this week.
The "Overwatch" Chinese New Year event was announced by Blizzard via a Twitter video. Blizzard has yet to announce what exactly the new features included in this event, however, many speculations suggesting more features will be coming such as limited edition skins and new "Capture the Flag" mode.
Early this week, a leaked video trailer of the "Overwatch" upcoming event appeared online. In Weibo, a Chinese social media site, the video first appeared before it was spread throughout the internet. This video leaked a lot of details regarding the Chinese New Year Event.
The video shows bunches of new skins, and according to Polygon report, the trailer, which is an advertisement for the Chinese market, is grainy, but it gives fans a quick look at costumes or skin for a variety of heroes. They also added that this Chinese New Year event will be similar to past events, like those themed around Halloween and Christmas.
In the leaked "Overwatch" Chinese New Year event trailer, Roadhog, Zenyatta, Reinhardt, and Winston shows costume from the characters of the classic Chinese story "Journey to the West." Mercy and Symmetra gets also new skins showing out in a red-and-gold dress, appropriate for the event theme.
Tracer is seen in the "Overwatch" Chinese New Year video trailer ends guarding a flag. This gives fans speculations about a new possible "Capture the Flag" mode coming along the event. However, no enough proof to prove this rumored game mode.
Chinese New Year begins on Jan. 28, 2017, but Blizzard previously announced the "Overwatch" Chinese New Year event to be launched on Jan. 24. No announcement released when the event will end, but if based on the past events which lasted two weeks, this upcoming event may end on Feb. 6, 2017.
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