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Overwatch: What’s New Panel

by - 7 years ago

 

Join the Overwatch developers as they discuss the newest heroes, maps, brawls, and gameplay features in Blizzard’s team-based first-person shooter.

Sombra

Information is power, and she holds all the cards.

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Style: War orphan turned super hacker. She works behind the scenes to topple the corrupt Corporations that lead to the Omnic Crisis. Los Muertos gave her a start.

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After being found out she went underground. She became a ghost and upgraded her body to become a super computer.

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Which got her the attention of Talon.

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role: Stealth hacker disrupt confuse and infiltrate

abilities:

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Machine Pistol: small damage large clip can continue shooting for a long time before reloading

Hack: Using her upgrades she can send out hacking tendrils to take control and change many things, disable abilities, items can not be taken by enemies and supercharged for allies, stuns turrets. Many useful affects.

Thermoptic Camo: Stealth is the key to any infiltration job. Invisible to enemies, Allies can see a shadow, damage will break this affect

Translocator: Sneaking in is easy when you aren’t expected, once you have caused chaos you need an easy escape mechanism. can throw long range and any time within 15 seconds she can teleport to its location.

EMP(Ultimate): Messy but gets the job done, instant area hack. destroys barriers and shields.

Passive Opportunist: can detect enemies at half health through walls automatically

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Arcade

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new modes:

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New Rules:

1v1 mystery duel: On your own wins are yours best of 9 wins. Randomly selects a hero each game.

3v3 elimination: Best of 5. Last team to have a character alive wins. You can choose your character but then are locked to that character. Single hero per team only limitation.

6v6 Mystery Heroes: Normal maps. Random character picked for you.

6v6 All Brawls: Weekly brawls picked at random. Old brawls will be featured. New brawls will be introduced like “charge” all Lucio and Reinhardts, and “This is Ilios”Well point with Lucio and Roadhogs

6v6 No limits: No single hero limit. Stack to your contentment.

Events: Holiday events like Junkenstein will be found here

Rewards: New game modes 1st win will give you a loot box. Weekly brawl can give you upto 3 loot boxes.

 

Oasis

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Gameplay mode:6v6

Features: Jump pads, long range views, Arabian desert, Advanced city founded by scientists, terraformed desert

Oasis plans: PTR in December early 2017 relese

 

Ecopoint Antartica

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gameplay mode: 1v1 smaller skirmishes, 3v3 elimination

features: intimate close areas, hallways, vantage point, Mei’s home base

Plans: PTR this week

 

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JR Cook

JR has been writing for fan sites since 2000 and has been involved with Blizzard Exclusive fansites since 2003. JR was also a co-host for 6 years on the Hearthstone podcast Well Met! He helped co-found BlizzPro in 2013.


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