Overwatch 2’s second season has been all about Greek mythology, with a number of characters receiving skins based mostly on iconic Greek gods. But now that the festive winter occasion has wrapped up, Overwatch 2 is debuting its subsequent limited-time occasion Battle for Olympus later in the present day, and it’s reimagining seven characters’ talents. The free-for-all deathmatch mode begins in the present day and will probably be round till January nineteenth.
The current trailer reveals off the seven of its featured playable characters alongside their new strikes. Junker Queen, Reinhardt, Lucio, Widowmaker, Pharah, Roadhog, and Ramattra can all be seen duking it out for a spot in Greek heaven. However, what’s most enjoyable are the glimpses of remixed talents we see all through, all themed across the Greek gods. For instance, Ramattra’s Ravenous Vortex means often slows down enemies and drags them to the bottom. But as soon as Ramattra has his Poseidon cosplay on, the identical means makes enemies levitate off the bottom.
Other cool tweaks embody Junker Queen’s final means, which now rains down lightning with the fury of Zeus. Speedster Lucio is appropriately dressed up as Hermes, and his Soundwave assault appears to stun enemies within the mode. Widowmaker, in the meantime, appears much more lethal as Medusa as she petrifies enemies with headshots (though the Metal Gear-style exclamation mark over her head is decidedly much less Greek, should you ask me). Pharah channels her interior Hades and might now transfer whereas utilizing her final. Reinhardt expenses into battle like a Minotaur (no matter any particular occasion some would possibly say), so it is sensible that he takes up that mantle right here. His final can now additionally move by objects too. Roadhog, then again, has gone full Cyclops, and his final will be seen capturing out large, gradual projectiles moderately than the flurry of bullets he often enjoys.
Blizzard say we will count on a world leaderboard that can tally eliminations for every hero in some unspecified time in the future. The hero with probably the most eliminations will obtain a statue on the Ilios map. The first few limited-time occasions for OW2 have fallen a bit flat, so hopefully a community-oriented reward will make this occasion extra thrilling.
Ollie’s impressions of Season 2 had been barely blended when it launched. He was significantly impressed with the season’s new hero Ramattra, although saying, “he appears (and sounds) concurrently stoic, majestic, enigmatic, and intimidating.” The stability adjustments, nonetheless, had been “fairly underwhelming.”