Overwatch 2 developer Blizzard has made a shock announcement, confirming plans to make a brand new character accessible to play later this week.
Ahead of the launch of Season 14 subsequent month, followers can check out new hero Hazard for a restricted time solely.
The trial for brand new Tank hero Hazard has a November 22 launch date and a 6pm GMT UK launch time.
An amazing excuse to take a look at Overwatch 2 this weekend, the limited-time trial interval runs till the identical time only a few days later, ending on November 25.
The information was introduced by Blizzard on X (previously Twitter), alongside a cinematic video showcasing the brand new hero and a few of his skills.
“It’s looking like a revolution!” reads an Activision Blizzard tweet.
“Discover what Overwatch’s newest Tank Hero, Hazard, and his fellow Phreaks, a faction known for their punk and revolutionary spirit, have been up to in the latest Hero Trailer, and play as Hazard for a limited time Nov 22-25.”
Similar to Barret from Final Fantasy 7, Hazard has an enormous gun hooked up to his arm, which can be utilized to fireplace shards.
Not a lot else is understood in regards to the character’s skills, though he seems to have the ability to name down spikes and doubtlessly create limitations.
Daily Express will replace this text with the total checklist of skills once they’re introduced by Blizzard. Indeed, it is probably Blizzard will submit a gameplay preview forward of Hazard’s launch.
In the meantime, you’ll be able to try Hazard’s story trailer beneath…
Unless Blizzard encounters any main bugs throughout the take a look at weekend, Hazard ought to launch in full as a part of Season 14.
Overwatch 2 Season 14 is predicted to have a December 10 launch date on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC.
In addition to the launch of a brand new character, Season 14 may even characteristic assessments for 6v6 multiplayer.
The first take a look at will happen per week into the brand new season. Blizzard explains extra: “The first, launching a week into the season, will look a little different than the standard 2-2-2 role-queued from Overwatch.
Part of this series of tests is to not only judge our player’s appetite for larger team sizes, but for us to explore different ways that we might implement a change without running into the same problems we had previously.
“With that in thoughts, our first take a look at shall be a variation of Open Queue, which we’re internally referring to as “Min 1, Max 3”: every workforce of 6 will need to have at the least 1 of every position, and not more than 3.”
The second test will use the “traditional 2-2-2 composition however will incorporate some new rules we launched with Overwatch 2”.
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1978681/overwatch-2-hazard-release-time-date-trial-abilities-new-character