Overwatch is a multiplayer first-person shooter game developed by Blizzard Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC platforms. (Photo : Getty Images)
The latest details for "Overwatch" will feature the "Year of the Rooster" event live this week and several character changes in the game.
Blizzard Entertainment launched "Overwatch's" latest in-game event, "Year of Rooster" celebrating the Chinese New Year as the in-game event will feature new loots, character skins and a new game mode.
The trailer featuresd several "Overwatch" characters will wearing Chinese red themed outfits, as well as legendary characters from the Chinese tale "Journey to the West" such as Reinhardt as Sha Heshang, Roadhog as Zhu Bajie, Zenyatta as Tang Sanzang and Winston as Sun Wukong.
There are also new loots for "Overwatch" players to gain relating to the Chinese New Year from emotes, winning poses, animation and even spray paints.
Lastly, the "Year of the Rooster" event will also introduce a new game mode called "Capture the Rooster". which is essentially "Overwatch's" take of a capture the flag gameplay. Game director Jeff Kaplan stated that he and his team have been testing out various versions of a capture the flag mode in "Overwatch" and almost gave up, but luckily they have figured out the problem and created a solution to make the game mode possible, Polygon reported.
Meanwhile, Blizzard also took several characters and made interesting changes to them in "Overwatch" in the latest update.
Heroes such as D.Va, Roadhog, Sombra, Lucio and Ana have been chosen for such hero balances. Ana's Biotic Grenade has reduced its effectiveness from five seconds to four and her Healing Boost has been reduced to 50 percent.
D.Va's health increased from 200 to 400, but her armor decreased from 400 to 200. Her Fusion Cannons bullet damage decreased from three to 2, but number of bullets per shot has been increased from eight to eleven.
Roadhog's hook ability can now pull targets directly at him rather than straight to him, except in cases where Roadhog drastically rotates. Hooked targets are now released if they leave Roadhog’s line of sight before being pulled. Line of sight checks are now done from Roadhog’s position, rather than the hook’s position.
Sombra's Hack cooldown has been reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds and the time it takes to hack a target has been decreased from 1 second to 0.8 seconds.
Lastly, Lucio can now use a backwards wall run ability in the game, VG 24/7 reported.
"Overwatch" is currently available for the PS4, Xbox One and PC platforms.
