The new "Overwatch" seasonal event is focused on the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rooster. Also, a recent leak suggests that several heroes will get new skins.
There is an ad for the free play event for "Overwatch" in China, which will start on Jan. 24 and end on Jan 31, according to Reddit user hythl0day. The user also said that the ad does not say whether or not the free play event duration also pertains to the Chinese New Year event, as well.
The ad image provided by the Reddit user also shows off that there will be new outfits for Reinhardt, Roadhog, Winston, and Zenyatta. Apparently, these characters will have outfits based from the famous Chinese novel "Journey to the West."
Winston will have the Sun Wukong skin, Roadhog will get the Monkey King's pig monster apprentice skin, Reinhardt the river monster apprentice skin, and Zenyatta's skin will portray Sun Wukong's Buddhism Master. Right now, the tier levels of the skins are unrevealed, so fans can only speculate.
Blizzard does not confirm the exact contents of the new Chinese New Year event, but it is confirmed that the Chinese New Year event will start on Jan. 24, as confirmed by the official "Overwatch" Twitter account. The post provided a teaser video featuring a new skin for Mei, along with the start date of the event.
Despite the lack of information from Blizzard, getting the pattern from the past two successful events Halloween Terror and Winter Wonderland, it is expected for the Year of the Rooster event to have at least new themed loot boxes, according to Game Rant. Other than that, a new mode can also be released, such as the Junkenstein's Revenge co-op PvE mode.
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