Blizzard’s critically-acclaimed first-person shooter Overwatch has a reputation for creating new skins for every event released throughout the year. The most recent event, Storm Rising, will once again bring an assortment of Overwatch characters with new skins, emotes, highlights, and voices.
So far, Blizzard has only revealed a couple of sneak peeks at costumes from such cast members as Junkrat, Moira, Soldier 76, McCree, Hammond, and Baptiste (the newest Overwatch character). You can see the new skins below:
Along with those reveals shown above, Blizzard just announced two new skins. Racer Zarya and GWISHIN Bastion. You can see them down below:
Brace for the race.
Put the pedal to the metal as RACER ZARYA (Epic)!
Chase the truth: April 16 🔎 https://t.co/du08PhhIPT pic.twitter.com/9Rm4eHIEpF
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 14, 2019
A phantom emerges off the coast of Busan.
Terrorize your enemies as GWISHIN BASTION (Legendary)!
Chase the truth: April 16 🔎 https://t.co/du08PhhIPT pic.twitter.com/q3W0w9J37D
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 14, 2019
Just like last year’s event, Retribution, a story mode will be included in Storm Rising. The debut trailer described a direct message to Solider 76 and his core team members that they have been taking down Doomfist the wrong way. The campaign will most likely focus on taking out or interrogating Doomfist’s accountant named Maximillien.
He appeared in many of the comics from Doomfist and Masquerade series by playing a key role as being on the Talon Council – along with Reaper, Moira, and other syndicate leaders. Maximillien stepped in after the death of Antonio (a businessman and smuggler who was shot in the head in the Retribution event last year). The response from fans over the social media has been overwhelmingly positive and some stating that “the lore is about to get crazy”. Can you blame them?
There are only a few more days left for Overwatch Storm Rising to be released. Overwatch Storm Rising will be active on April 16th – May 6th on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
What are your opinions on the new event? Also, What Overwatch characters will be getting new skins in the next couple of days? Make sure to comment, follow, and share your thoughts below.
