A Winter Wonderland has arrived in Overwatch

A Winter Wonderland has arrived in Overwatch

Blizzard have announced that a Winter Wonderland has arrived in OVerwatch, as the yearly holiday event is back again and bringing with it new rewards to earn, with the event running from now until January 3rd.

The big addition to the game is that of the Snowball Deathmatch, where either players will all take control of Mei and wield a modified snowball gun, score 15 eliminations and win. To make it more challenging, Mei will be upgraded with a new ability called Catch, which as you guessed it, lets you catch snowballs shot at you.

In addition to the new mode, there are a host of new inclusions, they are:

WEEKLY CHALLENGES

  • Weekly Challenges are back, allowing you to unlock limited-time Winter Wonderland rewards by winning nine games.

  • Rewards include an array of player icons, sprays, and Epic skins!

    • Week 1: Ugly Sweater Soldier:76 (Epic)

    • Week 2: Holly Moira (Epic)

    • Week 3: Snow Angel Mercy (Epic)

NEW COSMETICS

  • Four Legendary Skins

    • Jotunn Doomfist

    • Mountain Man McCree

    • Rat King Reaper

    • Rime Sigma

  • Three Epic Skins

  • Player Icons, Sprays

The event is on now and will wrap up on January 3rd, with Switch, PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gamers all able to play.