Overwatch Winter Wonderland 2021 event is live with new skins, old modes

Overwatch’s annual Winter Wonderland event is here, bringing with it a batch of new wintry and holiday-themed skins, like Reindeer Orisa and the equally perfect Snowman Wrecking Ball. Winter Wonderland 2021 is scheduled to take place in OverwatchFrom Dec. 16 to Jan. 6, 2022

Previous Winter Wonderland brawl events (Mei’s Snowball Offensive, Yeti Hunt, Snowball Deathmatch, and 4v4 Freezethaw Elimination) also return in Overwatch’s Arcade card. Live Weekly Challenges allow players to win games in various game modes and earn them Epic-tier skins.

Here’s the rollout for Overwatch Winter Wonderland 2021’s weekly challenge cosmetics, which require playing up to 27 games to earn:

• Week 1: Wooltide Tracer
• Week 2: Mistletoe Symmetra
• Week 3: Peppermint Bark Brigitte

Check out these five Legendary skins. OverwatchYou can see the full gallery (Reindeer Orisa., Sleighing D.Va., Snowman Wrecking Ball., Ice Wraith Geonji. and Snowboarder Baptiste). Loot boxes can earn these Legendary skins.

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OverwatchWinter Wonderland 2021 now available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC.

We still don’t know when we’ll get the Overwatch sequel that Blizzard announced back in 2019, but we know it won’t be any time soon. Blizzard Entertainment has announced an additional delay Overwatch 2The release date was not specified, but it will be available in November. Parent company Activision Blizzard said it was giving the development team “extra time to complete production and continue growing their creative resources to support the titles after launch,” acknowledging turmoil and turnover at Blizzard as contributing to the game’s longer-than-expected development.

Activision Blizzard currently faces multiple lawsuits and federal investigation. There are also calls for Bobby Kotick to resign as CEO over allegations of serious sexual harassment and assault against the publisher and its studios including Blizzard.