Overwatch Winter Wonderland 2021 Event Now Live, Eight New Skins Revealed

It’s that holiday time of the year which means another Overwatch Winter Wonderland event is now live, bringing with it new and fan-favorite game modes, eight new skins to the hero shooter, and more. 

Overwatch now has multiple wintery options available for you to choose from. Freezethaw Elimination features two teams of four. Whoever can freeze the whole enemy team first wins. In Mei’s Snowball Offensive, two teams of six Mei’s face off with a new perk of her usual gun: instead of an endothermic blaster, Mei’s weapon now shoots a single, super-powered snowball. Everyone dies in one hit, too, but charging up a snowball takes time, so don’t miss. 

In Snowball Deathmatch, eight players will face off in a free-for-all match where everyone can store up to three lethal snowballs in Mei’s blaster. You can defeat your enemies with snowballs, but you need to aim for the best because it takes time to reload snowballs. The final Winter Wonderland event is Yeti Hunter, which is a six-player brawl that pits five Meis against one Yeti with Winston’s abilities. They win if the Yeti is defeated by players. 

Players can also earn special rewards by simply participating in matches. Here’s what you can earn in Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3. 

Week 1 – From December 16 to December 23, 

• Play 9 Games: WooltideTracer Player Icon
• You can play 18 games: Wooltide Tracer Spray
• You can play 27 different games, including Wooltide Tracer Epic skin

Week 2 – December 23 through December 30

• Play 9 Games: Mistletoe Symmetra Player Icon
• Play 18 Games: Mistletoe Symmetra Spray
• Play 27 Games: Mistletoe Symmetria Epic Skin

Week 3 – December 30 through January 6:

• Play 9 Games: Peppermint Bark Brigitte Player Icon
• Play 18 Games: Peppermint Bark Brigitte Spray
• Play 27 Games: Peppermint Bark Briitte Epic skin

There are now eight skins in loot box: Ice Wraith, Reindeer and Orisa. Here’s what each looks like: 

You can also find skins that were first revealed at previous Winter Wonderland events. You can view all the skins in this year’s event, as well as the emotes and intros in loot boxes, here. 

Are you jumping into this year’s Winter Wonderland event? We’d love to hear from you in the comments!