Overwatch Winter Wonderland 2021 will finally give us Reindeer Orisa

Blizzard Entertainment has added Orisa to its roster. This is the quadruped robot tank created by Numbanian genius inventor Efi Oladele. Overwatch in 2017, fans have only wanted one thing: a reindeer-themed skin for the game’s annual Winter Wonderland event. Cruelly has denied for the past four years that Rudolph-inspired skin was in fact being used. Overwatch fans will finally get some relief later this week, when the game’s Winter Wonderland 2021 holiday event kicks off.

Reindeer Orisa will be coming to OverwatchAn unlockable Legendary skin that can be used starting on Dec. 16 when the annual End-of-the-year celebration begins. After years of begging, aggravation, and fan-created skins imagining Orisa as one of Santa Claus’ reindeer, this long-awaited version of Orisa will become reality — with a gift-wrapped Supercharger and a snow globe-infused Fusion Driver to complete the theme.

Here’s Blizzard confirming the skin in a tweet on Wednesday:

Orisa mains can be, naturally, over the moon.

Blizzard also confirmed two more Legendary skins for Winter Wonderland 2021 ahead of launch: Sleighing D.Va — a perfect Santa’s sleigh-themed complement for Orisa — and Ice Wraith Genji, in a pair of tweets.

Stalwart Overwatch fans will have this year’s Winter Wonderland event — which will likely see the return of limited-time game modes and a flurry of cosmetics — to keep them busy from Dec. 16 through Jan. 6, 2022.

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.