The Year of the Rooster occasion kicks off subsequent week in Overwatch, and 4 of the Lunar New Year skins have leaked forward of time.
Over in China, an Overwatch participant got here throughout a picture promoting a week-long, free occasion within the area which featured the skins.
The image was posted on the Overwatch subreddit, and it exhibits Zenyatta, Winston, Roadhog and Reinhardt sporting skins based mostly on the well-known Chinese novel, Journey to the West.
Here’s the record and descriptions of every character courtesy of hythl0day:
- Zenyatta: Tang Sanzang (Buddhist grasp – also referred to as Xuanzang)
- Winston: Sun Wukong (The Monkey King)
- Roadhog: Zhu Bajie (Apprentice of Tang Sanzang, also referred to as “Pigsy”)
- Reinhardt: Sha Heshang (Apprentice of Tang Sanzang, a “river ogre”)
When the occasion was teased by Blizzard earlier this week, numerous Overwatch channels went dwell displaying skins for Mei and D.Va.
Blizzard promised gamers who didn’t like Mei’s Santa-style skin in the course of the December occasion she would sport new duds in early 2017. For those that hated the pores and skin, her new one will arrive subsequent week.
Overwatch’s Lunar New Year occasion begins on January 24, and in keeping with the picture out of China, it can finish on January 31. The finish date might additionally point out when the free week within the areas ends as a substitute of the occasion.
We’ll know the precise dates as soon as Blizzard makes the announcement.
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