Overwatch and Talon will quickly be scrapping it out in a brand new map named Junkertown, in line with voice traces datamined from the PTR. We count on it to be revealed at Gamescom in a few hours.
Here’s what’s within the newest Overwatch PTR patch.
The telling line is “Welcome to Junkertown” as spoken by Athena, the Overwatch AI who pronounces the map initially of every recreation. You can have a hear for your self on the dataminer’s Tumblr page.
We know Blizzard are gearing up for an Overwatch announcement at Gamescom, and for the reason that voice traces are already on the PTR, it is a protected assumption that Junkertown is not less than a part of that announcement. You can watch it dwell at 17:00 BST as we speak through the stream under:
In Overwatch lore, the Australian Outback was irradiated after anti-robot terrorists destroyed an Omnium (an automatic manufacturing facility) there. The solely people who nonetheless dwell within the Outback are the Junkers – a Mad Max-esque gang of cutthroat survivors who make their residing by scavenging. Junkertown is their haven, and former members embody Junkrat and his enforcer Roadhog.
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