Sombra hacked BlizzCon's opening ceremony today in order to reveal herself to the world; it would have made for a grand entrance if the new Overwatch arrival hadn't leaked weeks ago. The character sports a Laura-inspired haircut (right, Street Fighter fans?) and comes packing a machine pistol, as well as the capability to hack enemy abilities and turn invisible. She can also place a translocator beacon which she can warp to at any time. Her ultimate appears to be an EMP; she's a three-star difficulty hero, then.
She's not the only Overwatch announcement that's been made today, though: there's an Arcade Mode coming allowing for 1v1 and 3v3 battles, as well as a new Oasis map. But probably the biggest news – for those eager to carve a career out of playing video games – is the Overwatch League, which will enable people to potentially turn their love of Junkrat into a full-blown career. Yeah, it's serious business now.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Overwatch, the game that keeps on giving. Also if you play 15 games of Heroes of the Storm you will get a skin for Genji.
Very cool. Wonder if we can destroy her beacon (if we see it) to prevent her from teleporting. Her combination with Ana could present huge problem for opponents - no heals and no abilities.
@Tasuki What skin is it m8?
I really, really don't like that half-shaved head hairstyle she's rocking.
I'll stick with D-Va if I play the game again.
@AFCC It's called Oni Genji. I haven't seen picks of it just heard about it.
She looks like Laura from SFV, with Juri's colour scheme.
@WanderingBullet you can't destroy it, but you can obviously just camp it instead
Her name means Shadow in Portuguese.
I really don't get the popularity of Overwatch and the super power up shooters. Maybe I need to play one.
But it's videos have never grabbed me.
@Bliquid I'll give her a try, didn't mean anything bad btw... just saying it seems pretty clear where they got the inspiration for her look. There are a lot of visual cues from Phantasy Star Online and Street Fighter in Overwatch, one of the art director is probably a fan.
@Tasuki Ok, I've seen the screens and I'm installing HOTS just for the skin xD
Man, you have to play 15 games with a friend...
If anyone wants to grind for it, tell me!
@AFCC Lol Yeah I know what you mean. Although I do enjoy HotS, I just don't have regular access to a PC. Wish they would bring it out on PS4.
@Bliquid Cool, dude, thanks! I will add you when I finish the install. I only played HotS 1 time but I play a lot of League so I guess it's enough xD
@KAPADO
Portuguese and Spanish
I haven´t played Overwatch, or any other online heavy game in quite a while. May be time to get back to it.
@Neurotic_Biotic Sorry, but what does camp it mean?
@Tasuki Is that version of Genji coming to Overwatch as well?
@Bliquid Gotcha, thanks.
More reasons to back to Overwatch.
@Bliquid I've watched a few mins of the PTR gameplay and she seems pretty OP. Her gun range is similar to Soldier-76 and she can even hack health packs every 6 seconds.
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