Blizzard’s hero-shooterOverwatchcelebrates the holiday season with its annual Winter Wonderland event, giving players the chance to try out limited-time winter-themed game modes as well as unlock a variety of festive skins. This year,Overwatchhas also released some fresh art showing its characters celebrating the holidays in a cozy cabin, and the image is full of Easter eggs for fans to find.
The newOverwatchart tells fans to look for toys on a mantle, “nom worthy treats,” an uninvited guest, and five jingle bells.Overwatchplayers are encouraged to check out the image for themselves to look for these details, but the toys on the mantle look a lot like theOverwatchNendoroid figures, with Tracer, D.Va, Soldier, and Hanzo represented. The cookies are in plain sight, withAshe’s robot companion BOBholding a tray of cookies representing different heroes from the roster.
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As for the characters who are actually represented in the image itself, it seems that this Christmas party features Support hero Mercy, Damage hero Ashe, Damage hero Genji, andTank hero Wrecking Ball. The “uninvited guest” mentioned by Blizzard is likely in reference to Damage hero Reaper, who can be spotted looking in at the party through the window.
Another interesting detailOverwatchfans may notice is the picture hanging above the fireplace. The picture is of a promotional image for a past Winter Wonderland event, showing off the Winter Wonderland skins for characters Lucio, Mei, Torbjorn, Tracer, and therecently renamed Cassidy, who was known as McCree when the original image was released.
Overwatchfans have reacted positively to the Christmas art, with many saying that they want to see proper skins mimicking how the characters look in the art. It’s unclear if Blizzard has any plans to produce officialWinter Wonderland skinsbased on how the characters look in this Christmas art, but if so, the soonest it could happen would be next year’s Winter Wonderland event, so fans shouldn’t expect to see them added to the hero-shooter anytime soon.
Next year should prove to be an exciting time to be anOverwatchfan. While theOverwatch 2release dateis now not expected until late 2022 or 2023, fans should still be treated to updates on the long-awaited game that should hopefully shed more light on exactly what they can expect from the sequel whenever it finally releases to the masses.
Overwatchis out now for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
