The Lunar New Year event will help kick off 2025 in style. The Year of the Snake begins January 29, and the celebration in-game always falls at the same time. If we’re assuming that Overwatch 2 will maintain its nine-week long season schedule, then we can expect the Lunar New Year event to happen right in the middle of Season 14. The three YEAR OF THE SNAKE BRINGS MISCHIEF AND MAGIC. Celebrate the Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake - in Overwatch 2 with the return of Mischief & Magic, a festive game mode that blends strategy, stealth, and skill. This hide-and-seek battle pits Rogues against Knights in a thrilling showdown where every move counts. The Overwatch 2 Year of the Snake event is well underway, so why not complete a bunch of the event challenges while donning some Lunar New Year skins? The game has had many Lunar New Year skins over the years, and 2025 brings both new ones and old favorites to the in-game shop. Read on for all of the currently available Overwatch 2 Lunar New In Overwatch, the Lunar New Year cosmetics were cosmetics that could only be unlocked during the Lunar New Year event, either by logging in, completing limited time challenges, opening Lunar Loot boxes or purchasing them with Credits . In Overwatch 2, you can purchase any of the past event skins that were not part of weekly challenges from either the Hero Gallery with Credits and Coins (750 Overwatch 2 returns to China on February 19, with unique events celebrating Chinese culture. Mythological skins and rewards from Seasons 1–9 will be available. The Lunar New Year event and Min 1, Max 3 test offer engaging pre-season activities. Season 15 launches on February 18, featuring Chinese-inspired content and gameplay updates. The Lunar New Year is an annual seasonal event. The event is based on the real life Lunar New Year festival celebrated in several Asian countries, especially China. This event has exclusive cosmetics. Each event is named after the associated animal in Chinese zodiac. 2017: January 24 to February 13 (Year of the Rooster) 2018: January 8 to March 5 (Year of the Dog) 2019: January 24 to February We’ve rounded up the five best Chinese New Year events in gaming this year. Overwatch 2 (available until 3 February) The hero shooter Overwatch 2 is celebrating the Lunar New Year in 2025, as it does every year. This year, the hide-and-seek mode Mischief & Magic will return to pit Rogues against Knights in a tense game of prop hunt. Fireworks will fly as you play in these fun modes throughout the Year of the Dragon event. Complete Challenges for New Rewards. Year of the Dragon also brings new rewards and a bountiful amount of bonus XP to complete your Season 8 Battle Pass. Test your skills in Prop Hunt and complete games in Overwatch 2 to earn up to 50,000 bonus XP. 2024 Lunar New Year event start date. The Lunar New Year event will launch on Tuesday, Jan. 30 in Overwatch 2. Its arrival will mark the end of Season Eight. It’s still unclear what content it Overwatch is going bigger with its Lunar New Year celebration this year in part because it’s coming back to China on Feb. 19, via publisher NetEase, no less. In a post last week on Xiaohongshu (also known as RedNote), game director Aaron Keller announced a bunch of returning cosmetics and a whole set of Chinese mythology-themed skins coming Overwatch's Year of the Rooster event is live, and along with it, 13 new Chinese New Year-themed skins and a pile of other cosmetics, including profile icons, sprays, victory poses, emotes, and Currently, she has three Lunar New Year skins in the gallery (Fortune -> Zhuque -> Seolbim). Meanwhile OW1 OG characters such as Soldier:76 and Symmetra are still missing a Lunar New Year Legendary skin. They also gave Mercy another brand new Christmas Legendary skin, while she already had a Christmas Legendary and an Epic. The game is very much still alive and well. Download it and hop on. In terms of new heros/maps/events has been very dry Do 40+ years old play overwatch?! It is still alive because of greed and the "rOaD tO tOp5o0" npcs who wasted all their money and valuable time in this shopping simulator. Last edited by or2dash ; Dec 2, 2024 @ 6:06am #15 Blizzard just announced a new Overwatch event for the Chinese New Year, the team over at Blizzard is just spoiling their fans with skins. “The Year Of The Rooster” event starts next week, on Jan. 24, the exact start time is still unknown. You can also earn new rewards during the Year of the Rabbit event, including the 2023 Year of the Rabbit Player Icon just for logging in! There are new event challenges, rewarding bonus cosmetics, and Battle Pass XP when you play any of our Lunar New Year brawls. Complete four of the available event challenges to earn the Kkachi Echo Legendary The Year of the Dragon is here, featuring the return of fan-favorite Mischief and Magic prop hunt, past Lunar New Year game modes, new rewards, and all new skins in the shop. Read on to discover what adventures and rewards await when you log onto Overwatch 2. Prop Hunt Returns A new leak from a Chinese player gives us a good look at what some of Overwatch’s Year Of the Rooster skins are going to look like. This player found an ad for a “free week” for Overwatch to go alongside the Chinese New year event. The free trial is going to last from Jan. 24 to 31, which could be how long the actual event lasts. Here's to another year of epic ults, teamwork, and dominating the payload. Happy New Year, Overwatch family! Wishing every Overwatch player a year filled with clutch moments, impeccable aim, and many victories ahead! I'm Chinese and I'm not offended in the slightest. Hell, most characters have a Chinese themed skin. "Cultural appropriation" being offensive is a western idea. I'm perfectly chill with non Chinese enjoying the culture. That said there is a difference between Chinese and Lunar new year, but even that is only slightly irksome.
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