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Overwatch Gets In The Holiday Spirit With New Skins And Brawl In Winter Wonderland 2017

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2017-12-12_130345 Overwatch is back into the holiday spirit again with the return of the Winter Wonderland seasonal event that started today with new legendary skins and a “Yeti Hunter” brawl.   Starting today through January 1, players on Ovetwatch will get to collect new Christmas-themed loot including several new legendary skins, and a new brawl called Yeti Hunter, and the return of Mei’s Snowball Offensive from last year’s. There are over 50 new seasonal items, including skins for Ana, Sombra, Junkrat, Roadhog, and more.   Here are more details on what’s in store for Winter Wonderland 2017:   Yeti Hunter game-modes-bg-5bf7bc792589a3a9fa68431725b5f86d9625a406a96da98b37d5c2d8956f6f237387c0e29c9dc0c90e1ea22b44040fddb263da0bd478f71e0c4c5945735ec276

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This 6-player brawl sets 5 Meis against one Yeti player who utilizes Winston’s abilities. The Yeti must gather meat to unlock a powerful rage ability adding immunity to freeze and more powerful bonuses. The Meis try to find and eliminate their woolly opponent before he’s consumed enough meat. The Mei players have a new tool in their arsenal, though—a modified “Yeti trap” ultimate ability. Which team will emerge from the snow?

  Mei’s Snowball Offensive

In this brawl, Mei’s Endothermic Blaster has been modified to fire a single, super-powered snowball. Taking down an enemy only requires one hit, but a miss can be costly. Once your weapon is empty search for the nearest snow pile to reload. When the battle starts to heat up, you can activate Mei’s Ultimate, which turns her blaster into an automatic snowball launcher, allowing you to fire continuously as your enemies scatter. This year, you play on the Black Forest map as well as Ecopoint: Antarctica.

  Here’s a look at some limited time holiday decorated versions of three maps for the event:   Holiday Black Forest black-forest-wide-cf72b14d812125ebebfb78161fd1e7058944fe640b50d58f9d1ae39d94181674a40f6efe2eda632a4947d318f228c635a7559ef2036485ca08249944d7410ad1   Holiday King’s Row kings-row-wide-9cbf1a1032359aee031b761af676505ebb1bc269c78ad467e80548ca7f3b67f8c523e5aecaf3adeec5fbdc1067205771b43c1e61b824aad34139b533bd4fb3f7   Holiday Hanamura hanamura-wide-0a1a70ed4a7e72c61d5dc0e5332b7d0ffcf6af28f615c41b65f6d584d0a3ed8a69fc4c61fafbbca304365f1da469ea280bedde4b951247c53579228d2a9e34b6   And here are the new skins for the event:   Avalanche (Bastion) 0x02500000000012CE   Rime (Sombra) 0x0250000000001257   Beachrat (Junkrat) 0x0250000000001251   Snow Owl (Ana) 0x0250000000001245   Casual (Hanzo) 0x0250000000001039   Ice Fisherman (Roadhog) 0x025000000000125E   Alpine:76 (Soldier: 76) 0x0250000000001260   All the skins from Winter Wonderland 2016 will be available at lower prices for the duration of this year’s event. You can also check out the new highlight intro and emotes here.   Overwatch is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The Winter Wonderland 2017 seasonal event is now live and will continue until January 1, 2018.

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