New Overwatch 2 Event is Exclusive to China

New Overwatch 2 Event is Exclusive to China

From Game Rant (Written by John Bonelli) on | OpenCritic

Overwatch 2 is getting an exciting new music festival event that'll only be available to players in China. The eighteenth season of Overwatch 2 began nearly a month ago, introducing the latest support hero, Wuyang, to the game's ever-growing roster of playable characters. Season 18 also brought a collab with NBA superstar and Overwatch fan Luka Dončić, giving players an opportunity to earn 77 total loot boxes via in-game challenges.

This isn't the first time Overwatch 2 has hosted a music-themed event, as its collaboration with K-pop group LE SSERAFIM went live in 2023, bringing a host of hero skins to the game based on the group's members. LE SSERAFIM returned to Overwatch 2 earlier this year, bringing even more skins for Mercy, Juno, Ashe, Illari, and D.Va, and giving fans an opportunity to nab the first round of skins from the in-game shop. This year has also seen Overwatch play host to collabs with G.I. Joe, Capcom's Street Fighter 6, the popular NERF toy brand, and, perhaps the biggest of all, Persona 5's Phantom Thieves.

Overwatch 2 is gearing up for another big in-game event, though this one comes with a catch. The...

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