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Overwatch Winter Wonderland is back

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As you’d expect, the Overwatch Winter Wonderland event is back, dropping on December 12th.

In a developer update video, Overwatch daddy and game director Jeff Kaplan confirmed several exciting aspects of Winter Wonderland 2017.

As usual, legendary skins will make an appearance. Kaplan confirmed a ‘long-awaited Hanzo skin’ as well as a skin for both Junkrat and Roadhog, leaving players to speculate on the rest. A top comment on Reddit seems to think this might be the Hanzo skin in question:

Hanzo Winter Wonderland

I dig it.

Several maps will also get a Winter facelift, namely King’s Row, Hanamura and Black Forest. King’s Row and Hanamura you might remember from previous updates while Black Forest is completely new.

Snowball offensive will also make a return. This is a unique Arcade brawl where two teams of Mei’s battle it out. The difference is, each Mei only has one shot in the chamber and a hit is an instant kill. Ammo can be refilled at snow piles but leaves you very, very defenceless so it’s a game of timing and accuracy.

This year, Snowball Offensive will be available on Ecopoint and the new winterised Black Forest arena.

Finally, a completely new game mode will be Mei’s Yeti Hunt – an asymmetrical 1 v 5 boss fight. Essentially, it boils down to 5 Mei players taking on resident big lad Winston, who also happens to be player controlled. Winston has to collect powerups around the map that award him primal rage and pick off the Mei’s that are mercilessly hunting him down. In Mei’s Yeti Hunt, each Mei will also have a special ice trap ability alongside her usual repertoire.

It sounds like Overwatch is going a bit Evolve, which is an interesting choice. We’re unsure how it’ll play out since it’s hard enough to escape a single Mei never mind five. Regardless, if it’s anything like past events it’ll be great and Kaplan’s take is also amazing:

“I know a lot of you are thinking it sounds kind of silly and kind of ridiculous and well, I’m here to tell you it absolutely is.”

Overwatch Winter Wonderland 2017 will drop on December 12. In the meantime, here’s the full developer video:

 

UK based gaming writer, raised on a diet of Street Fighter and Isometric RPG's. I enjoy playing every game I can get my grubby little hands on.

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Want Diablo 4 immortality? Hardcore Level 100 Before Most Others

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The devilish launch of Diablo 4 is days away (less for Ultimate Edition buyers). Blizzard has promised the ultimate reward for the first 1000 players to accomplish level 100 on Hardcore Mode: a statue of in-game antagonist Lillith.

Diablo 4’s Hardcore Mode is a character-creation-only difficulty adjuster. It automatically deletes characters when they die, making things infinitely harder regardless of World Tier. But 100? That’s several playthroughs on increasingly difficult World Tiers with new adversaries in harsher setups and about 150 hours of flawlessly rapid gameplay.

Honoring the dying.

Being remembered with those brave souls lost on the journey is the ultimate gamer boast. Do you dare?

 

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Layers of Fear PS5, PS4 Trophy List Promises a Spooky Platinum

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Bloober Team’s survival horror game Layers of Fear is terrifying. The Trophy List on Exophase just appeared, and players will have to go crazy to obtain Platinum.

With a Silver Trophy like “a new way” requiring players to “live through the third conversation” (and a few of Bronzes for surviving the previous two) and another called “face your fears” appearing when you “see your enemy and fail”, we might chase this one with the lights on.

Do you like Layers of Fear’s whole trophy list? Do you want the Plat?

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One of Sony’s Most Viewed PS Showcases

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The PlayStation Showcase, which divided fans and prompted our full-throated Reaction, was a ratings winner. Gamesight’s number crunchers found that PlayStation fans were drawn in by the appeal alone, even though many of the titles we wanted to see didn’t show up.

It’s possible certain Showcase games were withheld. Summer Game Fest may bring something? Watched the big spectacle live?

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