The Halloween event is live now through November 4
Coinciding withOverwatch‘sNintendo Switchrelease today, Blizzard has begun the Halloween Terror 2019 event on PC and consoles. If you’re in it purely for the skins, there are eight new looks, two of which–Inferno Junkrat and Vampire Baptiste, as well as Demon Hunter Sombra–are earnable as guaranteed unlocks throughWeekly Challenges. You’ll just need to pile up nine wins for each of ’em.
You’ll also get an exclusive icon and spray during each week at three and six wins, respectively.
If the name Demon Hunter Sombra rings a bell, that’s because theDiablo-inspired skin used to be a BlizzCon exclusive. Blizzard bundled it in with $50 Virtual Tickets in 2018. Clearly, patience pays! For BlizzCon 2019, theOverwatchteam is turning toWorld of WarcraftwithIllidan Genji and Tyrande Symmetra. I wonder how many of us will still be playing a year from now. I honestly don’t know!
As for the other new skins, Halloween Terror 2019 includes Demon Orisa, Pharaoh Ana, Scorpion Widowmaker, Warlock Ashe, Will-o’-Wisp Tracer, and Gorgon Lúcio. Otherwise, it’s kind of business as usual for the event. The PvE mode Junkenstein’s Revenge is back again until July 12, 2025.
The other benefit of logging in? You can pick up Halloween Terror skins from prior years–including Witch Mercy, Swamp Monster Doomfist, and Jiangshi Mei–at a discount. Dropping 1,000 credits on a seasonal skin is way more manageable than the initial 3,000 credit cost. I always wantedSlasher: 76.
There are balance changes inpatch 1.41, too. Some highlights: Roadhog has slightly better poke potential (his Scrap Gun ammo count is up from five to six), Winston’s Barrier Projector is beefier (from 600 health to 700, and a change in duration from six seconds to nine), and Lúcio can bust a move faster than before (his speed-boosting Crossfade and Amp It Up abilities have both been buffed).
Some of the new skins are cool and all, but I’m not exactlyin the moodforOverwatchright now.
