I’ve always had this strange association betweenOverwatchand Christmas, which likely stems from spending three festive seasons in a row utterly embedded within Blizzard’s colorful multiplayer shooter. And now you too can make said association, asOverwatchis free-to-play for the entirety of this festive fortnight.

All you need do is downloadOverwatchto the platform of your choice, then you can spend the wintry evenings absolutely fuming that you’re the only person on the Payload – AND you’re the support – while everyone else runs off for salty 1v1 sniper battles. I tease, of course, becauseOverwatchis an excellent game when the right players come together.

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The free trial runs until January 4, and if you pull the trigger on a purchase, then all of your progress and unlocked content will obviously carry over into the full game.Overwatchis currently rockingits joyous Winter Wonderland event, offering up skins, stickers, and modes all emboldened with sleigh bell janglin’ aesthetics. In the middle of writing this article I re-opened Battle.net and hit Download – I can’t help it. It just got its hooks into me.

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.