At BlizzCon today, Blizzard unveiled two big new updates coming to its hero shooter Overwatch. To start, the game will be getting a new character: a mad scientist-type support hero called Moira. There’s no word yet on when she’ll be available to players in the game, but she joins an ever-growing cast that most recently added Doomfist in the summer. You can find out more details about Moira on the Overwatch site.
Overwatch is getting a mad scientist hero and a Blizzard theme park map
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In addition to that, Overwatch is also getting an exciting new map called “Blizzard World.” Essentially, it’s a virtual imagining of what a Blizzard theme park would look like, complete with areas based on games like Hearthstone, StarCraft, and Diablo. Unfortunately, it’ll be a while before you can play it; “Blizzard World” won’t be available until early 2018.
Earlier at BlizzCon the company also revealed that iconic strategy game StarCraft II is going free-to-play later this month.
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