Overwatch followers who’re ravenous for lore are getting some fairly candy treats later this yr when Blizzard releases two new novels. The covers of the books have spurred dialog across the characters on the duvet, and plenty of suppose that the most recent hero may need been teased on considered one of them.
The novels received’t launch till later this yr, however one of many novels, Overwatch: Declassified, has a canopy already and should have teased one of many new heroes coming to the sport. Overwatch 2: Heroes Ascendant: An Overwatch Story Assortment appears to deal with present characters and has no cowl, however followers will get quite a lot of lore about a number of key characters, together with Ashe, Hanzo, Symmetra, Ana, and Soldier 76.
As quickly because the itemizing for the story assortment e-book was first seen, followers began speculating about which characters from the e-book’s lore would make it into the sport. Two specific tales they’re honing in on are Hanzo’s and Symmetra’s, each of which point out an unnamed character. Hanzo and his father have been talked about, and Symmetra and “an outdated good friend” have been additionally talked about, main gamers to consider that these characters could possibly be coming into the sport across the time the books are launched.
Followers are utilizing the lore books’ launch date as a information for an Overwatch 2 PvE launch schedule
There’s nonetheless at present no concrete launch schedule for any PvE content material at time of writing. Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller has stated that gamers will get the content material in 2023 however has but to disclose precisely when or how they’re getting that content material.
The primary e-book to launch shall be Overwatch: Declassified, which is scheduled to come back out on July 28 in Canada and Nov. 7 within the U.S. It’s potential the date for the U.S. launch additionally will get moved up, however for now, followers expect to get information about PvE quickly if the July 28 date sticks for Canada.
Followers is not going to know for positive if this implies something till Blizzard comes out with a concrete schedule for PvE content material. However to date, nothing has been detailed in regards to the 2023 content material schedule for PvE, that means followers are left to attend and speculate in regards to the launch date of some novels to offer them any inkling of once they can begin experiencing the brand new recreation mode.