Overwatch Lunar New Year 2019 - Year of the Pig
Overwatch's latest event, the annual Lunar New Year celebration, is now live. This event is modeled after Chinese culture, with references to important historical or cultural figures. The newly dubbed "Year of the Pig" will last through February 8.
The real star of any Overwatch event is the new cosmetic items, and this one is no different. The new skins largely pay homage to historical figures, especially Han dynasty generals: Lu Bu Reaper, Huang Zhong Hanzo, Guan Yu Reinhardt, and Zhang Fei Torbjorn. Others include Zhuge Liang Zenyatta and Hong Gildong Tracer, and the Epic skins Sanye Orisa and General Brigitte.
Past Lunar New Year skins are available again, along with other cosmetics like emotes and sprays. This year's event also brings back the capture-the-flag mode. This all comes alongside new patch notes and balance changes. Overall the update reduces the effect of armor, nerfs a couple of abilities for Brigitte and D. Va, and buffs Reaper.
The most recent Overwatch happening was an Ana-focused mini-event consisting of a short story and a single skin. Blizzard hasn't detailed how often it expects to do these smaller-scale events compares to the larger ones like the Lunar New Year and Winter Wonderland ones.
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