As previously leaked,Overwatchhas launched a special Mardi Gras event. Live from now until March 9,Overwatchplayers can participate in Ashe’s Mardi Gras Challenge to unlock limited-time cosmetic rewards.
There are two ways thatOverwatchplayers can unlock new content during Ashe’s Mardi Gras Challenge. The first is to simply play games ofOverwatch, with three wins unlocking 2 Player Icons, six wins unlocking a new Spray, and nine games unlocking theMardi Gras Ashe and Bob Epic Skin. The other way to unlock content during theOverwatchAshe’s Mardi Gras Challenge event is to watch participating Twitch streamers. One new Spray will unlock at two hours of watch time, whereas players can get an additional two Sprays after hitting four hours. Watching six hours of participating Twitch streamers during theOverwatchAshe’s Mardi Gras Challenge unlocks another two Sprays for a total of five new Sprays.
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As many fans assumed, theOverwatchAshe’s Mardi Gras Challenge event is more in line with theLEGO Bastion event. That is, it’s a relatively short event with the chance to unlock one new Epic skin, as opposed to the longer events that add a bunch of new content to the game. Some fans may be disappointed by this, but luckily, they won’t have to wait too much longer for the next bigOverwatchseasonal event.
Every April,Overwatchhosts what is called the Archives event. This event adds new story content to the hero-shooter, giving players a taste of some PvE action that will be the big focus of the upcomingOverwatch 2in the process. Besides a new co-op mission, theOverwatchArchives eventwill likely also feature a slew of new skins and cosmetic rewards for fans of the game to add to their collection.
WhenOverwatch 2releases, it will be interesting to see if it sticks to the seasonal event pattern established by the base game or if it will introduce new events to the mix. SinceOverwatchandOverwatch 2will share PvP contentfor some time after launch, it seems likely that the games will stick with the established seasonal events like Halloween Terror and Winter Wonderland instead of adding new ones, but that remains to be seen.
More information onOverwatch 2should come later this year. In the meantime, players of the originalOverwatchcan participate in Ashe’s Mardi Gras Challenge event to unlock some new content in the game.
Overwatchis out now for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
