Overwatch brings you the Summer Games

In a celebration of the sporting competition about to get underway in Rio, Blizzard Entertainment have come up with some limited time Overwatch goodies and a new brawl game mode to play. Earn special seasonal Loot Boxes, collect over 100 new cosmetic items, and hit the field with your friends in our latest brawl: Lúcioball!

Starting Aug 2nd any new Loot Boxes you earn or purchase will be sporting an updated look and inside, players will have a chance to find a variety of new cosmetic items commemorating the Summer Games—including themed sprays, emotes, victory poses, highlight intros, player icons, and some very special skins. Each seasonal Loot Box you receive is guaranteed to contain at least one item from the Summer Games 2016 collection. These items though cannot be purchased with credits and the event only lasts until August 22 so there is a limited time to unlock these new items.

New Brawl

To give a feel of sport to the game the developers have introduced a brand new brawl: Lúcioball! This is described as a futuristic spin on soccer and features a fast-paced, 3v3 match featuring everyone's favorite beat-dropping Brazilian.

Teams will face-off in the beautiful Estádio das Rãs, located in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. Equipped with jump pads and speed-boosting walls, this unique arena amplifies Lúcio's abilities, allowing players to punch, glide, block, bounce, and boop and their way to victory. Each game of Lúcioball lasts four minutes, and the team that scores the most goals in that time...wins!

Understanding how Lúcio interacts with the ball is the key to mastering Lúcioball. For this brawl, his primary fire has been replaced with a melee attack, allowing Lúcio to punch the ball—perfect for dribbling, passing, and shooting from short range. When you need to launch the ball across the map, Lúcio’s alternate fire emits a blast of sound that gets the job done nicely.

Unlike other game modes, the speed boost from Lúcio’s Crossfade only affects himself in Lúcioball (Amp It Up will still increase that boost, as normal), and his ultimate ability, Sound Barrier, now pulls the ball toward him from anywhere on the field.

More Updates

This is the first released seasonal event in Overwatch, but Blizzard have promised that there are more on the horizon. So you can expect to see more limited time Loot Box items, maps, and modes in the future. But for now Summer Games is live on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. We'll see you in Rio!