Summary
With Season 8 right around the corner,Overwatch 2has revealed the Mythic skin for its Omnic Tank Orisa.Overwatch 2is currently winding down its Halloween-themed seventh season, which brought the new Samoa control map, reworks for Sombra and Roadhog, and the LE SSERAFIM limited-time event.
Now that Season 7 is in its home stretch, players are beginning to look toward what’s next forOverwatch 2.The game’s eighth season is set to go live on December 5 and will bring thenewest Samoan Tank hero Maugainto the fold. The dual chaingun-hauling hero was available to all players for a short trial period during BlizzCon 2023, allowing Blizzard to make some key survivability adjustments to the Tank ahead of his debut next week. Season 8 will also introduce a new control-based game mode called Clash, along with its dedicated map Hanaoka, which uses elements fromOverwatch 1’s discontinued assault map Hanamura.
Now, a week ahead of Season 8’s launch,Overwatch 2has taken to Twitter to confirm the new season’s Mythic skin that will sit at tier 80 on the battle pass: Grand Beast Orisa. The short clip showed Orisa humorously booping Mauga out of frame to show off her new look. The stylish Mythic has four different colorways, with players being able to swap between the base gray, dark purple, icy blue, and magma red. Additionally, like some ofOverwatch 2’s previous mythic skins, Orisa’s will feature unique sound effects and visuals for her abilities.
Fans seem to be underwhelmed with Orisa’s Season 8 Mythic skin, as under the Tweet many are making comparisons to Orisa’s Beetle skin, which features a similar sort of horn on the top of her head with similar colors. That said, having the option of four colors, including purple and red, may rectify the similarity to the Beetle skin. It’ll be interesting to see whether the rest of the Season 8 battle pass will feature some Winter-themed skins following Season 7’s Halloween-inspired cosmetics.Overwatch 2’s annual Winter Wonderland eventshould be making its return next month, so a matching battle pass theme would be fitting.
Now that Season 8 is just a week away, it shouldn’t be long until Blizzard lays out the contents of the entire season and what else fans can expect alongside Mauga andOverwatch 2’s new Clash mode. The arrival of Mauga, along with the new mode and battle pass, will surely inject some juice into theOverwatch 2community as the Winter Wonderland event is also expected to kick off next month.
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Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. Power up your railgun and disrupt the battlefield as Sojourn, or yield your axe and command attention as Junker Queen. Battle to take control of a robot and move it toward the enemy base in the new Push Mode. Bring the fight to new destinations across the globe in iconic locations like New York, Rome, Monte Carlo and Rio. Daily challenges and frequent updates mean there is always something new to play.
