'Overwatch' celebrates its first birthday with an anniversary event
Happy one-year anniversary, Overwatch!
Blizzard's celebratory video is a well-deserved victory lap, but there's some news to go along with the milestone: a new time-limited event, and another "free weekend" to go along with it.
Details of the event are scant for now. It kicks off on May 23 and runs into early June, but the video announcing its existence doesn't offer any hints about what kind of activities or skins fans can expect. We're told that those details will be coming closer to the event's start date.
But wait! There's more!
Blizzard will also be hosting another free weekend for Overwatch during the anniversary event. All heroes and maps will be available in "a variety of modes," including Quick Play, Custom Games, and Weekly Brawls.
As with past free weekends, any leveling progress you make and loot you unlock will be permanently tied to your Battle.net account. So if you end up buying Overwatch at a later date, you'll get all your stuff back.
Topics Blizzard Entertainment Esports Gaming
Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
