Overwatch’s new map colonizes the moon – VentureBeat

Blizzard wants to take itsplayers to the one place that capitalism hasnt corrupted: space. Or, more accurately, the moon.

Overwatch, a game where beautiful people smooch each other between rounds of colorful violence, is getting the new Horizon Lunar Colony map (no relation to PlayStation 4s Horizon: Zero Dawn). It takes place on the Earths only natural satellite in a research station that served as the home of the games ultra-smart gorilla character Winston (that Winston came from the moon! Im sorry). The map is available now on Overwatchs public test region server, and Blizzard said it is coming soon to the general servers on PC and the consoles.

As with all maps and characters, Blizzard is rolling out Horizon Lunar Colony at no additional cost for anyone who owns the game. The developer does this to keep players engaged and coming back, which could convince some players to spend more money on superfluous cosmetic items like custom skins and emotes. This has the benefit of not splitting the player base among various map packs while also enabling wealthy players to spend as much money as they want.

Horizon Lunar Colony falls into the assault class of Overwatch maps, which means it will have a payload that one team must push and the other must stop through multiple checkpoints. Blizzard introduced this new setting in a story trailer where Winston talks about growing up on the moon before escaping due to extreme circumstances.

As for details about the map, the video pans over various areas of the colony. We see Winstons room, a playground with tires swinging from ropes, and workstations for the research scientists. But you can try out the map now, and it should show up in your standard playlists soon. Blizzard doesnt take a long time between putting content on its test server and launching it for the wider audience. So expectHorizon Lunar Colony to hit Overwatch proper in the next couple of weeks.

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