At Gamescom, new maps for Blizzard’s team shooter Overwatch were revealed, where you can soon fight over the mission objectives.
Weapon Factories and Utopia
In addition to the reveal of Lúcio, there were several other innovations announced at Gamescom that await us in Overwatch. Two new locations were introduced where teams can soon compete for the respective map objective.
The map Volskaya Industries takes place in futuristic Russia and appears to be a robot factory that produced weapons to defend against the Omnic crisis. The objective on the map is to capture several control points distributed across conference rooms and outdoor areas of the company premises.
The second map Numbani depicts the future vision of an African metropolis situated at the edge of the savannah. Here, humans and omnics live together in peace and have created a utopia that overflows with technology and prosperity. It is also the setting of the intro cinematics revealed last year at BlizzCon. The objective is not only to capture a control point but also to escort the glove of “Doomfist” – which is already known from the cinematic.
The Overwatch beta is still planned for this year. During the livestream, there was a joke regarding a date that it would begin on “10. Fall” – at least it seems that fall continues to be the targeted timeframe.
In addition to the new maps, the new character Lúcio was introduced at Gamescom.
