The next hero of Overwatch is almost finished. Jeff Kaplan comments on the current development status of the next character.
Meanwhile, Moira has solidly integrated into the hero pool of Overwatch, so the community is slowly but surely craving more information about the next hero.
Hero number 27 is, according to Jeff Kaplan, the Game Director of Overwatch, already pretty far along in its development.
Although no exact information about the hero’s role is known yet, Kaplan is quite satisfied. In an interview with Overwatch Central, he even goes so far as to claim that hero 27 “will change the meta.” This suggests that the hero will have unique abilities – most players are thinking of an additional tank here.
In a quote, it says: “Sometimes, when we work on a new hero, we really struggle before it ‘clicks’ and we figure out exactly where we want to go with the hero.” – For hero number 27, this is not the case, as they have already received great feedback from the testers and are very satisfied.
Hero 27 is already getting skins – When is the release?
In fact, work is already underway on skins for the hero. This means that the initial playtest is complete and the basic design is more or less final.
However, there is still no concrete release date for the elusive hero 27. Fans are also speculating about a release at the end of February, with a prior test on the PTR of around 2 weeks. If these predictions are correct, we could welcome a new hero on the test servers as early as mid-February.
Also interesting: The development of new heroes takes longer with the advancing lifespan of Overwatch. One reason for this is that developers have to create a lot of content simultaneously for new heroes. As an example, Kaplan mentioned that the community expects every hero to have a “sitting” emote.
Are you already excited about hero number 27 for Overwatch? Or do you think it’s time to stop with new characters that keep impacting the balance?
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