Surprisingly, Blizzard today gave hope for possible new content for Overwatch. It could be a new hero or a new map.
On the official Overwatch website, you can now see a post about “New Details about the Events on the Horizon Lunar Colony”. There, the developers apparently announce new content hidden behind recordings of personal messages (including from Winston).
Players suspect this to be the announcement of a new map or a new gorilla hero named Hammond.
Horizon Lunar Colony as a Map?
New content is hinted at on the Overwatch website. There, one reads about a fictional press conference where Lucheng Interstellar announced that they were able to recover old recordings that are almost ten years old. They also confirmed during the press conference that they have access to the colony’s surveillance system. It turns out that many of the colony systems are apparently still intact.
Is Blizzard hinting at a new map with this message? The following image shows an overview of the Horizon Lunar Colony, which was added to the post with the press conference.
Has anyone seen Hammond?
From the personal recordings found by Lucheng Interstellar, new clues emerge. The story of the recordings begins with the gorillas being put under house arrest.
It continues with “strange noises from the vents”.
In response to the house arrest proposal, Winston suggests restricting all ongoing treatments.
A message from “Zhang” stands out in particular. In his message, he asks the others where Hammond is, as there has been no trace of him for a week. His cage has also been empty for a week. “Maybe you don’t see a problem with that, but I think we should be informed about the whereabouts of each of our test subjects.”
Finally, there is a high-priority message: A station emergency – Winston requests immediate assistance at the airlock!
Does the emergency have to do with Hammond? Could Blizzard be preparing us for a new map and/or a new hero here? What do you think?
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