The Overwatch Winter Wonderland Review
Blizzard Entertainment released the Overwatch Winter Wonderland patch for the holidays, and it will be active throughout December 13 until January 2. The lobby screen has been changed to this:
There is a total of 100 new items in the Winter Wonderland event:
- 23 new voicelines
- 2 Highlight Intros: Symmetra and Widowmaker
- 13 new skins
- 7 new Victory Poses
- 3 new Emotes: Mei, McCree & Zarya
- 51 new Sprays
- 2 Winter-themed Maps: Hanamura and King’s Row
- 19 new Player Icons
Overwatch Winter Wonderland Skins
The Winter Wonderland skins can be obtained through Loot Boxes which you can earn by leveling up, or three loot boxes by playing your weekly Arcade games, or randomly acquiring them by purchasing them in the in-game Shop. The fourth way to get these skins is by going to the Hero Gallery/Skins/ and purchasing them with gold. Some of them cost 750 or 3000 gold.
Not all heroes have a Winter Wonderland skin. These are the ones currently available in 2016.
- Lucio Andes
- McCree Scrooge
- Mei-rry
- Pharah Frostbite
- Roadhog Rudolph
- Roadhog Rudolph 2
- Reaper Shiver
- Sombra Peppermint
- Torbjorn Santaclad
- Torbjorn Santaclad 2
- Tracer Jingle
- Widowmaker Winter
- Widowmaker Winter 2
- Widowmaker Winter 3
- Winston Yeti
- Winston Yeti 2
- Zarya Frosted
- Zenyatta Nutcracker
Winter Maps
Currently there are two maps with unique environmental changes: Hanamura and King’s Row. Basically, these two maps have snow on the ground, trees, and buildings. Both also have snowing weather effects. You can create Custom Games to explore both maps. They are at the bottom of the list with the word (Winter) at the right of the name.
King’s Row (Winter)
Buildings in King’s Row have holiday decorations on the doors, and gift boxes. When near the Fish-BELL-chips shop, you can listen to the “12 Days of Christmas” theme played by bells. The Defense base plays the “Jingle Bell” theme, and there is a choir play at the Attack base. These winter maps are awesome.
Hanamura
Hanamura isn’t as Christmas holidays-theme heavy as King’s Row, but it has light decorations on both bases. snowman sculptures,and peppermint candy cane. The entire map is covered in snow, and there are environmental weather fog and snowing effects. You can hear a winter storm sound in the ambience near the edges of the map. The colors seem crispier, saturated (especially the cherry blossom trees), and foggy.
Victory Poses
Not all heroes got a Victory Pose treat, but a few of them got a Toast variation. Mercy and D.va are unique, however.
- Ana Toast
- Dva Festive
- Mercy Mistletoe
- Pharah Toast
- Reinhardt Toast
- Soldier 76 Toast
- Torbjorn Toast
Highlight Intro
Only Symmetra and Widowmaker got a Winter Wonderland themed Highlight Intro: Symmetra Snowflakes and Widowmaker Under the Mistletoe (cost 750 gold each)
Emotes
Only three heroes have a Winter Wonderland themed emote: Mei (Snowman), McCree (Hat Trick) for 750 gold, and Zarya (Mystery Gift) for 3000 gold.
Voice Lines
All 23 heroes have a Winter Wonderland themed voice line.
Sprays
All heroes have at least 2 new sprays: one of them is an ornament variant. All heroes have access to the following new sprays: Snowhog, Snowcree, Snowmei, and Snowreaper.
- Ana Ornament Spray
- Snowcree Spray
- Snowmei Spray
- Snowreaper Spray
- Ana Warm Spray
- Winter Wonderland Spray
- Bastion Festive Spray
- Bastion Ornament Spray
- Dva Ornament Spray
- Genji Kadomatsu Spray
- Genji Ornament Spray
- Hanzo Kadomatsu Spray
- Hanzo Ornament Spray
- Junkrat Winter Spray
- Junkrat Ornament Spray
- Lucio Hockey Spray
- Lucio Ornament Spray
- McCree Ornament Spray
- McCree Ugly Sweater Spray
- Mei Ornament Spray
- Mei Sculpting Spray
- Mercy Ornament Spray
- Mercy Snow Angel Spray
- Pharah Ice Fishing Spray
- Pharah Ornament Spray
- Reaper Ornament Spray
- Reaper Stocking Spray
- Reinhardt Ice Fishing Spray
- Reinhardt Ornament Spray
- Roadhog Winter Spray
- Roadhog Ornament Spray
- Soldier Army Man 76 Spray
- Soldier 76 Ornament Spray
- Sombra Ornament Spray
- Sombra Puppet Spray
- Symmetra Ornament Spray
- Symmetra Snowflake Spray
- Torbjorn Ornament Spray
- Torbjorn Workshop Spray
- Tracer Ornament Spray
- Tracer Snowboarding Spray
- Widowmaker Ornament Spray
- Widowmaker Skiing Spray
- Winston Ornament Spray
- Winston Presents Spray
- Zarya Matryoshka Spray
- Zarya Ornament Spray
- Zenyatta Ornament Spray
- Zenyatta Snowball Fight Spray
- Dva Cookie Spray
- snowhog
Player Icons
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