Overwatch news: Big Anniversary update as Blizzard reveal Double XP plans
OVERWATCH NEWS this week has provided a major update for those who are fans of the Anniversary dancing emotes, as more information on the Double XP event coming our way.
The Overwatch Anniversary event added a lot of new cosmetics and maps to the game and is scheduled to end on June 12.
One of the more popular additions is the new dancing emotes that can get any of the new heroes boogieing in the game.
There have been hopes that these will find their way into the standard loot boxes following the end of the Anniversary event.
But the latest Overwatch news on the subject is not so good.
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Asked about whether the dance emotes will becoming unlockable after the event, the official Overwatch Twitter account gave this reply: “The dance emotes are Overwatch Anniversary event items.”
It means fans who actually want to collect all of them will need to grind the game hard to try and collect all 24 before the end date on June 12.
There is also the option of using real-money to purchase them, although the currency currently needed is set at 750.
While this latest news will prove disappointing for some, Blizzard have provided a spark of hope that things could change in the future.
Following feedback on the latest loot box content and the amount of grind required to grab all the content, game director Jeff Kaplan provided an update on the matter.
“I just wanted to acknowledge that we've been following the threads about the loot box rewards as they pertain to the anniversary events, other events and loot boxes in general.
“The feedback and suggestions have been helpful to us. We had a really great discussion yesterday about the feedback we've been hearing this week.
“While I don't have any immediate action items to report, I thought it was important for you to know that we are listening.
“Please feel free to continue your discussions about rewards, loot boxes, and anniversary cosmetic items in this thread. I'll ask the forum moderators to route all discussion on the topic to this thread.”
Overwatch continues to pile on the updates and bonuses this month, following a bumper May that included the popular Anniversary event.
Blizzard made a big announcement today that confirmed a new Overwatch Double XP period was being setup for the coming days.
All players who log in June 8 to June 12 on PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One will receive double experience - and there’s a lot of ways to do this.
Blizzard say that the new bonuses will apply to nearly all sources of in-game Overwatch XP, including:
- Time spent in a match
- Completing a match
- Completing consecutive matches
- Winning a match
- Backfilling a match in progress
- Earning medals
“It will also stack multiplicatively with existing group and IGR bonuses,” a development message explains.
The bonus experience period begins in all regions across all platforms on Thursday, June 8 at 1am BST (or Friday, June 9 at 00:00 UTC) and ends on Monday, June 12 at 11:59 p.m. PDT (or Tuesday, June 13 at 07:59 BST).