Overwatch is free on the May 26 weekend to mark its year anniversary

Overwatch is free on the May 26 weekend to mark its year anniversary
Colm Ahern Updated on by

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The folks at Blizzard are celebrating the fact that Overwatch has been out for 12 months next Tuesday, May 23, with a special anniversary event running from that date up until June 12.

Blizzard is keeping tight-lipped on what this event will actually entail, so your guess is as good as mine. A new map perhaps? Maybe a new character? We’ll find out next week.

Blizzard is also releasing a digital Game of the Year Edition for PC, PS4 and Xbox One that contains the origin skins that first appeared in the Overwatch: Origins Edition, as well as 10 free loot boxes, and in-game items based on Blizzard’s other properties: WoW, Diablo III, Starcraft II, and Heroes of the Storm.

If you’re yet to jump into the team-based shooter, you can try it out for yourself as the game will be free from May 26 to May 29 on all platforms.

In the video below you can see the story of the game from launch, to the first Overwatch eSports event, to all the new heroes that have been added over the course of the last year.