Overwatch: Year of the Rooster special event now live

25 Jan 2017

Steve Wright

Overwatch‘s Year of the Rooster event, celebrating Chinese New Year, is now live to players on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.

The event brings new skins, sprays, icons, poses, emotes and intros for a number of characters. Additionally, a new Brawl game mode, Capture the Rooster, is available. It’s a take on Capture the Flag set on the Lijiang Tower map.

If you’ve a moment to stop and look up during Capture the Rooster, do so — you may be in for a surprise.

Overwatch is available on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.

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