The impending arrival of Overwatch 2’s next tank hero has been teased through graffiti in the game’s Oasis map since the beginning of its ongoing 13th season. Now, we finally have our first look at Hazard, the 42nd hero in the shooter’s roster, and he’ll be playable briefly this weekend for those looking to test him out before he joins the game properly next season.
Hazard is a member of the Phreaks, a revolutionary group with a punk aesthetic. References to the faction date back all the way to the original reveal trailer from 2014, with members of the Phreaks shown in combat in Paris. Now, after a decade, we’ll finally have a hero from the group. We don’t know much about Hazard’s kit, but in the animated hero trailer, he’s shown using a Gatling gun attachment on his hand (think Barret from Final Fantasy VII) and an injectable purple substance that allows him to create spikes that protrude from his back and seem to rain down on enemies. We’ll see how that all works in-game soon, as Blizzard is making him playable for a brief window this weekend from November 22 to 25, before he’s officially added to the roster in season 14 on December 10. Check out the reveal trailer for the Scottish hero below:
Overwatch 2 is pretty busy at the moment, with a few overlapping events happening at once. The game is currently hosting an Overwatch Classic event that reverts the original 21 heroes to their launch kits and brings back the original 6v6 format. I’m sure that’s nostalgic to some people but as someone who came into Overwatch three years later, I hate playing it without all the quality-of-life changes and reworks that have been implemented in the time since. Y’all have fun, though.