Overwatch is getting its second annual Summer Games event starting August 8th, developer Blizzard Games announced today. The timed event, which will last until August 29th, will bring back last year’s coveted Olympics-themed skins at a reduced cost. It will also add new skins and bring backf the soccer-style Lúcioball multiplayer mode, which will arrive with a few design tweaks and a new competitive mode with a ranking system.
Last year’s event debuted during the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at the time players were not yet allowed to purchase event skins using in-game currency. That left a lot of Overwatch fans upset, as many assumed the event wouldn’t return perhaps for another four years, or in two years in time for...
