'Overwatch' Characters Getting New Skins? Summer Games 2016 Content Teased By Blizzard

It looks like Overwatch will be getting a substantial content injection before the end of summer, based on photos of a new promotional package being distributed by Blizzard, and all of the new goodies coming to Overwatch will be inspired by the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Teasers for the new Overwatch content first appeared online on Monday evening, after Twitch streamer Laced Up Lauren published photographs of a promotional package from the folks at Blizzard. Inside, Lauren found a variety of small trinkets and knick-knacks, all based around a fictitious Summer Games 2016 event (clearly inspired by Rio). But no one is quite sure what the promotional package means for the immediate future of Overwatch .

Trading cards for members of the Overwatch roster seem to reveal new, Olympic-inspired skins coming to Blizzard’s multiplayer shooter. New outfits, like weightlifting gear for Zarya and a pretty standard track and field uniform for Tracer, give Overwatch a bit of the Olympic spirit that will dominate television airwaves, pop culture and the sports section for most of August. Stickers included in the package also seem to suggest fans can expect a new set of sprays, featuring the Overwatch roster in their Olympic gear, and a postcard for “Casas Dos Jogos De Veráo” has many wondering if a new map could hit Overwatch before the end of summer.

We’ve reached out to Blizzard, hoping to get more information on the new Overwatch promotional boxes, and will update this post if/when we hear back from the studio.

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