'Overwatch': Everything We Know About New Maps, Oasis And Ecopoint: Antarctica

Blizzcon 2016 is finally over and I’m exhausted. There were insane announcements, crazy eSports games and even a giant Reinhardt or two. Blizzard spent a lot of time wowing us with Overwatch’s next hero Sombra and the announcement of the brand new Overwatch League. Blizzard snuck in a couple more reveals, announcing two brand-new maps coming to the game sometime in the near future. Here’s everything we know about Oasis and Ecopoint: Antarctica.

Oasis

• A desert turned into a mechanical marvel, the Oasis is an “advanced metropolis” in the middle of a barren desert. Set in the Middle East, the Oasis is a testament to human ingenuity. Its architecture resembles Numbani, one of the most technologically advanced cities in the Overwatch universe.

• Oasis will be a Control style map, similar to Illos, Nepal and Lijiang Tower.

• There will be Omnic butlers.

• This will be the first map to feature jump pads, a brand-new concept for Overwatch. I’m not entirely sure why this technologically advanced Oasis has random electronic trampolines, but who I am to judge progress?

• We have only seen early work in progress shots of Oasis, but the map should hit the PTR sometime in December.

• The map wasn’t playable at Blizzcon, no matter how many times I begged.

Ecopoint: Antarctica

• This is the watchpoint where Mei entered cryostasis and was discovered years later by a rescue team.

• Ecopoint: Antarctica will only be playable in the new Arcade game mode – you won’t see it anywhere else.

• We know next to nothing about this map, other than that you will be able to play 1v1 and 3v3 games to the death in this frozen wasteland.

• The map, alongside Arcade mode, will be coming to the PTR next week.

Are you excited about Oasis and Ecopoint: Antarctica? Tell us in the comments.