Overwatch may get Doomfist - a long awaited new hero very soon. The latest tease for this addition to the hero shooter’s large roster of characters comes via Blizzard’s official Overwatch[1] website which has a post that says[2] the following:
“However, after recent events in Numbani, it can now be confirmed that what occurred was an attack by the Talon organization with the express purpose of freeing one man: Akande Ogundimu, better known as Doomfist.”
At the time of writing this piece, the aforementioned post is offline, but eagle-eyed members of popular gaming forum NeoGAF have the crucial details up here[3]. Past heroes, like Orisa[4] were teased as news in a similar manner before being added to the game a week later.
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Prior to this, crashlogs for the game had hinted of Doomfist’s arrival to the game. There’s a mention of both - Doomfist and Summer Games. This was spotted on Reddit[6] and the official[7] Overwatch forums. They have since been deleted though you can check it out here[8].
With last year's Overwatch Summer Games event beginning on August 2, we won't be surprised to see it make a return around the same timeframe. Which also means we could see Doomfist being added to the game just before or after it. Blizzard hasn't announced a new event and a hero to launch at the same time, so we doubt this would be the case here too.
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