Overwatch Anniversary 2021 event: Legendary skins, weekly challenges, more Blizzard EntertainmentIt\u2019s time for Overwatch\u2019s 2021 Anniversary event and you know what that means \u2014 a whole lineup of new skins out there to add to our collections. Let\u2019s take a look at the new Legendaries, and the exclusive Epics. The big draw of every Overwatch event is of course, all of the new skins that get released. Of course during Anniversary you can also unlock any skin from the past (barring exclusive weekly challenge ones). We\u2019ve already seen the skins for Baptiste, Moira, and Sombra previewed, and there are three other Legendaries for Junkrat and Doomfist. There\u2019s also the Epic challenge skins that come with twist this year though, which could mean they take a bit longer to finish. Overwatch Anniversary Weekly Challenge skins Instead of having to win 3-6-9 games respectively over the course of a week to unlock all of the rewards, you now have to play, not win, a total of 9-18-27 games to unlock each tier of rewards broken down as seen below: Nine played games \u2014 Player Icon – 18 played games \u2014 Spray – 27 played games \u2014 Epic Skin – With that out of the way, let\u2019s take a look at what\u2019s on offer for each week of Anniversary 2021. Week 1 \u2014 Cybermedic Ana Ana is the first hero on deck for the weekly challenges during Anniversary 2021, and her Crybermedic skin does not disappoint. As the name suggests, this look would be right at home in a dystopian future like Blade Runner or Cyberpunk 2077. Her eyewear resembles something out of Soldier: 76\u2019s ensemble and the inside of her cloak is actually animated with some Matrix-style falling text design to really complete the look. 9 played games \u2014 Cybermedic Player Icon – 18 played games \u2014 Sentinel Spray – 27 played games \u2014 Cybermedic Ana Epic Skin – Week 2 \u2014 Bird of Paradise Echo Filling out the second week is an absolutely gorgeous skin for Echo called Bird of Paradise, and the DPS does look like a Tropical bird showing off her plumage mid-flight. If you like playing Echo, or enjoy extremely colorful skins, you won\u2019t want to miss your the chance to unlock this one during Week 2. 9 played games \u2014 Bird of Paradise Player Icon – 18 played games \u2014 Flutter Spray – 27 played games \u2014 Bird of Paradise Echo Epic Skin – Week 3 \u2014 8 Ball Wrecking Ball Finally, in week 3 we see an idea that\u2019s been suggested countless times since Hammond joined the Overwatch roster: Wrecking Ball as a Billiards ball. And not just any Pool ball either, he\u2019s the legendary eight ball, but we\u2019re not sure if Blizzard included a feature to answer your random questions. His mech is definitely cool, but Hammond might steal the show with his adorable little tuxedo vest and bow tie. He looks like he\u2019s all ready to play a little game of pool. Wrecking Ball fans, you\u2019ll want to pick this one up. Nine played games \u2014 8 Ball Player Icon – 18 played games \u2014 Corner Pocket Spray – 27 played games \u2014 8 Ball Wrecking Ball Epic Skin – Overwatch Anniversary new Legendary skins Now that we have the weekly challenge skins out of the way, let\u2019s take a look at the five new Legendary skins that will be available to purchase or unlock in loot boxes throughout the event. Funky Baptiste \u2013 3,000 Coins Now for what is undoubtedly the grooviest skin ever introduced into Overwatch: Funky Baptiste. This skin basically takes the healer back in time to that magical time known as the 1970\u2019s. Read More: Overwatch fans rave over Funky Baptiste Anniversary skin and find possible crossover link – Rocking a fro, some bell bottoms and a funky swagger only Baptiste could pull off, be sure to put some George Clinton, Parliament, or any other acceptably funky beat to throw out some fat heals to your teammates. Venus Moira \u2014 3,000 Coins Moira\u2019s Anniversary skin this year was one no one saw coming, but it\u2019s honestly one of the coolest one\u2019s she\u2019s ever gotten just because it\u2019s so different and out there compared to her others. All kinds of leaves and Venus flytrap teeth are covering the skin, and Moira even has a flower on her back instead of all that machinery. This is definitely one you\u2019ll be seeing a lot of throughout this event. Black Cat Sombra \u2014 3,000 Coins Now for what is arguably the most popular skin among fans for the Anniversary event: Black Cat Sombra. Like D.Va\u2019s Black Cat skin, Sombra now has an adorable pair of cat ears. That\u2019s not all, she\u2019s also got a lone-ranger mask, a whip, and some catlike nails for curious Supports who happen to get too close. Along with D.Va, Lucio, and Zarya, Sombra\u2019s skin means we\u2019re only two heroes away from being able to put together a full team of animal heroes. Junkfood Junkrat \u2014 3,000 Coins For all of those of you out there with a sweet tooth, you\u2019ll love Junkrat\u2019s new Junkfood skin. Besides taking the record for the pinkest Junk skin yet (minus some OWL teams) his tire is practically a work of art. The ultimate is now made out of a giant lollipop, with candy corn (arguably the worst candy in existence, so who cares if they get blown up?), and covering it all is a shiny sheet of cellophane that should look cool rolling around the map before it kills you. Gladiator Doomfist \u2014 3,000 Coins Last, but certainly not least we come to the awesome Gladiator skin for Doomfist. It\u2019s a fitting theme for the clobbering DPS, but we\u2019re not so certain fighters in Ancient Rome used giant, bionic fists as weapons, but we\u2019ll let that slide. It might have come a bit early, but this skin seems tailor-made for the new Rome map coming to Overwatch 2. We haven\u2019t seen too many previews of the map yet so we don\u2019t know if you\u2019ll actually be able to inside the famous Colosseum, but with this skin, we sure hope so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Overwatch Anniversary 2021 event: Legendary skins, weekly challenges, more Blizzard EntertainmentIt\u2019s time for Overwatch\u2019s 2021 Anniversary event and you know what that means \u2014 a whole lineup of new skins out there to add to our collections. Let\u2019s take a look at the new Legendaries, and the exclusive Epics. The big draw of every Overwatch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}