Blizzard teases next Overwatch hero’s release date, likely March 23

Blizzard Entertainment has teased the release date for the next Overwatch hero in a lore image post on Twitter. The image is of a cargo manifest file that lists its cargo as “Echo” and that the cargo is being delivered to a location abbreviated as “KDMA” on March 23. We don’t know what “KDMA” is supposed to signify just yet, but the date of March 23 strongly suggests that the new hero will release on that date based on past times where a date has been included in images like this in the past.

> Accessing…

> File decryption: Complete

> Displaying image pic.twitter.com/pSZUJV9q7W
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) March 18, 2020

This post also heavily implies who the next hero is as well. “Echo” is actually the name of an artificial intelligence that was part of Overwatch at some point, as shown by the animated short “Reunion” that came out a little over a year ago. Considering the image also contains a picture of the container that Echo was inside of in that video, it seems that Blizzard has essentially confirmed that Echo is the next hero. It’s likely she’ll be able to fly and launch explosive energy projectiles as seen during the “Zero Hour” short for Overwatch 2, although we don’t know more then that.

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What do you think of Echo being the new hero? Do you think she’ll be a fun character to play as? What do you think some of her other abilities will be? Let me know down below.

Overwatch 2 doesn’t have a release date yet, but the original Overwatch is available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.