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An Overwatch New Hero Is Being Teased

The official Twitter seems to be teasing the reveal of an Overwatch new hero, and it seems to involve an Athena prototype.
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An Overwatch new hero may be on the way. The official Twitter has teased the arrival of a new playable character by recovering some of the files from a Dr. Mina Liao. In it, she says Jack, Soldier: 76, has been given her permission to work on a new project based on her “Athena prototype.” It then goes on to suggest she is working with artificial life and hoping to show people that omnics have as much right to live as anyone else.

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Here is the Overwatch tease.

Given the hints and things known about the game, it could be possible that this could be alluding a specific Overwatch new hero: Echo. This character is a robot who first appeared in the short “Zero Hour” cinematic was shared. There, it showed that she had already reed Overwatch.

The last Overwatch character added was Sigma. He ed the roster back in August 2019 as the thirty-first hero.

Overwatch is available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. A release date hasn’t been set for the new hero, but they could arrive this week.


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