Earlier this 12 months, former Dallas Mavericks participant Luka Dončić was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers as a part of a blockbuster deal. Now, Dončić has lined up a brand new deal of his personal by visitor starring within the Overwatch universe as his alter ego, Sharpshooter 77.
Blizzard has introduced that Dončić’s presence in Overwatch 2 shall be represented with a 77 loot field giveaway, a golden basketball weapon allure emblazoned together with his jersey quantity, a twig, and a participant title for Sharpshooter 77. Overwatch 2 gamers may also be capable of play with a few of Dončić’s totally different personas in particular Stadium hero builds, together with “Fadeaway Fan” Cassidy, “Luka Dunkcic Lúcio, and “Hooper Trooper” Zarya.
As an Overwatch 2 participant, Blizzard notes that Dončić is a Grandmaster and ranked among the many high 500 gamers in North America.
“Many have seen how aggressive I’m on the basketball court docket, however chances are you’ll not know that I am simply as aggressive after I’m enjoying Overwatch,” mentioned Dončić in an announcement. “I like this sport, and am enthusiastic about this partnership. It is particular to be within the sport in a manner that different gamers could be a part of.”
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As a part of the occasion, Blizzard shall be operating billboard advertisements for Dončić’s Overwatch 2 look in his former NBA metropolis Dallas, and his present dwelling in Los Angeles. Since Dončić’ can also be enjoying for the Slovenian nationwide crew at EuroBasket in Katowice, Poland, the billboards shall be featured there as properly.
Overwatch 2 Season 18 launched this week, and it’ll ultimately characteristic a collaboration with Persona 5. The sport’s director, Aaron Keller, not too long ago advised GameSpot that he’d nonetheless like to do an Overwatch TV collection sooner or later. However for now, there are not any agency plans for that.