Overwatch 2’s first new hero of 2025 will likely be Freya, an explosive crossbow-wielding bounty hunter who can sprint and fly across the battlefield.
Blizzard revealed Freya as a part of its Overwatch 2 Spotlight livestream, diving into extra particulars concerning the damage-role hero. Freya is a former search-and-rescue operative however now works as a bounty hunter. Her primary crossbow assault will quickly shoot bolts at enemies. Nevertheless, her alternate fireplace sees her taking goal to ship a high-speed explosive bolt for giant harm.
Motion and positioning appears to be an enormous a part of Freya’s toolkit, with Blizzard stating she is a “difficult and rewarding” character that can take “precision and a gradual goal to grasp.” She has each a fast sprint potential (that reloads her crossbow within the course of) and a transfer referred to as Updraft that can launch her into the sky. Her Bola Shot potential pulls enemies collectively, setting them up for a harmful combo from teammates or a well-placed explosive crossbow shot.
Freya will be part of Overwatch 2’s roster as a part of Season 16 later this 12 months, however gamers will get the possibility to attempt her out throughout Season 15 as a part of a trial weekend.
Whereas Blizzard shared loads of particulars about Freya, she wasn’t the one new hero the developer revealed. Aqua, a staff-wielding, water-bending Chinese language hero, will be part of Overwatch 2 as a part of Season 18, Blizzard introduced, bringing with him an “revolutionary playstyle.” Blizzard at this stage has solely shared idea artwork for Aqua, however stated extra particulars about his talents would come nearer to his launch.
New heroes have been simply part of all of the bulletins to come back out of Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 Highlight stream. For starters, loot packing containers are returning to Overwatch 2 with Season 15. Blizzard moreover revealed the addition of Perks as a brand new core gameplay system in Overwatch 2, in addition to a brand new round-based, third-person mode referred to as Stadium that sees gamers shopping for gadgets and upgrading their heroes over the course of a match.