Blizzard is offering Christmas discounts on its main titles and with it Overwatch, Can be downloaded for free on company teams FPS, PS4, Xbox One and PC until January 4. In addition, the game once again hosts the Frozen Paradise event with special prizes and Christmas skins for some heroes.
The de-icing elimination mode is one of the novelty of the Overwatch Christmas event – Photo: Disclosure / Blizzard
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A key point of this phenomenon is the de-icing elimination mode. Played in teams of four, players are frozen in ice blocks instead of dying and can be defrosted by teammates. Victory occurs when all members of the same team are frozen.
In addition, three modes that have appeared in other Christmas games also return: Mei’s Snowball Aggressive, Snowball Fighting, and Yeti Hunt.
Among the awards for players, three prizes are available each week until 5 January. Every three wins in a single week, the player unlocks a player icon, a spray or a Christmas skin.
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