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Overwatch Summer Games 2017 Start and End Time Revealed

Overwatch Summer Games 2017 Start and End Time Revealed

By Rishi Alwani | Updated: 9 August 2017 01:17 IST

Highlights

The Overwatch Summer Games event 2017 starts from August 9
It ends on August 29
Cosmetic items from last year make a comeback

Earlier Gadgets 360 reported that popular hero shooter Overwatch would see the return of the Summer Games event. This was its first event last year and it’s back again.

Blizzard has announced that the Overwatch Summer Games 2017 event will take place from August 8 to August 29. Expect it to begin from 11:30pm IST on August 8 and end on 12:30pm IST on August 29.

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Along with it comes the obligatory game modes, loot, and of course a new map. Lucioball - the football inspired mode that made its debut with last year’s Summer Games makes a come back. In addition to the Rio map of 2016 is Sydney.

Although Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan did not explain why the team had selected the locale, it perhaps could pertain to lore regarding Junkrat - an Australian character in the game.

Moreover, Lucioball sees some interesting modifications. For one, there’s Capa Lucioball - a competitive playlist with a placement and ranking. Also, Lucio’s ultimate ability doesn’t pull the ball to the player, instead it increases his movement speed and reduces the cool down time on his alternate ability. Lucio’s ultimate won’t let you ‘boop’ opponents either. What this means is, you can’t use Lucio’s ultimate to push goalies away and pull the ball inside.

In a welcome move, the Overwatch Summer Games 2017 brings a stack of event loot crates featuring all new cosmetics as well as returning favourites from the 2016 event. What's more is, last year's gear will be cheaper than the new ones.

New Overwatch Summer Games 2017 cosmetic items price:

Legendary Skins: 3,000 credits
Epic Skins: 750 credits
Rare tier: 225 credits
Common tier: 75 credits

Overwatch Summer Games 2016 cosmetics price:

Legendary Skins: 1,000 credits
Epic Skins: 250 credits
Rare tier: 75 credits
Common tier: 25 credits

With the Summer Games making a return, it’s safe to say Blizzard will have Halloween, Christmas, and Anniversary events as regular, annual fixtures.

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