The subsequent hero coming to Overwatch 2 is Juno, and he or she’ll be playable in Blizzard Leisure’s hero shooter this weekend as a part of a limited-time trial. Blizzard revealed Juno’s skills in a brand new gameplay trailer launched Thursday, exhibiting the assist hero’s capability to heal her teammates, glide by the air, and provides her group a brief, Lúcio-like pace enhance.
Juno’s reveal trailer exhibits off her major weapon, skills, and supreme, which embrace:
- Mediblaster, a submachine gun that heals teammates and damages enemies;
- Glide Increase, which lets Juno hover for a quick interval (and carry out a candy flying roundhouse kick);
- Pulsar Torpedoes, a lock-on capability that targets allies with therapeutic burst fireplace and targets enemies with damaging fireplace;
- Hyper Ring, a deployable portal that provides teammates a giant pace enhance;
- Orbital Ray, a shifting beam that blasts onto the map from orbit, amplifying allies’ harm.
Overwatch 2 gamers will get to check out Juno’s package from Friday, July 19 by Sunday, July 21 on all platforms. She’ll be obtainable in all modes, aside from Aggressive Play, through the limited-time hero trial. Juno will formally be launched in Overwatch 2 on Aug. 20, when season 12 of the sport goes dwell.
Blizzard first teased Juno, then identified by the codename House Ranger, at BlizzCon 2023. On the time, she was described as a Martian colonist and a “extremely cell assist hero who has fairly a little bit of vertical mobility.” Final week, Blizzard teased her imminent look in Overwatch 2, exhibiting that she’d made the journey from Mars to Earth and parked her touchdown craft within the Dorado map.
Juno could also be associated to a different character from deep Overwatch lore: Jiaya, a former classmate of Mei’s who labored as a scientist at Lucheng Interstellar, the Chinese language firm that constructed the Horizon Lunar Colony. Lucheng Interstellar seems to have additionally been concerned in growing a colony on Mars; Juno’s swimsuit options the Lucheng brand. The title Juno, for what it’s price, is the mom of the god Mars in Roman mythology. We’re certain to study extra about Juno’s position and her relationships to different Overwatch characters within the coming weeks.
Overwatch 2 is offered on Nintendo Change, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X.