Winter Wonderland 2019 brings new game mode, shelves Skirmish

William Davis Published 11/12/2019

The holiday season has arrived once again and Overwatch is bringing the festivities with the biggest installment of the Winter Wonderland event yet. Winter Wonderland 2019 features three unique game modes, seven new winter-themed skins, and an all new intermediary mode that will be sticking around after the holidays come to a close.

Mei’s Snowball Offensive and Yeti Hunter are making a return during this limited event. A brand new game mode, Snowball Deathmatch, will be joining the others for this year’s celebration.

Eight players will take control of the hero Mei and duel one another in a snowy free-for-all. Every player can carry a maximum of three lethal snowballs in Mei’s blaster unlike the Snowball Offensive in which players can only carry one.

Players can earn rewards by playing Overwatch’s new wintery game mode.

Some Winter Wonderland Epic skins don’t require loot boxes

Speaking of rewards, players can obtain all three of the new epic-rarity event skins without opening a single loot box or spending any gold. One the epic skins will be featured each week and can be obtained by winning nine games in any game mode before the next week begins.

The first epic skin to be featured during week one of Winter Wonderland 2019 is “Ugly Sweater: 76.” Week two’s skin is “Holly Moira,” and week three’s is “Snow Angel Mercy.”

The last and most unexpected addition to arrive this holiday season is a new feature called “While You Wait.”

While You Wait is replacing Skirmish as Overwatch’s new intermediary mode while queueing for matches. Players can now choose between four different game modes while passing the time before the next match to start.

Skirmish returns as one of the options alongside Deathmatch, a more serious version of Skirmish where players compete against one another for the top place on the scoreboard. Practice Range is a fairly straightforward one that sees the player enter a training ground full of bots to kill. 

Finally, players can choose a Custom Game from the game browser.

Overwatch is certainly getting into the spirit of giving this holiday season with all this new content.

Read Also

Movies & TV

Will The Batman Part II Be Delayed Again? Zachary Roberts The Batman: Part II has already been delayed three times. It was supposed to come out this month, actually. Three delays later, though, and it's on the slate for February 2028, which would be almost six years to the month after the first movie. Is it going to be delayed again? Movie fans live in fear of that very thing in these uncertain times. Any piece of art, including video ...

Kick

Nigerian Musician Davido Joins Kick: Here’s What We Know Khizar Mundia Afrobeats star David “Davido” Adedeji Adeleke has joined livestreaming platform Kick and expressed his intention to begin a new part of his career. Kick has previously revealed that the platform has stepped back from signing streamers with large deals and also stopped encouraging gambling content. Both announcements were met with widely positive reactions, as there was much criticism regarding casino streaming and many people believed huge deals led to streamers ...

Dota 2

BLAST SLAM VIII Finals predictions and preview Michael Hassall It’s been a long road, but after a strangely-formatted group stage, and a decidedly anticlimactic playoffs, we’re down to the final three teams in BLAST SLAM VIII. The finals are today (Oct. 11) and we’ll see the premier teams in Dota 2 clash. Perhaps disappointingly, we’re not seeing a new wave of top-teams at the pinnacle of Dota 2 competition, with the three final teams being the same trio we’ve ...

Twitch

Kai Cenat Reveals Japan IRL Tour and Says He Wants To Go to Space Khizar Mundia Twitch star Kai Cenat has recently expanded his content to include IRL tours, and Japan is next on the list of places he will be heading it seems. The American kicked off his Exploring the Unexplored IRL series with Iceland, reportedly becoming the first streamer to broadcast from inside a volcano. This was a massive accomplishment, but just a few days later Cenat became embroiled in controversy with Reginald “Reggie” Travers. ...

News

NFL petitions U.S. Supreme Court for clarity on prediction markets Michael Hassall The heat is officially on for prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket as the NFL, one of the United States’ biggest sports leagues, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the classification of prediction markets. In a brief filed late on Thursday (Oct. 8), the National Football League (NFL) backed the state of New Jersey’s request for the U.S.’s highest legal entity to review whether ...

GTA

Lacy Reveals GTA 6 Marathon Plans and Monthly Income Breakdown Khizar Mundia Nick “Lacy” Fosco recently made headlines after announcing he would disable Twitch ads on his streams. Now, the streamer has revealed plans for an upcoming GTA 6 marathon, alongside a breakdown of his monthly earnings and expenses.. Lacy is in the news frequently, whether it's because of his relationship, drama with other streamers, or even leaving CORE. The creator recently also limited his Twitch ads significantly after starting, saying that ...

News

Crypto Casino Stake To Launch In Alberta, Canada Khizar Mundia Stake co-founder Eddie Craven made an X post announcing that the casino has secured licensing approval in Alberta, Canada, and will be launching its services in the new location imminently. Crypto casino Stake is one of the most popular gambling sites, with livestreaming platform Kick having been a major marketing force for it over the years. Both platforms are owned by co-founders Eddie Craven and Bijan Tehrani. While Kick has ...