‘Overwatch’ Halloween Bonanza; 100 Loot Boxes, 20M Players, Epic Brawl

The Halloween event for “Overwatch” has finally begun and Blizzard has a lot of goodies in store for players. These include some huge improvements with the Seasonal loot system and an amazing new Brawl mode. Blizzard has had some good news as well, with “Overwatch” players reaching 20 million.

As Paul Tassi wrote on Forbes, it would seem that Blizzard learned their lesson from the debacle during the previous Summer Game’s loot system. Players can now buy the event exclusive items directly using in-game credits instead of having to earn them. The only catch is that they now cost three times the normal price, which is intended to prevent players from blowing all of their gold in one go.

Tassi also decided to buy 100 loot boxes to get a feel for the loot system and concluded that special items exclusive to the event appear more dominant than normal items. This means that players are more likely to find Halloween skins than regular ones or even Legendary skins when buying loot boxes.

The Halloween event also comes with a new Brawl system called “Junkenstein’s Revenge” where players team up to fight hordes of AI enemies. Players can only choose from four specific players, namely Ana, Soldier 76, Hanzo, and McCree. As Kotaku notes, this combination appears quite balanced and offers players the most amount of excitement in dealing with increasingly dangerous waves of enemies.

This marks the first event where the online multiplayer shooting game involves fighting AI enemies, which actually pose a significant challenge for players. Some of the most prominent adversaries are the “Junkenstein’s Monsters” and “Reaper,” which are basically reskins of existing characters and possess deadly abilities.

Finally, Blizzard just announced that “Overwatch” now has over 20 million registered players, Polygon reports. It’s worth noting that the number doesn’t necessarily equate to copies of the game sold since accounts can also be created by players using internet cafes. Still, it’s a significant milestone for a game that came out only a few months ago.