Mercy fans have another reason celebrate this holiday season. Blizzard is giving players a chance at yet another special Mercy skin in Overwatch, this time with a wintery theme.
Winter Wonderland is a seasonal event in Overwatch held during the holidays and is currently running until January 2, 2020. It has returned this year with a plethora of new holiday-themed skins and festive cosmetics, but also with a new series of weekly challenges. As part of the third, and final, weekly challenge, the game’s angelic healer is getting a new Epic skin: Snow Angel Mercy. It is appropriately named, as it has Mercy draped in cool winter colors, with a blue halo to top it all off.
How to Unlock the Snow Angel Skin
Anyone who has been playing Overwatch regularly knows this by now, but the game has been putting out weekly challenges that allow players to earn new cosmetic items, culminating in a new skin if all of the tasks are completed. The Snow Angel Mercy skin can be earned through this new system.
By completing and winning three matches, players can earn a new icon, six matches will net a new spray, and by winning nine matches, players will earn the new skin. The matches can be won in any mode, be it Quick Play, Competitive, or Arcade mode. All of the prizes can pretty much be earned by simply playing the game.
Blizzard is doing more than just dolling out a new event and cosmetics, however, the company also recently aired its annual Yule Log stream. In it, game director Jeff Kaplan sat next to a roaring fireplace in a room covered in holiday decor while talking about the game, engaging with fans, and having some laughs.
There is one moment during the stream where Kaplan briefly mentions the Junker Queen, a character who fans have been wanting to join the game for a long time. He ponders what role she would be, noting she certainly wouldn’t be a support. This has led the community to take this as a tease for the Junker Queen possibly entering the game in the near future.
Overwatch is out now for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
