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Overwatch's Next Hero Is Basically A Vampire
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Blizzard revealed Doctrine, a vampire-inspired support hero for Overwatch, featuring shadowy powers, a healing scepter, and mechanical bat drones for attacks, with a unique Infuse ability that enhances his next skill.
- An animated cinematic introduced Act 3 of Overwatch’s story, showing Doomfist, Sombra, Widowmaker, and Reaper teaming up to free Doctrine from prison.
- A new escort map, Watch Camp: Grimvotn, set in an Icelandic prison camp, was announced alongside upcoming gameplay changes, including a rework of Roadhog into a more viable tank and Sombra’s shift to a support role.
- Doctrine will be available for a limited time trial at home, while Roadhog and Sombra can be played on the Blizzcon show floor, with all updates launching in October.
- Blizzard teased one more hero release planned for this year, which has not yet been revealed.
