Overwatch's Winter Wonderland event is live

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The 2018 Overwatch Winter Wonderland event is live, with new items, festively decorated maps, and the return of the Yeti Hunter and Mei's Snowball Offensive winter brawls. 

As we kind of expected, there won't be a new winter brawl added to the Winter Wonderland this year, but there will be a stocking full of of new skins and emotes to unlock, and items from last year's event will also be available at a discount. A number of the new skins have already been revealed, including Snowboarder Zarya, Arctic Fox Lucio, Sugar Plum Fairy Mercy, and Junkrat Krampus.

The Overwatch Winter Wonderland 2018 event runs until January 2. Full details are up at playoverwatch.com.

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Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.

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