Overwatch has officially unveiled Kanezaka’s newly unveiled death map to live servers starting today, which includes a new “Kanezaka Challenge” event for players to win spray, icons and even a new epic skin, Kyogisha Hanzo . Full patch notes include updates from heroes like Ashe and Sigma, among others, but the most important news is the addition of the latest and greatest map.
In terms of rewards, the Kanezaka challenge is basically divided into two distinct parts: playing and watching Overwatch. Anyone who gets nine wins in Quick Play, Competitive Play or Arcade before the event ends on January 25 can earn an icon, a spray and the aforementioned Hanzo skin. During the same period of time, anyone who sees several hours of Overwatch more than Twitch can earn up to six new sprays with at least one spray granted for two hours of total time spent watching.
Release the storm!
Play the new map and earn new rewards, including Kyōgisha Hanzo, winning games and watching Overwatch on Twitch. Grab your bow and storm in Overwatch’s Kanezaka challenge right now!
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– Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) January 12, 2021
Here’s how Overwatch officially describes the new map in the latest patch notes:
“Fight for your life on an exciting battlefield of alleys, ancient stone, towering steels and cat cafes. Destroy your enemy’s dreams in the pottery shop, hand out the beats at the Tora no Sumika nightclub or go up to about competition in the city center tower “.
As noted above, the Kanezaka challenge will end on January 25th. Overwatch it is currently available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. Overwatch 2 is under development, although no specific platforms have yet been announced. You can check out all of our previous Overwatch franchise coverage here.
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