{"id":100401,"date":"2016-08-02T08:11:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T06:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=100401"},"modified":"2016-08-02T08:13:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T06:13:23","slug":"overwatch-could-be-getting-a-massive-olympics-themed-content-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/100401-overwatch-could-be-getting-a-massive-olympics-themed-content-update","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch could be getting a massive Olympics-themed content update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard seems to\u00a0be bringing the Olympic spirit to Overwatch with a ton of content inspired by the Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The company has sent out themed packages which include\u00a0cards, stickers, and posters all portraying Overwatch characters in Olympic gear.<\/p>\n<p>The package also includes an image of a Rio de Janeiro domed arena, which could possibly be a new map for the game.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard has dubbed this new\u00a0theme the &#8220;Summer Games&#8221; and has produced\u00a0various items displaying Overwatch characters competing in Olympic sports.<\/p>\n<p>The director of the Overwatch development team <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/forums\/en\/overwatch\/topic\/20747626109#post-8\" target=\"_blank\">recently stated<\/a><\/strong> that a number of new skins and cosmetics were in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Overwatch Summer Games package below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unboxed a package from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\">@PlayOverwatch<\/a>, &amp; this was what was inside. New Olympic skins and a map?! Or just cool items! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/32z8VV3uzk\">pic.twitter.com\/32z8VV3uzk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laced Up Lauren (@LacedUpLauren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LacedUpLauren\/status\/760276286849753088\">August 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Nvidia Titan X first benchmarks revealed \u2013 world\u2019s most powerful graphics card\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/100389-nvidia-titan-x-first-benchmarks-worlds-most-powerful-graphics-card.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nvidia Titan X first benchmarks revealed \u2013 world\u2019s most powerful graphics card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Why serious PC gamers need to upgrade to Windows 10\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/100154-why-serious-pc-gamers-need-to-upgrade-to-windows-10.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why serious PC gamers need to upgrade to Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to SeatStory Cup V \u2013 What an Experience\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/99570-seatstory-cup-v-what-an-experience.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">SeatStory Cup V \u2013 What an Experience<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Overwatch Summer Games package hints at new hero skins and an Olympic arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":82935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[31,20985,17522,1966,429,1055,5998,10096,20987,16755,435],"class_list":["post-100401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-arena","tag-details","tag-games","tag-leak","tag-map","tag-olympics","tag-overwatch","tag-package","tag-skins","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}