{"id":110017,"date":"2016-11-05T09:03:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T07:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=110017"},"modified":"2016-11-05T09:05:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T07:05:33","slug":"blizzard-reveals-new-overwatch-hero-in-animated-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/110017-blizzard-reveals-new-overwatch-hero-in-animated-short","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard reveals new Overwatch hero in animated short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has finally revealed the next Overwatch hero, Sombra.<\/p>\n<p>The hero was revealed during BlizzCon 2016 in a new animated short titled &#8220;Infiltration&#8221;, which showcases her array of unique abilities.<\/p>\n<p>This follows months of cryptic clues and hidden information leaked by Blizzard concerning the hero.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the abilities and equipment used by Sombra, according to Blizzard&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/playoverwatch.com\/en-us\/heroes\/sombra\/\" target=\"_blank\">hero page<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Machine Pistol:<\/strong> Sombra\u2019s fully-automatic machine pistol fires in a short-range spread.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hack:<\/strong> Sombra hacks enemies to temporarily stop them from using their abilities, or hacks first aid kits to make them useless to her opponents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thermoptic Camo:<\/strong> Sombra becomes invisible for a short period of time, during which her speed is boosted considerably. Attacking, using offensive abilities, or taking damage disables her camouflage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translocator:<\/strong> Sombra tosses out a translocator beacon. She can instantly return to the beacon\u2019s location while it is active (including when it\u2019s in mid-flight).<\/p>\n<p><strong>EMP:<\/strong> Sombra discharges electromagnetic energy in a wide radius, destroying enemy barriers and shields and hacking all opponents caught in the blast.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Blizzard&#8217;s latest animated short for Overwatch below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Og5-Pm4HNlI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to Diablo 3 gets a new class in Rise of the Necromancer\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/109977-diablo-3-expansion-pack-unveiled-rise-of-the-necromancer.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Diablo 3 gets a new class in Rise of the Necromancer<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has finally announced Sombra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":110019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[665,189,20184,723],"class_list":["post-110017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-blizzard","tag-reveal","tag-sombra","tag-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110017","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=110017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}