{"id":98008,"date":"2016-07-07T12:39:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T10:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=98008"},"modified":"2016-07-07T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T10:40:30","slug":"blizzard-teases-a-new-overwatch-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/98008-blizzard-teases-a-new-overwatch-character","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard teases a new Overwatch character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumours pointing to Overwatch&#8217;s next hero being a Support Sniper have increased dramatically over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>This follows an image tweeted by the official Overwatch account, detailing the new hero&#8217;s prototype &#8220;biotic weapon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The leading theory is that the next Overwatch hero will be called Sombra,<b>\u00a0<\/b>thanks to a number of hints found in the game&#8217;s Dorado map,\u00a0reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2016-07-06-did-overwatch-just-tease-its-next-hero\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This assumption is helped somewhat by a comment made by game director Jeff Kaplan in a recent interview with Eurogamer: &#8220;I would say it&#8217;s about time that people are concerned with who Sombra is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no word as to when the next hero will be announced, but given the sudden increase in rumours it is likely to be very soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">[ARCHIVE] Communications Records of Ziegler, A. \u2013 Overwatch File 00231 \u2013 Security Classification: CONFIDENTIAL <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lLAxTL2DhO\">pic.twitter.com\/lLAxTL2DhO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\/status\/750736158624215040\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7gA8T2pZWc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>What do you think of &#8220;Sombra&#8221; as the next Overwatch hero? 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