Overwatch’s Doomfist is certainly proving popular, adding an exciting new Talon character to the mix.
The amount of buzz generated following his official reveal certainly points to it being one of the game’s biggest 2017 launches.
No Overwatch Doomfist release date has been supplied by Blizzard, although it looks like fans won’t have to wait very long for new skins.
The Overwatch Summer Games event looks set to launch around the same time as last year, meaning an early August launch is on the cards.
It’s likely that event will launch very close to the release of Doomfist, who recently entered PTR testing.
If the development team follow a similar process as they did with Orisa, we could see the anti-hero arrive the week of July 24.
That would give players some time to get used to Doomfist, before hitting whatever special content Blizzard have planned for the Summer Games Event.
Dataminers have found around 67 new cosmetic items that will launch with Doomfist, with another four being added via the Summer Games Event.
Those involved in the process of finding the new content, explained: “After a fair bit of data mining, it’s safe to say Doomfist will be getting 4 Cosmetic Items during the Summer Games event.
“Based on previous event cosmetics, 4 seems to be a fair amount and usually means an event-specific skin is on the way for said hero. It is possible that, because he’s a new release they’ll focus more on the sprays, emotes, etc. Especially if he launches with 4 or 5 amazing legendaries.”
From what has been found so far, Doomfist will launch with these cosmetics:
Achievements:
- Golden Gun
- Cute Spray
- Pixel Spray
General:
- Heroic Victory Pose
- Heroic Highlight Intro
- Heroic Emote
- Highlight Intro(s) (Random)
- Default Weapon Skin (Non-gold)
- Default Voice Line
- Classic Skin
Fans were disappointed to discover that the new Overwatch character isn’t voiced by Terry Crews.
The actor had previously expressed an interest in playing the role, while fans had been lobbying for his inclusion.
“Who wants to hear me do the voice of Doomfist for real?” Crews once tweeted.
Unfortunately, however, Blizzard has gone in a different direction, hiring veteran actor Sahr Ngaujah (according to PVP Live).
Fans are now waiting for the full Doomfist release date on PS4 and Xbox One.
The character is available in the Public Test Region on PC, which means Blizzard is likely to make some balance tweaks ahead of the full launch.
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