Overwatch is free to play this holiday

Anyone that’s somehow not given Overwatch  a try in the past five years will be happy to know it’s free to play right now.

From now until Jan. 2, 2022, anyone can download Overwatch  completely free of charge. 

There are no restrictions either. All progression items, including ranks and cosmetics attained in the free version, will carry over to the retail version should you decide to buy it once the trial period is over.

On PC, simply download the game off of Battle.Net and go to town! Xbox and PlayStation will need an Xbox Live Gold account and PlayStation Plus account respectively to play online, though.

This promotion is part of Overwatch’s annual Winter Wonderland celebration, including several cosmetic items you can check out in the video below.

Significant updates for Overwatch  are rare these days, with  the rename of its cowboy character  being the last time the first game made headlines. Overwatch 2  isn’t coming until 2023  at the earliest, partly due to the  ongoing toxic workplace allegations and lawsuits against Activision Blizzard. The company will likely be dealing with such for a long time, especially as  employee walkouts and potential strikes continue.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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