A little video slip up on the Taiwanese YouTube page for Overwatch revealed a new character. The Taiwanese crew eventually removed the video however was fortunately ripped by some players and shared. The new character joining the game is a Canadian character named Sojourn, the first black female character in the Overwatch series. We learned some of her abilities in the video, which included a showcase of her special rail gun weapon.
Sojourn'sSojourn's railgun seems to have both an automatic mode and powershot mode. The big difference between this video and the video posted on the official Overwatch YouTube account is that the official video only shows Sojourn's origin story and not any gameplay footage like the video leak.
The Overwatch 2 closed beta will begin on April 26 and will include access to Overwatch 2's2's 5v5 PvP mode, the new Push Mode, Ping System, four hero reworks (Orisa, Doomfist, Bastion, Sombra), one new hero (Sojourn), all OW1 maps and four new maps (Circuit Royal, Midtown, Toronto and Rome). Still, game director Aaron Keller recently apologized for the lack of progress in beta mode.
"I want to thank our players for your continued support," he said. "We recognise that we haven't communicated well, haven't kept you up to date and, honestly, we've let you down when it comes to developing Overwatch content.
"Based on your feedback we've taken some time to rethink Overwatch 2, with the singular goal of making sure it's a living game, serving our players with exciting content on a regular basis."
The delays aren't surprising as Activision has announced that Overwatch and Diablo IV have been delayed until 2023.
Check out the gameplay and origin stories below:
