Highlights
- John Cena has been confirmed as The Enigma in Overwatch 2, with extra of his involvement set to be revealed earlier than August 10.
- Blizzard’s distinctive advertising marketing campaign for Overwatch 2’s Invasion replace includes Twitch streamers being “hacked” by The Enigma.
- Despite John Cena not turning into a playable character, there is nonetheless a brand new Support hero anticipated to hitch the roster with the Invasion replace.
The Enigma in Overwatch 2 has lastly been confirmed to be none apart from John Cena. John Cena himself has been teasing his potential involvement with Overwatch 2 on social media, and now the cat is formally out of the bag.
As a part of a novel advertising marketing campaign for Overwatch 2‘s Invasion replace, Blizzard has had well-known Twitch streamers like Shroud, Keydae, and Scump get “hacked” by a brand new hacker character named The Enigma. The hacking efforts have culminated within the reveal of a brand new trailer for Overwatch 2 that confirms The Enigma’s id.
It’s unclear precisely how massive of a job John Cena’s Enigma character will play in Overwatch 2. However, Blizzard has stated that followers can count on to see extra of John Cena as The Enigma between now and August 10. There may even be a possibility for followers to “actively participate” within the occasion, so it is going to be attention-grabbing to see what occurs. This is a far cry from John Cena turning into a playable character in Overwatch 2 as some followers might need guessed when he began teasing his potential involvement with the hero shooter, nevertheless it’s nonetheless attainable that the character will turn out to be an even bigger a part of the sport’s lore.
If The Enigma does turn out to be a extra lively a part of the Overwatch 2 narrative, some would possibly discover the character considerably redundant because the hero shooter already has a hacker character. After all, Overwatch 2‘s resident hacker Sombra has been within the recreation since 2016. In reality, she was the second post-launch character added to the Overwatch 2 roster after Support hero Ana. Sombra has undergone some main modifications over time, however her package has all the time revolved round sneaking into the again line and making fast escapes.
And whereas some followers could also be considerably disillusioned to search out out that the John Cena teases have not resulted in him turning into a playable character within the recreation, the excellent news is that there is nonetheless a brand new character on the best way for Overwatch 2. Blizzard has stored quiet in regards to the new Overwatch 2 Support hero and what they could entail, however they’re anticipated to hitch the roster with the Invasion replace on August 10. With the Invasion replace set to launch in lower than every week’s time, followers ought to study extra in regards to the character sooner relatively than later.
In the meantime, followers can try the brand new Sojourn animated quick in Overwatch 2 as they put together for the Invasion replace and every part it is bringing to the desk.
Overwatch 2 is out now in early entry for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
