{"id":11063,"date":"2023-11-03T20:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/2023\/11\/03\/overwatch-2s-chaingun-wielding-tank-mauga-and-2-more-upcoming-heroes-revealed\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T20:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:01:52","slug":"overwatch-2s-chaingun-wielding-tank-mauga-and-2-more-upcoming-heroes-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/2023\/11\/03\/overwatch-2s-chaingun-wielding-tank-mauga-and-2-more-upcoming-heroes-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2\u2019s Chaingun-Wielding Tank Mauga and 2 More Upcoming Heroes Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wccftech.com\/tag\/blizzcon-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlizzCon 2023<\/a> kicks off today, and during the show\u2019s opening ceremony, we were given a first peek at <a href=\"https:\/\/wccftech.com\/tag\/overwatch-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overwatch 2<\/a>\u2019s new Samoan hero (the 39th in total) Mauga. A muscle-bound Tank character, Mauga wields a pair of chainguns and sounds like he\u2019s going to be pretty hard to stop in the right hands. You can get a first peek at Mauga in action, below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mauga | New Hero Gameplay Trailer | Overwatch 2\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AQfRHycUsmQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blizzard describes Mauga as a \u201cbrutal-but-cunning\u201d hero designed to \u201cbash through the front lines and brawl with his opponents in close-quarter combat, by wielding two powerful chainguns that can either be fire individually or in unison.\u201d Interestingly, Mauga\u2019s two chainguns have different abilities, with one firing off incendiary shots and the other dealing critical hits.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Mauga\u2019s abilities include \u201cOverrun,\u201d which will let you charge through enemy lines, \u201cCardiac Overdrive\u201d which reduces damage to Mauga and those around him as he pours on the offense, and \u201cCage Fight\u201d that essentially traps opponents in a bubble with the power to block out damage and healing from the outside. Again, sounds like Mauga is quite the powerful addition to the roster &#8212; we&#8217;ll see if any nerfs are forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Mauga, Blizzard also teased a number of other things coming in 2024. Three additional heroes will launch in 2024, with one being an attacker Venture (coming with Season 10) and the other one still going by the codename Space Ranger (Season 12). You can get a peek at both of the new heroes, below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The future for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Overwatch2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Overwatch2<\/a> is BRIGHT \u2728<\/p>\n<p>\u2694\ufe0f New Game Mode CLASH<br \/>\ud83c\udf38 New Map Hanaoka<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 New Damage Hero<br \/>\ud83e\ude79 New Support Hero<\/p>\n<p>Dive into these reveals and more of what&#8217;s to come in 2024 TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT during the What&#8217;s Next Panel! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWiUyo8Xpe\">pic.twitter.com\/OWiUyo8Xpe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\/status\/1720510120084353195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, Blizzard is working on more than just new heroes. The Overwatch team is also working on a new game mode, Clash, which will see two teams battle for a series of five capture points. The first map for this new mode will be a reworked version of Hanamura called Hanaoka. Players can also look forward to a full revamp of competitive play and a variety of new events with Egyptian, witchcraft, eldritch horror, and mirror universe themes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"content-ad\">\n<div id=\"bizdev_mobile_3_wrap\" data-key=\"654165c1279e6\" class=\"d-md-none bg-square-mobile\" style=\"min-height: 280px; text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"noskim\" href=\"https:\/\/cutt.ly\/UwRyyWv0\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:inline-block\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wccftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/THOR_300x250.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"bizdev_midcontent_ad_wrap\" data-key=\"654165956bff9\" class=\"d-none d-lg-block bg-horizontal\" style=\"min-height: 90px; text-align: center;\"><a id=\"bizdev_midcontent_ad\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"noskim\" href=\"https:\/\/cutt.ly\/UwRyyWv0\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wccftech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/THOR_728x90.jpg\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overwatch 2 can be played on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X\/S, PS4, PS5, and Switch. Season 8 of Overwatch 2 goes live on December 5, but folks can try out Mauga this weekend (November 3 through November 5).<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-share-bottom\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n\t\t\t\tShare this story<\/p>\n<p><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use xlink:href=\"#icn-shareFacebook\"\/><\/svg> Facebook<\/p>\n<p><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use xlink:href=\"#icn-shareTwitter\"\/><\/svg> Twitter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wccftech.com\/overwatch-2-mauga-tank-hero-39-2024-updates-blizzcon\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlizzCon 2023 kicks off today, and during the show\u2019s opening ceremony, we were given a first peek at Overwatch 2\u2019s new Samoan hero (the 39th in total) Mauga. A muscle-bound Tank character, Mauga wields a pair of chainguns and sounds like he\u2019s going to be pretty hard to stop in the right hands. You can&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/2023\/11\/03\/overwatch-2s-chaingun-wielding-tank-mauga-and-2-more-upcoming-heroes-revealed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Overwatch 2\u2019s Chaingun-Wielding Tank Mauga and 2 More Upcoming Heroes Revealed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsmkingpin.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}