{"id":40835,"date":"2026-04-01T04:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=40835"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:07:35","slug":"blizzard-reveals-overwatchs-next-hero-a-damage-class-mystery-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=40835","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard reveals Overwatch&#8217;s next hero, a Damage-class mystery character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"w-heading-options\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>\n    <span>Link copied to clipboard<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"article-header-data\">\n<div class=\"w-article-header-author-img\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header-author-img\">\n<p>                                            <img src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fauthors%2F685c4d7dc4454-Michael-McWhertor-Green-Purple-2.jpg?fit=crop&amp;w=90&amp;h=90\" alt=\"4\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>\n                                                                        <time datetime=\"2026-03-31T17:35:23Z\"><span class=\"is-mobile-hidden\">Published<\/span> Mar 31, 2026, 1:35\u202fPM EDT<\/time>\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hero 51 gets her full reveal on April 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"heading_image responsive-img img-size-heading-image-full-width   expandable \" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ow_2026_lineup_season2.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Image: Blizzard Entertainment&quot;\" data-is-feature-img=\"true\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ow_2026_lineup_season2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=600&amp;h=338&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ow_2026_lineup_season2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=600&amp;h=338&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ow_2026_lineup_season2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ow_2026_lineup_season2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Overwatch lineup season 2 hero 51 teaser artwork\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ow_2026_lineup_season2.jpg?&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ow_2026_lineup_season2.jpg?&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900\"\/>\n        <\/picture><small class=\"item-img-caption\">Image: Blizzard Entertainment<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"content-block-regular\">\n<p>The next hero coming to the <em>Overwatch<\/em> roster will be fully revealed on April 8 at 9 a.m. PDT, Blizzard Entertainment announced Tuesday. The developer teased a first look at the game&#8217;s next Damage-role character, currently known only as &#8220;Hero 51,&#8221; hinting at her in-game abilities.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been able to see Hero 51 in silhouette for a couple of months now, but the character&#8217;s full art offers a much clearer look at her kit. She&#8217;s armed with a pronged weapon that looks like an energy-based sniper rifle, and she&#8217;s paired with a drone that resembles a flying fish. She sports extremely long pink and brown braids, and her military-style uniform makes her look not unlike Widowmaker dressed as Cammy from Street Fighter \u2014 or simply Cammy with pants.<\/p>\n<p>A logo on her vest indicates that she&#8217;s a member of Helix Security International, a private security firm funded by the United Nations. Helix ran the maximum security prison that once housed Akande Ogundimu, aka Doomfist, who was freed by Reaper. Pharah is a former member of Helix.<\/p>\n<p>Hero 51 is slated to join <em>Overwatch<\/em> with the launch of season 2, which is expected to kick off on April 15.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard relaunched <em>Overwatch<\/em> in February, dropping the 2 from the game&#8217;s title and adding five new heroes to the roster: Domina (Tank), Anran (Damage), Emre (Damage), Jetpack Cat (Support), and Mizuki (Support). Blizzard plans to add a total of 10 new heroes to the game in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The teaser for Hero 51 follows an announcement from Blizzard and webcomic company Webtoon on a new expansion of <em>Overwatch<\/em>&#8216;s lore, which will continue the game&#8217;s current Reign of Talon storyline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                      \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"overwatch-new-story-comic-webtoon-canon\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/reign-of-talon_cinematic_1.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=140&amp;h=98&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/reign-of-talon_cinematic_1.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=140&amp;h=98&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"440\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Overwatch's Vendetta wields her sword in a still from the Reign of Talon Cinematic \" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/reign-of-talon_cinematic_1.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=182&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/reign-of-talon_cinematic_1.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=182&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t\tOverwatch&#8217;s most exciting arc continues with a new Webtoon comic<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">The heroes of Overwatch are left scrambling after Vendetta&#8217;s assault<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/overwatch-next-hero-51-blizzard-reveal-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link copied to clipboard Published Mar 31, 2026, 1:35\u202fPM EDT Hero 51 gets her full reveal on April 8 Image: Blizzard Entertainment The next hero&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5455,3252,19443,665,2388,17403,535],"class_list":["post-40835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-blizzard","tag-character","tag-damageclass","tag-hero","tag-mystery","tag-overwatchs","tag-reveals","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}