If you play Overwatch regularly, you know that events are a common aspect of the game.
An example of this would be the recent Winter Wonderland!
The team is dedicated to celebrating a variety of different seasonal events.
You can find out everything we know about 2021's Lunar New Year event in Overwatch including events/modes, skins, map changes and more by clicking here.
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Overwatch Lunar New Year 2021
We're finally in the new year and with that comes the Lunar New Year event.
This seasonal event is all about the Chinese New Year, themed around Asian culture and festivals.
The event brings new, map reskins and some gorgeous skins.
As with previous events items like skins, emotes, voice lines and sprays can be found in Lunar loot boxes.
Release Date & Time
This year will bring us the Year of the Ox.
You can take a look at the previous start end time for the Lunar New Year event below.
- Lunar New Year 2017 (Year of the Rooster) started on 24 January, 2017, and ended on 13 February, 2017.
- Lunar New Year 2018 (Year of the Dog) started on 8 February, 2018, and ended on 6 March, 2018.
- Lunar New Year 2019 (Year of the Pig) started on 24 January, 2019, and ended on 18 February, 2019
- Lunar New Year 2020 (Year of the Rat) started on 16 January, 2020, and ended on 5 February, 2020
Going off of previous dates we can assume the event will begin this month in January.
Lunar New Year should come to the game in the second half of the month.
Most events go live on a Tuesday making the 19th or 26th our best bet so far!
Right now there's no way to know what time the event will release, it's simply too far away, but we'll keep our eyes peeled.
We will be updating this piece as more information is revealed so be sure to check back.
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