Live service games like Overwatch 2 have always made it a point to celebrate Halloween in-game in some way or the other. In fact, Halloween events in other games have already begun. For example, Fortnitemares 2022 kicked off a few days ago alongside a brand new collaboration with Evil Dead. The Festival of the Lost also began in Destiny 2.
Keeping that in mind, it's no surprise to see Overwatch 2 hop on the Halloween train with an event of its own. Although the event hasn't started yet, it's scheduled to begin soon. Not much is known about the event at the time of writing, but here's a quick rundown of everything that Activision Blizzard has revealed thus far about the said event.
As revealed in the trailer posted on the game's official Twitter handle, the Halloween Terror event in Overwatch 2 is set to go live on October 25. It will be the title's first in-game event.
Although the developers haven't released many details about it, based on the information provided in one of their older blogs, the event will be known as Junkenstien's Revenge: Wrath of the Bride and is scheduled to end on Tuesday, November 8.
Junkenstien's Revenge was the name of the Halloween event first seen in Overwatch 2's predecessor and was a game mode available throughout every Halloween event.
Despite only being released a few weeks back, it's interesting to see Activision Blizzard hop onto this event train and come up with an event of its own for its latest title. Junkenstien's Revenge: Wrath of the Bride, as confirmed by Blizzard's President, will be a brand new game mode.
The developers have done an exciting job setting up the event's premise. In a recent blog post, they introduced the event in the form of a letter from Lord Adlersbrunn. The letter
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