Overwatch 2 New Hero: Everything We Know About Mauga

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is adding a new hero to its roster starting in Season 8, and this one has an extra dose of personality for players to enjoy. Mauga is a Samoan tank with a heavy backstory and powerful abilities. The announcement came during BlizzCon 2023 and Mauga was playable for that weekend only as a limited-time bonus trial run that was designed to go along with the event. Luckily, anyone who missed out doesn't have long to wait, as both Mauga and his guns are being added to the game permanently in just a few weeks.

Mauga is one of three heroes coming soon to, with a new DPS hero named Venture and another Support hero being added to the game later on. Mauga's size and strength were augmented after he was wounded in a gunfight and operated on by an unknown party. He ended up as a member of Talon after the augmentation, where he formed a close relationship with Baptiste. He is a powerful tank with incendiary and volatile chain guns that make him extra dangerous to be up close and personal with.

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Many already suspected Mauga would be added to the playable lineup of the game after the recent addition of the Samoan map in, particularly as he was originally said to be a character that developers had wanted to add to the original. The announcement trailer for Mauga shows him trying to portray himself as a dumb, carefree, fun-loving guy, although his deadly combat skills and cunning mind prove that there is a lot of intelligence as well as darkness within. He hasn't had an easy life, and unfortunately, good therapy isn't a very common occurrence in the world of .

In Mauga's backstory, he also has a very close relationship with Baptiste after the latter saved Mauga's