Changes: Overwatch Anniversary

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For other pages associated with the word "Anniversary", see Anniversary.

The Overwatch Anniversary, also known as Year One, is an event in Overwatch to celebrate the release of Overwatch every year.

Dates

2020: May 19th - June 9th
2019: May 21st - June 10th
2018: May 22nd - June 11th
2017: May 23rd - June 12th

Cosmetics

All loot boxes bought or earned during the event were shaped like ordinary loot boxes but had a blackened color scheme. Each contains at least one Overwatch Anniversary cosmetic. Overwatch Anniversary cosmetics could also be unlocked with credits through the Hero Gallery while the event was running.

Overwatch Anniversary cosmetics include:

22 hero skins
24 hero-exclusive sprays, and a general spray
48 voice lines
11 skins
27 emotes
New player icons

Maps

The event also released three new arena maps: Black Forest, Castillo, and Necropolis, which are based on Eichenwalde, Dorado and Temple of Anubis, respectively.^[1]

Trivia

Individual pieces of content reveals were done by different Overwatch accounts: the Dance emote reveals were done by the Spanish team, the Voice line reveals done by the English team, and the Map reveals were done by the European team, Skin reveals done by the South Korean team.
The new Eichenwalde arena map is inspired by Black Forest from The Last Bastion animated short.

Videos

References

↑ 2017-05-17, Overwatch Anniversary | YEAR ONE | Thank You, Heroes! YouTube. Accessed on 2017-05-19

External links

Overwatch: Anniversary

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[1] 2017-05-17, Overwatch Anniversary | YEAR ONE | Thank You, Heroes! YouTube. Accessed on 2017-05-19

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-The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as '''Year One''', was an [[Seasonal events|event]] in ''[[Overwatch]]''.
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+The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as '''Year One''', is an [[Seasonal events|event]] in ''[[Overwatch]]'' to celebrate the release of ''Overwatch'' every year.
+==Dates==
-Its purpose was to celebrate the game's first anniversary. The event began on May 23rd and ended on June 12th.
+*2020: May 19th - June 9th
-== Cosmetics ==
+*2019: May 21st - June 10th
+*2018: May 22nd - June 11th
+*2017: May 23rd - June 12th
+==Cosmetics==
 All loot boxes bought or earned during the event were shaped like ordinary loot boxes but had a blackened color scheme. Each contains at least one Overwatch Anniversary cosmetic. Overwatch Anniversary cosmetics could also be unlocked with credits through the Hero Gallery while the event was running.
 Overwatch Anniversary cosmetics include:
+*22 hero skins
 *24 hero-exclusive [[sprays]], and a general spray
 *48 [[voice lines]]
 *11 [[skins]]
-*24 [[emotes]]
+*27 [[emotes]]
 *New [[Player Icons|player icons]]
 == Maps ==
 The event also released three new arena maps: [[Black Forest]], [[Castillo]], and [[Necropolis]], which are based on [[Eichenwalde]], [[Dorado]] and [[Temple of Anubis]], respectively.<ref>2017-05-17, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-nf4nqdZRA Overwatch Anniversary | YEAR ONE | Thank You, Heroes!] ''YouTube''. Accessed on 2017-05-19</ref>
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+==External links==
+*[https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/events/anniversary/ Overwatch: Anniversary]
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