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Overwatch Offers Free Gameplay During the Holidays

People who have been looking to play Overwatch, but haven’t been able to pay for it, finally have the... | 22. December 2021

People who have been looking to play Overwatch, but haven’t been able to pay for it, finally have the opportunity to play the game, but this time it is free of charge. Activision Blizzard, the makers of Overwatch have announced that they’ll be offering fans and players a chance to play the game for free during the holiday season.

Starting from 20th of December 2021, and running through the Christmas and new year holidays to the 2nd of January 2022, people will be able to play this free trial version of the game. Just like the last time when Overwatch offered a free trial, this holiday’s promo allows new players who haven’t yet bought the game to play the game for free, and get unlimited access to the entire 28 maps, 32 heroes and all the game modes available on Overwatch.

Overwatch is Free To Play until January 2nd

This is another exciting opportunity for players who have been looking to be a part of the chaotic adventures of Overwatch heroes, to play with their friends. Hence, you can collaborate with your friends on PC and Consoles and have some competitive fun in arcade and quick play modes using the Overwatch crossplay feature.

Overwatch has made this free trial available for players on PC, PlayStation and Xbox. Players using PC will need to access battle.net before they can play the free mode game, while players on Xbox and PlayStation will need an XboX Live Gold Membership and Playstation Plus respectively, to access the free mode.

Players retain their progress

After playing the game in free mode, players who later pay for the game will retain their progress level including all the items they have unlocked when playing in free mode. They will also retain their levels, loot boxes, earnings and every other thing they got during the trial version. This entails that if you get to level 18, for instance, during this promo, you won’t have to start afresh when you buy the game, as long as you’re playing with the same account.

At the moment Overwatch is celebrating its annual Winter Wonderland event. With this event comes a large array of seasonal competitions including the 4v4 Freezethaw Elimination, Yeti Hunt, Snowball Deathmatch and Mei’s Snowball Offensive. The Winterfest event which kickstarted on December 16, 2021 will run till January 6, 2021. Considering that the free trial doesn’t come with any restrictions, players will also get unhindered access to all the fun packages that the Winterfest event has to offer.