UPDATE 12TH OCTOBER: It has arrived: Overwatch Halloween Terror is here on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, and will stay until 1st November.

With it come the pumpkin loot boxes we've been expecting. They contain new skins for 12 characters: Roadhog, Junkrat, Mercy, Reaper, Hanzo, Soldier: 76, Bastion, Symmetra, Zenyatta, Pharah, Ana and Reinhardt. Some are flashier than others. The good news this time, as opposed to the Summer Games, is that you can buy the new skins too. Also in the loot boxes are new RIP victory poses, sprays, emotes, icons and highlight intros.

The other big new addition is Overwatch's first PVE content: a Brawl called Junkenstein's Revenge. It's for four people who must play as either Ana, Soldier: 76, McCree or Hanzo - so, no tanks and no doubling up - and protect the Eichenwalde castle doors from an army of zombie omnic robots. You'll face waves of attacks led by Dr. Junkenstein and presumably be well compensated should you be successful.

The old Hollywood map has had a Halloween makeover as well. And the Overwatch Junkenstein comic has been officially released.

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