On Wednesday February 12, we’ll lastly get to see what the way forward for Overwatch 2 appears like. Within the wake of Marvel Rivals’ launch, the OG hero shooter has struggled to maintain tempo with its plucky new competitor. The Cyber DJ Lucio Twitch drop that accompanies the official stream was initially made out there to gamers as a paid beauty 24 hours previous to the occasion’s reveal, that means those that bought it have paid for what’s quickly to be a free pores and skin.
In keeping with Blizzard’s official stream announcement weblog, anybody who accrues an hour of watch time on affiliated Twitch creator Overwatch 2 Highlight watch events will obtain Cyber DJ Lucio at no cost. The developer confirms that there’s no buy concerned right here; all it’s important to do is hit the required watch time and hyperlink your Battle.web account to your Twitch.
The pink recolor of his iconic Graffiti pores and skin arrived within the FPS recreation‘s store 24 hours earlier than the Highlight stream’s announcement and, in accordance with the Overwatch wiki, was priced at 1,900 cash (~$19.99 / £16.79) within the Hero Gallery, or as a part of a 2,800 coin bundle (~ $24.98 / £25.18).
As you may think about, the backlash has been fierce. A fast take a look at the Overwatch 2 subreddit has gamers branding Blizzard as “scummy,” demanding refunds. A put up on the official discussion board merely reads “so are we getting a refund for Cyber DJ Lucio now?”, noting that “the Lucio pores and skin was put within the store slightly over 24 hours in the past and it has already [been] introduced [as] free.”
That is the second time this has occurred, with a number of gamers pointing to Mercy’s Owl Guardian pores and skin, which was additionally launched as a paid beauty earlier than being given away through a Twitch drop later that yr. In that case, Blizzard did situation a full refund for the pores and skin.
PCGamesN has tried to confirm all of this, however on the time of writing the pores and skin seems to have been pulled from the shop. On this video from ‘Grasp Ian Gamer,’ nonetheless, you may see that the Cyber DJ Lucio and Cyber Fiend Widowmaker pores and skin widget was out there on Wednesday January 29. That widget is not within the retailer, as seen in our screenshot under.
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