It's the end Overwatch's loot boxes and players are saying goodbye.
The original Overwatch is coming to an end, and loot boxes are the first thing to go.
's arrival next month, but some Overwatch players wanted to do it themselves before Blizzard took control. Tuesday was the last time you'd ever be able to see the box jiggle like a Poké Ball and spew an assortment of skins and otherinto the air, and some streamers marked the occasion with hours-long box opening frenzies.
Over the last few days, Overwatch players held last-minute unboxing sessions like it was 2016 again—a more innocent time, when loot boxes weren't close to beingin several countries, and when it was still exciting to see all the creative little doodads you could show off in your matches.), you can gain loot boxes a number of ways in Overwatch. Every time you gain enough XP to level up your account, you gain a loot box.
Most people open them immediately , but some people, like me, find it fun to hold onto them and watch the number on the main menu go up.spent almost five hours unboxing 1,228 loot boxes on Tuesday."Get your blankets people, because this is going to be long," she said at the start of it. The rest of the stream was basically a Just Chatting stream, mixed with the strangely popular gacha pull videos you see every time a new Genshin Impact banner drops.
As frustrating as Overwatch's loot boxes were—and dangerous for gambling addicts—it's still a little sad to see them go away, if only as a sign that the original game will soon beand consumed by the sequel on October 4. Overwatch 2 will introduce a battle pass in their place which will at least be less manipulative, but the recent confirmation that they'll include new heroes has
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