Fans ofOverwatch’s story and lore were undoubtedly disappointed to hear thatOverwatch 2’s co-op experience would be delayed while its multiplayer launched first. PvE will be much more focused on telling stories within theOverwatchuniverse, after all, thoughOverwatchfans also know that there’s a lot of story and characterization to be found inOverwatch 2’s multiplayer, too. In one interesting example, a newOverwatch 2interaction between Sombra and Sigma may reveal a previously unknown friendship between the two.
InOverwatch 2, much like inOverwatch, when two characters are chosen and waiting in the lobby for a match to start, the game may prompt an audio interaction between the two. A clip fromOverwatch 2shows a brand-new interaction between Sombra and Sigma, in which the two discussTalon and Moirawanting to run some “non-invasive tests” on everyone’s favorite Gravity Grandpa. Sombra, to much surprise, responds that Sigma should come to her if they “try anything.”
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The interaction reveals thatSombrawould be willing to protect Sigma if Talon or Moira decided to try and experiment on him. Further, that Sombra would even be willing to go against the will of Talon, her boss, to protect Sigma. Considering there’s been little to no relationship established between the two before, this newfound partnership is especially surprising.
As all good story snippets inOverwatchdo, the revelation that Sigma and Sombra have a friendship beyond association in Talon leads to more questions than answers. Fans are wondering what kind of relationship Sombra and Sigma really have, how this friendship developed, and how Sombra’s distrust of Talon goes. Perhaps the most important thing is that if Blizzard is teasing this friendship now beforeOverwatch 2has even released, it could mean something for the future ofOverwatch’s story.
It’s exciting that even a small interaction like what’s shown between Sombra and Sigma in this video can lead to such fun theorycrafting. HavingOverwatch 2so near opens up a lot of possibilities regarding storytelling, even if the PvE content is coming later. Of course, it could just beOverwatchfanshungry for any tidbit of additional content, too.
Luckily, it won’t be long before more and more content is added toOverwatch 2. Multiplayer forOverwatch 2will launch on October 4, which is just three months out. In the meantime,Overwatch 2’s betawill be live through July 18, and there could be more surprising content to discover beyond this interaction.
Overwatch 2releases October 4 on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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