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Overwatch Lunar New Year Sale and Free Weekend

Come celebrate Lunar New Year by saving big on Overwatch! Players interested in joining the fight can head to the Blizzard Shop from 19:00 GMT this evening until 8:00 GMT on February 27 to pick up the Overwatch: Standard Edition for PC at the special price of £16.99 and the Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition for PC for only £24.99.

In addition to the complete roster of heroes, maps, and game features, the Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition gives you a fully loaded bundle of bonus content and Overwatch-themed extras for several Blizzard Entertainment games. If you’re already an agent of Overwatch, you can upgrade to the Game of the Year Edition for only £8.

Players can also take advantage of a discount on the Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One from participating retailers and via the PlayStation and Xbox stores. Please see their respective websites for details.

As well as the sale, we’re running our Overwatch Free Weekend from 19:00 GMT this evening until 8:00 GMT on February 20 on PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One! All you need is a Blizzard Battle.net account, a PlayStation Plus subscription, or an Xbox Live Gold subscription.

For more details and to learn how you can participate, read on below!

The Overwatch Free Weekend will run from February 16–19. PlayStation 4 owners with a PlayStation Plus membership, Xbox One owners with an Xbox Live Gold membership, and Windows PC users with a Battle.net account will be able to download and play Overwatch for FREE during this period—no special keys or sign-up codes needed!

The free period will begin on February 16 at 11:00 a.m. PT and end on February 19 at 11:59 p.m. PT in all participating regions across all platforms. If you’d like to see when the weekend will go live in your region, check out the guides below. For additional time zone assistance, please visit timezoneconverter.com.

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