New Overwatch Hero 28 is a Hamster Character in a Mech Ball Named Hammond
He's rollin' through.
The official Overwatch Twitter account has just posted the reveal for Hero 28, and it looks like the adorable hamster in a mech ball, Hammond. While the tweet doesn't officially name the character, speculation across the internet and previous lore materials referring to the hamster appear to confirm this information.
The champion revealed. pic.twitter.com/0Fdpg2iBcs
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) June 28, 2018
Strangely, however, this is all the information that came about regarding Hammond today, with no official name reveal or anything like that. Some might be inclined to think that this is all a clever ruse, being that this short clip has amassed such little fanfare.
This could just be a tease from Blizzard to get fans talking, and the new hero could indeed be someone else entirely. Typically, heroes get the full reveal treatment by Jeff Kaplan and other bits and pieces of information come out about them at the same time. We haven't seen any additional details about Hammond just yet, but we're still waiting around to hear if he's going to indeed be the new Hero 28 everyone's been clamoring for.
We'll keep you updated, whatever the case may be, whether this adorable new champion really is hero 28, or if it's a red herring we've got to watch out for on the road to the real one in the future.
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replyBrittany Vincent posted a new article, New Overwatch Hero 28 is a Hamster Character in a Mech Ball Named Hammond
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Should have been named Harvey and voiced by weird Al. Missed opportunity, Blizzard!
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/ (1950 - precedence set)
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also the first thing i thought of
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I honestly can't decide if that's the best or worst Overwatch hero concept I've ever heard.
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Spared no expense.
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i made a popular shitpost in that thread
https://twitter.com/dasrunt/status/1012406208928600064
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Developer update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTDAJ0DGLXY
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Origin story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEnC_N06Uxc
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"Hammond is not a Junker and the mech is not an Omnic. These are the most important things to know about his backstory."
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on PTR, this hero is insane
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okay dumbness aside a hero with a grapple that lets him spiderman around smashing into stuff sounds fucking awesome
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This guy is streaming gameplay: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_alphacast
He spawns in third person ball form and just rolls around grappling on stuff as much as he wants. You only convert to firing mode when you need to. I can't tell from watching this guy what the "correct" form of engagement is though (shooting vs battering). Battering people seems very difficult since you have to grapple to reach damaging speeds I think.-
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Yeah but this is way harder to do since it needs to be from a high speed swing, Dva had a boop + melee combo she could trigger instantly on demand. I think Wrecking Ball will want to land the impact on the approach if he can, but he should then start shooting rather than just continuing to swing around in a fight.
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Haha, him swinging around in a circle was hilarious.
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His shield is nuts. 100 base plus 100 per enemy in the vicinity - that's 700 if you hit all six.
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SO MUCH TRUTH
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Hammond - who doesn't talk as "that would be completely ridculous" according to Kaplan - is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
His mech is voiced by Jonathan Lipow.
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Hammond completely changes the dynamics of some maps.
https://clips.twitch.tv/AmorphousLongButterflyBlargNaut-
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