Overwatch’s Summer Games event returns Aug. 8

Overwatch’s original seasonal event, Summer Games, will return on Tuesday, Aug. 8, Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier this week. This year’s version of the Summer Games event will include new skins and updates to the Lúcioball game mode.
Lúcioball will return to Overwatch as a limited-time event, and this year Blizzard is adding a new stadium, Sydney, alongside the returning Rio stadium map. Another thing that is changing is the rules for Lúcioball; Blizzard have removed the ability to “boop” enemies with Lúcio’s Soundwave attack and has changed the way his ultimate ability works. It no longer pulls the ball toward the player, however it will instead increases Lúcio’s speed and the speed of his “boop.”
Blizzard is also introducing a competitive ranked mode for Lúcioball.
Overwatch’s Summer Games 2017 will also include a variety of new cosmetics, and for players who missed out on the skins, sprays and emotes last year (because Blizzard wouldn’t let players ...