Back in 2018, Overwatch’s McCree short had introduced us to Echo. It’s been 2 years later, and this curious omnic is finally going to be a playable character in the game.
Check out her origin story:
Introducing Echo. An evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence, Echo represents the cutting edge of technology.
When it comes to lore, Echo is a robot built by Overwatch founding member Dr. Mina Liao. Echo’s personality is actually based on Liao herself, and her ultimate in the game allows her to mimic enemy heroes. What’s more, when she does “Duplicate”, the ultimate charge builds up 6.5 times faster than normal, so Echo can perform her target’s ultimate in a few seconds.
Here’s the gameplay (via Your Overwatch):
For a more in-depth look at the character, you can also check out the update video with Jeff Kaplan:
It’s worth noting that the devs are going to be focusing on Overwatch 2 once Echo comes out, so it could be a while before we get a new face to the game. Either way, it’s going to be great to finally get a chance to play a character that’s been hyped up since 2018.
We don’t have a solid release date for Echo yet, but seeing as heroes usually come to the game a month after the initial announcement, we should get her sometime in April. Then again with COVID-19 slowing things down, it’s possible that Echo could be coming to the game in May, but that’s just my guess.
For now, you can play Overwatch on Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
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