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Rumour: leaked screenshot reveals Sombra and a new PvE mode for Overwatch

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We’ve been waiting for Blizzard to reveal upcoming Overwatch character Sombra for what feels like forever now. Months of teasers and ARG shenanigans, and still, nothing – we don’t even know what this mysterious hero looks like.

That’s all just changed however. Over the weekend, the following screenshot popped up on Reddit (via PC Gamer):

Sombra overwatch pic

This particular image has been cropped. The original that was shared on Reddit (that post has since been deleted) supposedly had a URL at the top which showed that this information appeared on Blizzard’s own internal Intranet.

So, if this is in fact a proper leak (and not some clever photoshop), we now finally know what Sombra looks like. I do believe it is her based purely on the following picture of the original Overwatch squad:

New-Overwatch-heroes

We still don’t know who that bloke on the left is (Liao perhaps), but doesn’t Sombra remind you of the lady on the right? I really feel like there’s a strong resemblance.

Many speculate that that’s not actually Sombra though, but rather, her mother. That theory does somewhat make sense if it’s tied into the caption in the leaked image above:

“As a child, she lost everything during the Omnic Crisis… She worked with the Los Muertos gang in Mexico… until she attracted too much unwanted attention and had to go underground…”

The important bit here is that Sombra lost everything as a child during the Omnic Crisis. The lady in this original team snap is an adult. Perhaps she died in the first war, leaving Sombra to survive on her own? This is all speculation of course. We’ll have to wait for Blizzard to give us some real answers (hopefully when this reaches 100%).

Anyways, the leaked screen above contains another interesting little titbit of information. The top paragraph says “Protect the castle doors from the Zomnics and Dr. Junkenstein’s evil allies”. That ties into yet another image that surfaced this weekend – the cover of a leaked comic (damn Blizzard, are you doing this all on purpose?).

Overwatch Junkenstein

We knew Overwatch was getting Halloween themed content, but potentially a PvE mode too? Hell yes! The only question now, is when will all this be released? According to keen sleuths, the momentincrime counter will hit 100% on October 18th – just two weeks before Halloween.

Coincidence? I think not! I wonder if we will get Sombra in that update too?

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Last Updated: October 10, 2016

16 Comments

  1. Ottokie

    October 10, 2016 at 12:06

    PVE mode…you have my attention!

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      October 10, 2016 at 12:10

      same here!

      Reply

    • Matthew Figueira

      October 10, 2016 at 12:25

      EVEN ME

      Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      October 10, 2016 at 12:37

      Mine too!

      Reply

    • Sageville

      October 10, 2016 at 12:40

      Co-op waves would be very sexah….

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief

      October 10, 2016 at 12:54

      Ditto, time to update!

      Reply

  2. Original Heretic

    October 10, 2016 at 12:27

    Any type of PvE in this game will sink all other arena shooters, even worse than they’ve already been sunk.

    Reply

  3. Alien Emperor Trevor

    October 10, 2016 at 12:30

    Another week, another Sombra leak.

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      October 10, 2016 at 12:50

      He’s a poet!

      Reply

      • Matthew Figueira

        October 10, 2016 at 13:06

        … and he didn’t even know it?

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        • Sageville

          October 10, 2016 at 13:15

          Sometimes I wish I could mildly electrocute people through Disqus…..

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief

            October 10, 2016 at 13:50

            I’d like to replace your “mildly” word with “violently”

          • Matthew Figueira

            October 10, 2016 at 13:55

            <3

        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          October 10, 2016 at 13:38

          Exactly XD

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  4. Admiral Chief

    October 10, 2016 at 12:54

    PVE?

    I NEED IT!

    Reply

  5. Admiral Chief

    October 10, 2016 at 12:54

    Anyone up for some PVE raids?

    Reply

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