It's BlizzCon 2023 this weekend, and in addition to announcements for games like Diablo IV and World of Warcraft, Blizzard has unveiled a brand new tank hero for the free-to-play class-based shooter, Overwatch 2.
This new character is a Samoan hero named Mauga (meaning "mountain" in Samoan) and is a dual chain gun-wielding tank hero, who can unleash "Cardiac Overdrive" - an ability that will damage enemies and gain HP at the same time.
Mauga was first introduced in an Overwatch short story four years ago and apparently "as this big loud brute, however, this is just a facade, he's a cunning tactician always one step ahead of his enemies".

This hero will be available in a "limited-time free trial" this weekend between 3rd November to 5th November and will then be officially released in Season 8 on 5th December. Along with this, Overwatch 2 will also be adding the new mode Clash PvP and the new map Hanaoka (inspired by Hanamura).
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What do you think of the new hero? Have you tried out Overwatch 2 on the Switch? Tell us below.
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Kid who owns a copy of Overwatch 2: "Mom, can we get an official Disney game that features Maui from Moana?"
Mother points to Overwatch 2's Mauga video
Mom: "We have Maui at home."
One thing I will always love about this game no matter what is there design team, their characters always look Voice acted, amazingly!
I was just casually playing late last evening when this guy randomly showed up on the character select, I hadn't heard a peep of any of it before so that was kinda weird, I thought they had messed up, releasing the character earlier than intended or something.
So a roadhog maui skin with miniguns
At least its not as gross/disgusting/repulsive as the original
@Coolmusic for some reason I read this and had a different Disney movie in mind. I’m hearing Andy from Toy Story talking to his mom about bringing his new Buzz light year to pizza planet. But I definitely can see the Maui comparisons.
I deleted Overwatch sometime ago but I miss the old Overwatch. If it had kept the 6v6 model and kept tanks as they were I would probably still be on that game. It was the best multiplayer experience I ever had but it’s missing a lot of its old charm now for me. I even liked the lootboxes of old just fine and only once did I ever pay for a few.
Moana with guns
Οh i see many Mauga mains this season !!!
This guy definitely doesn’t look familiar… nope, not at all.
Looks really fun I'll have to give him a spin!
Nice, a Moana crossover.
Ok, what they do this time?
You’re welcome!
He reminds me of Maui from Disney's Moana.
I think Disney is currently looking if they can sue Activision or not.
Eh. Maui is a god so not hard to copy the general appearance as it is public knowledge. But good to see a new character. I doubt Disney will care unless he starts singing “You’re welcome”.
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