The Overwatch Archives event is one of the best ones of the year and fans are eagerly awaiting the 2021 event.
Introducing players to more lore from the series, on top of various new skins and themed modes, this event has been a lot of fun in previous years.
While we expect the same format to be followed this year, but when is it even kicking off? Start saving your coins, here’s all we know.
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Based off previous years we can expect the vent to begin between April 13th-15th, wth an end date of around May 16th.
Blizzard only teases an event’s start a few days before it begins, so we won’t know for sure how accurate these are for a little while yet.
When Does Overwatch Archives Start?
Now that the PachiMarchi event has started in Blizzard’s game, it’s likely that the Archives event isn’t imminent.
Originally, it was thought possible that Archives 2021 could start on March 11/12, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
Typically, the Archives Event begins in April. However, last year, Blizzard moved the event up and it took place between March 12th and April 2nd.
With this in mind, we could see the Overwatch Archives 2021 Event start anywhere between the middle of March and the middle of April.
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It’s always a tricky one to pinpoint the start date for Overwatch events as they are never quite uniform. However, more often than not, they always take place in the ball-park of one another.
Each year, the Archives Event brings a lore-based, limited-time arcade mode to the playing field amongst the usual slew of exclusive event-themed cosmetic items and skins.
2021 isn’t going to be any different. But, could this year’s Archives Event use the past to show us the future?
With many fans eager to learn more about Overwatch 2, this could be the perfect time to set-up a new narrative branch for the characters involved.
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The Official Overwatch Archives Event page gives us a fantastic insight into what to expect and showcases what has appeared previously.
