Summary
Following the recent Winter Wonderland update,Overwatch 2players noticed that Ashe is strangely absent from the game’s special holiday menu despite being depicted in the original holiday artwork by Blizzard. Ashe’s removal from the artwork caused manyOverwatch 2fans in the online Blizzard community to speculate about the sudden change.
Overwatch 2Season 8: Call of the Huntis well underway with the Winter Wonderland event, which began with a free update on December 19. The update introduced various buffs for Mauga, new holiday skins for select heroes, and a fix to Junkrat’s Concussion Mine. In addition,Overwatch 2players could enjoy limited-time modes like Mei’s Snowball Offensive and Yeti Hunt, with unique challenges to complete for battle pass XP.Overwatch 2’smain menu was updated with holiday artwork to match the occasion, but players were quick to point out that Ashe was missing from the artwork this year.
Overwatch 2player CountyInevitable8533 and many other members of the community began to speculate about Ashe’s omission from the special holiday menu, since she was prominently depicted on the artwork alongside Mercy. Some users note that Ashe was displayed on the holiday menu for just one hour aftertheOverwatch 2December 19 updatewas released, while others noticed that she was removed right after completing their first match for the day. Restarting the game after installing the update appears to remove the artwork that originally featured Ashe as well. The situation has spread confusion in the onlineOverwatch 2community, since there’s a lack of explanation from Blizzard regarding the change to the artwork.
A fewOverwatch 2players are also unhappy with the cropped artwork on the special holiday menu, since Genji’s character design is cut off. The cropping appears to focus onMercy’s new Jingle Belle skin, causing some fans to speculate that Blizzard may have removed Ashe’s character design from the holiday menu to place more emphasis on the new Mercy skin.
The exact reason for Ashe’s removal from the holiday menu has not been revealed by Blizzard, and it seems unlikely that the company would provide an explanation over the holidays. However, Blizzard may want to consider addressing the situation with fans beforeOverwatch 2’sWinter Wonderland 2023 eventends on June 02, 2025. Ashe is one ofOverwatch 2’smost popular characters, so fans will want to learn about Blizzard’s decision behind this artwork change sooner rather than later.
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