Overwatch Echo Release Date Announced

Overwatch Echo release date was announced Thursday with the hero coming to the game on April 14.

Overwatch's 32nd hero was revealed March 19 after multiple social teasers. Fans assumed Echo would come to the title before its sequel was released. Especially considering how popular the character was in the Reunion short.

According to Echo's hero page on the Overwatch website, Echo's age is classified, her occupation is a Multirole Adaptive Robot, is based out of Switzerland and is affiliated with Overwatch.

Overwatch Echo Release Date Announced

Echo's abilities are as follows:

• Tri-Shot: Echo fires 3 shots at once, in a triangle pattern
• Sticky Bombs: Echo fires a volley of sticky bombs that detonates after a delay
• Flight: Echo surges forward quickly, then can fly freely
• Focusing Beam: Echo channels a beam for a few seconds, dealing very high damage to targets with less than half health
• Glide: Echo can glide while falling.
• Duplicate: Echo duplicates a targeted enemy hero and gains use of their abilities

Echo releases April 14 on all platforms.