So for every new hero except for Moira, Blizz likes to give us small leaks about the new Hero. In the past week, Blizz has been giving us leaks on the new hero. Now I think the new hero is one of 2 heroes i have in mind. Emre and Bridget. Heroes the sequences of leaks and what i take from it
First, we had the leak about Operation White Dome, where Ana, Reinhardt, Torb, and unknown hero Emre Sarioglu go on a mission to Istanbul, Turkey to take out omnic resistance. I don't want to explain what actually happens as I'll just leave the link for you to read, but when i was thinking, i thought what if this is the new PVE mission to go with the Uprising event, as it is a mission from the past and features 4 heroes. If that is true, then Emre could be the new hero to make the team 4 members in game. Also, Emre is a popular name in Turkey, so he could be on the team defending his home country, just like Tracer did in the Uprising event last year.
Link: https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/966840037093523456
Our next leak was a letter From Torb to his wife back in Sweden. He was saying how in the mission in Turkey, Rein saved his life during the mission. He also says that he will build a new arm to replace his amputated arm. But the biggest thing is that his Wife is actually pregnant at the time. Now we know that this is very likely Bridget, as she is the only known daughter of Torbjorn, and that Torb says that Rein will get the honor of naming her and being her God Father. This would likely be the reason why Rein and Bridget hold a very close relationship through what we've seen in the comics and in the animated short.
Link to letter: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/21574699
Our last leak so far is the blue prints of a weapon called a Slaga 3.0. If you don't know, a slaga is a Swedish weapon used in the old days, and is it is also known as a flail. it is also a well used weapon in movies, as it is the proper name for the wrecking ball on a chained stick. This points to Bridget building a weapon either for herself or someone else. Now this actually looks like an in-game weapon, as in the picture in the top-left corner, we can see the blueprint for the top of the blade to fire out. Since Bridget is Swedish, it would not surprise me if Blizz gave her a weapon based on her national heritage.
Link: https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/968198992453451776
Now that we've seen our first 3 leaks, who do you guys think the new hero will be: Emre, Bridget, or an entirely new hero Blizzard will blindside us with. I think both Emre and Bridget have great chances to be hero 27, and with the three leaks, I can't make up my mind
I will update this thread as more leaks come out
Teaser 4: God Damnit
https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/968539031070851072
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