Overwatch’s Pachimarchi Challenge goes live today! Blizzard teased the first-ever event yesterday and it puts the game’s adorable, tentacled mascot front and center. The event runs until March 22 and offers new cosmetics and other rewards.
For those players who somehow haven’t noticed, Pachimari is the onion-meets-octopus mascot plastered all over Overwatch maps. You’ve likely punched a plushy or two of it off a table before matches. It's kind of a big deal in Overwatch lore, appearing in several in-universe films and other products. Now it’s got a challenge to its name too.
The cream of the crop for Pachimarchi Challenge prizes is a new Roadhog Pachimari Epic Skin (pictured above) which turns the big guy into the world’s largest Pachimari fanboy. Simply logging in during the Challenge rewards 6 new sprays, but the other prizes require players to rack up wins during matches. Blizzard has broken down how exactly how many victories players will need to earn the following rewards:
3 wins - player icon
6 wins - Junkrat emote
9 wins - Roadhog Pachimari Epic Skin
The modes themselves seem to be the same save for perhaps the raining Pachimari plush toys from the teaser. It’s not clear if that’s something that will actually occur during matches or not. All in all, much like the Kanezaka Challenge in January, the Pachimarchi Challenge seems like a small but fun update designed to keep players engaged with Overwatch in place of a new hero and as Overwatch 2 crawls (and I mean crawls) ever closer. If you want to learn more about what that game has in store, check out this breakdown of its features from BlizzConline a few weeks back.
For more on BlizzConline, you can watch the Game Informer editor’s live reaction to the event’s opening ceremony here. Let us know in the comments if you’ll be logging in to chase that Roadhog skin and what you’ve thought about the recent Overwatch challenges.
Resident Evil Village PS5 pre-load times have been revealed alongside the file size that players can expect pre-day one patch. The file size is a smaller than the Xbox Series X version, though that's likely to change with the inclusion of the RE: Verse multiplayer mode previously announced.
The PS5 reveal comes via PlayStation Game Size, a reputable source of PlayStation-specific news. In a recent tweet, the account shares that Resident Evil Village will come in at 27.325 GB, sans day-one patch, with pre-loading kicking off on May 5. With pre-loads typically starting two days prior to launch, the date isn't surprising, but it will be interesting to see how much that number goes up with the inclusion of RE: Verse and any day-one patch that may be planned. Especially since the multiplayer add-on is an additional 15 GB on Xbox systems.
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— PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize) March 8, 2021
▶️ Download Size : 27.325 GB (Without Day One Patch)
? Pre-Load : May 5
? Launch : May 7
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Resident Evil Village has a lot to be excited for, beyond the weird KFC Dating Sim crossover and the tall vampire lady that we all want to stomp on us in various places. The return of Ethan front and center is an intriguing decision, and to see even more supernatural elements in the iconic horror franchise has many fans eager to see what's next.
Between Resident Evil Village and even more spinoff movies, shows in the works, there is a lot to enjoy in the coming years regarding the hit Capcom series. For now, we've got Village to look forward to following a short demo period on the PlayStation 5. If you missed out on said demo, you can check it out with our New Gameplay Today stream right here.
Resident Evil Village launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC players on May 7. Are you excited for the next step in this beloved spooky franchise? Sound off with your thoughts in the comment section below!