So when's that new hero coming

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does anyone know a time period/month on when the next hero is coming out? thanks.

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Devs tend to stick to a schedule. Odds are we’ll get something on the new hero soon.

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SoonTM. Its going t o be Mama Hong (tank) or Sanjay (support).

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Soon™

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How do you know? and also, what do they do?

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Hero reveal and launch in March, teasers are due soon

Heroes usually come out in March, July, and November. The March and July heroes typically have teasers start roughly a week or two prior to reveal, and later go to PTR for like 3 weeks I think.

The November Hero is revealed at Blizzcon, goes to PTR the Monday after, then to Live 8 days after that

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03/20 is the date to keep an eye on. It’s the day Brig was released and it’s also referenced twice in-game I believe (in Junkertown for sure and I think also in Hollywood), so it’s a traditional hero release day. Hints will come before that though of course.

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do you know when brig got revealed?

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He doesn’t. The first is essentially a long running joke, and the second is probably more of a hopeful guess.

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March 20th is when Brig was revealed

Edit: NO DONT LISTEN TO ME THAT WAS HER LAUNCH DATE

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I think 02/28 or a few days before that. She hit PTR on the 28th then went live on 03/20.

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Oh im pretty sure both of them will be ingame at some point in the distant future.

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I will literally eat my hat if Mama Hong becomes a hero.

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We might not get her exactly but some spin off concept of her, after all, that’s what Junkrat was

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It’s on like Hong…

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I think teasers would start next week and then PTR on first week of March and some where on March would be final release.

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soon

At least the hints Should arrive next week. But since Paris arrived with little fanfare, I’m hesitant to say if they will now…

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Bookmarked, just in case.

I mean, you never pointed out you’d only eat your hat if the next hero is Mama Hong, so keep a hat ready for years to come. One day might be your day.

Don’t disappoint us.

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I would expect a reveal / PTR release around end of February, early March. Most likely on a Tuesday.

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I kinda felt like Roadhog was always kind of the spiritual implementation of mama hong.