Newest 'Overwatch' Map Revealed to be Junkertown

Blizzard revealed today during its Gamescom stream that the next Overwatch map will be Junkertown, a lawless land located in Australia.

To officially reveal the new map, Blizzard let out a pretty entertaining trailer that features the fan favorite villainous duo of Junkrat and Roadhog, two Overwatch characters who we now know used to call the Junkertown map home. Junkertown seems like a pretty rough place to be, but apparently Roadhog and Junkrat even caused too many problems to be continue being residents in the city, exiled by the !ueen after one too many barfights.

The cinematic trailer seen here was released to introduce Junkertown as a new setting, and it does a perfect job of portraying the unique relationship that Junkrat and Roadhog share. Their plans work out just about as well as you'd expect, but it's definitely worth a watch and only leaves Overwatch players wanting even more content related to the humorous duo.

But in the much more intense trailer for the map that's shown above, players get to see much more of the Junkertown Escort map in a walkthrough. It's also narrated by the Queen that is referenced in the cinematic trailer, a narrator who does an awesome job of hyping up the new map.

A description of the map provided along with the trailer paints a familiar picture of a post-apocalyptic setting that sounds like it'd suit Roadhog and Junkrat perfectly.

"Junkertown is an Escort map located in the harsh and unforgiving Australian Outback. Constructed from the remains of a destroyed omnium, it's now the home to a band of lawless scavengers known as the Junkers, led by their cutthroat Queen. When they aren't pillaging the omnium's skeleton for anything of value, the Junkers blow off steam in the Scrapyard—a massive gladiatorial arena whose combatants fight for glory, riches...and to survive."

Of course, with the narration and the mentioning of the Queen in the descriptions for both trailers, it does raise some suspicions about the possibility of another playable hero based on the Queen. Doomfist is still quite new though, so it'll be a while before we hear anything about another character, but that hasn't stopped players from speculating.

The Junkertown Escort map doesn't yet have an official release date but is expected to be come soon.