Celebrate the Year of the Ox in Overwatch’s Lunar New Year 2021 event, now live

Overwatch’s Lunar New Year event always happens just after we tie a bow on the previous year. It’s an in-game event that celebrates the Chinese New Year with tons of new skins, voice lines, sprays, and more. In 2021, we’ll be ushering in the year of the ox — and the festivities ongoing until February 25.

Ready for the fireworks? 🎆

Overwatch Year of the Ox begins Feb 4! pic.twitter.com/O0LEeqVcUG

— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) February 1, 2021

The event runs February 4 – 25, so you have most of the month to get in on the action. Lunar New Year introduces a red and gold themed version of the Lijiang Tower map as well as the Capture the Flag mode. If you’re feeling particularly adept at flag running, you can even play the Competitive version of the mode and see what rank you get.

Regardless of what you play though, everyone will get access to the Lunar New Year loot boxes that contain a huge list of cosmetic items for your favorite heroes. In the past, we’ve gotten beautiful skins for Mercy and Pharah, warlord skins for heroes like Reaper and Reinhardt, and an incredible face changer skin for Sombra. It’s also the event where Blizzard gave us the McCree highlight intro where he sets off a bunch of fireworks and doesn’t look at them. Here’s a look at this year’s event:

If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to hop back into Overwatch, the Lunar New Year event is a good reason to come back and earn some goodies!

Updated 2/5/2021