Overwatch Hero Ashe PTR Release Date Announced by Jeff Kaplan

All eyes and ears from the Overwatch community have been on learning about when the newest Overwatch hero of Ashe would become playable on the PTR (Public Test Realm) server. Fortunately for all of the curious players, Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan revealed in a developer update video on Monday, November 5th that Ashe would be playable for those who have the PTR server download installed on their PCs immediately on November 5th. 

Ashe Overwatch PTR Release Date

The outlaw was revealed to be the 29th playable character during the opening ceremony of Blizzcon 2018 where she made her debut in the lore of Overwatch in the newest animate cinematic called Reunion that focused on a battle between hero 29 and her former partner in crime in McCree. 

Utilizing a whole host of abilities, such as her Viper rifle, the leader of the Deadlock Gang is a character that the majority of the community for Blizzard's first person shooter immediately wanted to get their hands on. Up until today, Ashe had not been playable on the PTR server and players had no idea when the release date for hero 29 on the PTR server would be. However, this has all now changes, as anyone who has the PTR download can login and begin testing out everything that Ashe brings to the world of Overwatch. 

With Ashe now available for players to test on the PTR server for Overwatch, the community will now have the chance to give feedback to Blizzard regarding if any aspect of hero 29 needs to be changed, such as a buff or nerf to a certain ability. This testing will allow the development team for the popular title to adjust the character of Ashe to be more in line with what the community wants before her official release date on the live servers. 

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