Overwatch Archives Event 2019 Storm Rising Release Date
By Nicholas Barth ·
When does the 2019 Archives Strom Rising event for Overwatch start? The official release date for the Storm Rising Overwatch Archives event for 2019 has been revealed.
A staple of Overwatch for the past few years has been the Archives events that allow players to have some player versus environment (PVE) in the competitive multiplayer title by having players control a group of the game's heroes or villains and have them fight in battles from the history of Overwatch's lore. This time has come again, as Blizzard Entertainment announced on Monday, April 8th that the 2019 Overwatch Archives event will be called Storm Rising. The release date and official dates for the entirety of the Storm Rising Overwatch Archives event for 2019 was also announced by Blizzard in a mysterious teaser posted to the game's official Twitter account.
Overwatch Archives Event 2019 Storm Rising Release Date
The release date for the Storm Rising Overwatch Archives 2019 event will be Tuesday, April 16th and will be available for players to experience throughout the dates leading up to the end of the new piece of content on Monday, May 6th. You can find the video teaser for the Storm Rising Overwatch Archives 2019 event release date and duration dates below.
> Accessing archived file...
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 8, 2019
Decryption status: IN PROGRESS
Target: Located pic.twitter.com/AUmV8LlUJc
It looks as though players will take control of Tracer, Mercy, Genji, and Winston on a mission to catch Doomfist by locating his stash of dirty money through his accountant that is known by the name of Maximilien when the event's release date arrives next week. This mission was proposed to Commander Jack Morrison before he became Soldier: 76 by an agent named Sojourn.
It also appears that from a previous teaser posted on April 7th for the Storm Rising Overwatch Archives 2019 event that players will be heading to Cuba in order to take on this dangerous mission when its release date arrives on April 16th.
With the official release date and duration dates for the Overwatch Archives Storm Rising event for 2019 having finally been announced by Blizzard, players know when they will be able to have the next opportunity to learn more about the mysterious lore of the popular first-person shooter title in what should be an action-packed experience.