Overwatch Anniversary Event 2019 Start Time Guide

By Nicholas Barth · May 21, 2019 at 5:26 AM UTC

What time does the 2019 Overwatch Anniversary event start? We have the start time for the 2019 Overwatch Anniversary event covered for you.

Events are always an exciting time for the Overwatch community, as each event brings a variety of new content for Overwatch players to enjoy. This will be the case when the 2019 Overwatch Anniversary event begins this week in what will be the celebration of another year of life for the popular first-person shooter esports title from Blizzard Entertainment. If you are curious about the start time and date for the 2019 Anniversary event, be sure to check out its official start time below.

Overwatch Anniversary Event 2019 Start Time

Players will be able to dive into everything that the 2019 Overwatch Anniversary event has to offer on Tuesday, May 21st. As with previous events for the first-person shooter game, the start time for the update that will be bringing all of the new content to the title will be at 10 AM PST/ 12 PM CST/ 1 PM EST. Once this start time has arrived, and the update has been implemented, interested individuals will be able to check out all of the new cosmetic items, including brand new skins, and the other pieces of content that the 2019 Overwatch Anniversary event is expected to bring to the title.

So far, the Academy D.Va and Gargoyle Winston skins have been the only two cosmetic items revealed for the upcoming update. It is expected that the Academy D.Va and Gargoyle Winston skins will accompany a group of not yet revealed cosmetic items when the start time for the 2019 Anniversary celebration arrives.

Overwatch Anniversary Event 2019 Start Time — The Academy D.Va skin for the 2019 Overwatch Anniversary event. (Source: Overwatch via Twitter)

With the first-person shooter title from Blizzard rising to become one of the most popular video games in the world since its release in 2016, each of the events that have celebrated the next step of life for Overwatch has been very well received by the community over the past three years. Unless there is a major hiccup with the implementation of the 2019 Anniversary event, this year's edition should be no different when its start period passes by on Tuesday, May 21st.

What are you hoping to see come out of the 2019 Overwatch Anniversary event when its official start time begins the implementation of the highly anticipated update? Let us know in the comments below!