{"id":8733,"date":"2022-10-19T18:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/mcdonalds-is-offering-an-epic-overwatch-2-skin-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:22:31","slug":"mcdonalds-is-offering-an-epic-overwatch-2-skin-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/mcdonalds-is-offering-an-epic-overwatch-2-skin-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonalds is offering an epic Overwatch 2 skin in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheers love, the Maccies is here.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard is offering a skin to McDonalds customers in Australia and New Zealand at the moment. I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s a pairing that I would have instantly thought of, especially as a region-exclusive item but hey, I&#8217;m sure Tracer loves a Chicken Select as much as I do at 2 am. We&#8217;re basically soul sisters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdonalds.com.au\/overwatch2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The offer<\/a> is currently only available via the MyMacca&#8217;s app, in the form of a promotion where if you buy a Big Mac, McChicken, or 10-piece Chicken McNuggets combo, you can get an epic rarity skin for Tracer in Overwatch 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/an-overwatch-2-tracer-skin-is-being-given-away-by-mcdonalds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IGN<\/a>&#8216;s report confirms my memory isn&#8217;t failing me: this is an old Overwatch skin being reused for the promotion. It&#8217;s still available in-game if you want to purchase it, but the only way you can get it free, now loot boxes are gone, is through this promotion. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: McDonalds)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the website it looks like the offer is being made in Australia and New Zealand specifically because of a long-time partnership with Overwatch esports in that region. To earn the Tracer skin, after purchasing one of the combos listed above, customers will be sent a unique code within 48 hours which they can then redeem in the Battle.net account management page. If you already own this skin, tough luck! You can&#8217;t redeem the code for currency or anything else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This looks to be the beginning of a longer collaboration between Overwatch and McDonalds. As <a href=\"http:\/\/thegamer.com\/overwatch-2-mcdonalds-bags-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheGamer<\/a> reports, there are an increasing number of people taking pictures of McDonalds bags in Australia with the Overwatch 2 logo on them. These bags also feature heroes such as Lucio, Reinhardt, and Tracer. Will Australia be getting Overwatch toys in happy meals? If so, I want one. Somebody down under send me one in the post, please? \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]McDonalds is offering an epic Overwatch 2 skin in Australia<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>Cheers love, the Maccies is here.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard is offering a skin to McDonalds customers in Australia and New Zealand at the moment. I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s a pairing that I would have instantly thought of, especially as a region-exclusive item but hey, I&#8217;m sure Tracer loves a Chicken Select as much as I do at 2 am. We&#8217;re basically soul sisters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdonalds.com.au\/overwatch2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The offer<\/a> is currently only available via the MyMacca&#8217;s app, in the form of a promotion where if you buy a Big Mac, McChicken, or 10-piece Chicken McNuggets combo, you can get an epic rarity skin for Tracer in Overwatch 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/an-overwatch-2-tracer-skin-is-being-given-away-by-mcdonalds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IGN<\/a>&#8216;s report confirms my memory isn&#8217;t failing me: this is an old Overwatch skin being reused for the promotion. It&#8217;s still available in-game if you want to purchase it, but the only way you can get it free, now loot boxes are gone, is through this promotion. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: McDonalds)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the website it looks like the offer is being made in Australia and New Zealand specifically because of a long-time partnership with Overwatch esports in that region. To earn the Tracer skin, after purchasing one of the combos listed above, customers will be sent a unique code within 48 hours which they can then redeem in the Battle.net account management page. If you already own this skin, tough luck! You can&#8217;t redeem the code for currency or anything else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This looks to be the beginning of a longer collaboration between Overwatch and McDonalds. As <a href=\"http:\/\/thegamer.com\/overwatch-2-mcdonalds-bags-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheGamer<\/a> reports, there are an increasing number of people taking pictures of McDonalds bags in Australia with the Overwatch 2 logo on them. These bags also feature heroes such as Lucio, Reinhardt, and Tracer. Will Australia be getting Overwatch toys in happy meals? If so, I want one. 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