Overwatch fan unearths fun Diablo 3 Easter egg in two-year-old map
An Overwatch fan has unearthed a cool nod to Diablo 3 in a map that’s over two-years old.
It turns out if you break the barrels in the final area of the Blizzard World map, there’s a small chance you’ll get a “legendary drop”. That is, you’ll see the legendary drop visual effect from Blizzard’s action role-playing game Diablo 3.
The discovery was made by redditor Owlero, who posted a video of the find – and how it compares to Diablo 3 for reference – on the Overwatch sub (thanks, Dotesports).
If you break the barrels in the final area of Blizzard World, you’ll rarely get a “legendary drop” (Diablo 3 easter egg) from r/Overwatch
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The Blizzard World theme park map hit Overwatch in January 2018, which means it’s taken over two years for this Easter egg to be highlighted by the game’s community. But it was signalled by Blizzard itself in a Polygon article published in 2017. In the article, principal level designer Dave Adams said: “there’s another Diablo reference hidden in that game’s section of the map. Players who destroy some of the barrels there might hear a legendary item drop sound now and then.”
