The new Overwatch map has a Dark Souls Easter egg

Eichenwalde pays tribute to From Software's legendary series.
Text: Jon Calvin
Published 2016-08-23

Gather round the campfire, dear friends, because it would appear that Eichenwalde, the new map for Blizzard's multiplayer shooter Overwatch, is hiding a few secrets for players to discover, although some of them are less hidden than others.

Public test realm users are already playing the new German-themed map, and they recently uncovered a not so subtle Dark Souls-esque bonfire inside the map's castle, an undoubted nod to the more fantasy RPG based setting of the new arena.

Blizzard also recently put an NPC from Destiny called Xur into World of Warcraft, showing that they are more than happy to acknowledge fellow developers for the games they respect.

Eichenwalde is set to release officially sometime next month, but players in the PTR can already sample its delights.

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