Players are busy exploring World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and mining it for content. There are Penitent Hunts to go on, Skyward Bells to find, and above all, Anima to absorb. However, not every new feature in World of Warcraft is being found in the Shadowlands themselves.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands leans into its story more than other expansions. For this it deserves some praise, but any veteran of World of Warcraft can attest that there is more going on in the game surrounding the main story. Players often hunt for smaller references or Easter eggs overlooked by the main story in World of Warcraft, and one player has found a fun one.
Instead of grinding out Renown for a Covenant, player Jay3 found something else to do at Level 60. He took a trip to the Hall of Valor, which has existed in the game since Wrath of the Lich King. It has next to nothing to do with the Shadowlands expansion, but it does have two figures hanging around named King Bjorn and King Torb. These two oddly named kings appear to be a reference to Torbjorn, one of the original heroes in Overwatch.
This was a delight for Jay3, an Overwatch player and streamer himself, and a nice Easter egg overall. Blizzard tends to have crossovers between its games in various forms, although this one is slightly unorthodox. One of the strangest parts is that the two kings are not dwarves, despite Torbjorn’s resemblance to World of Warcraft‘s dwarves. That there are two of them may be a comment on how best to play Torbjorn: Being in a few places at once by means of turrets. The hammer one king wields could also be a reference to Torbjorn’s forging hammer.
This is only the latest in a long line of World of Warcraft Easter eggs. World of Warcraft is very old in terms of ongoing video games, and it has been sprinkling in Easter eggs since the very beginning. Some famous ones transcend other games, extending into references to real people, often Blizzard super fans.
Whether or not this will be the only Overwatch Easter egg to feature prominently in WoW is up in the air. With Overwatch 2 presumably drawing closer, there could be more. It’s unlikely there will be a full crossover, so players will have to turn to something like Skyrim mods to experience Overwatch in a high fantasy setting.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is available for PC.
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