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One of the funny things about being entrenched in a game\u2019s community for years is that you sometimes forget how it might look to someone on the outside. That happened to me this week when Blizzard announced it would be bringing loot boxes back to Overwatch 2<\/a> in Season 15<\/a> after dropping the mystery cosmetic packs when\u2026<\/p>\n

Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – kotaku.com<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the funny things about being entrenched in a game\u2019s community for years is that you sometimes forget how it might look to someone on the outside. That happened to me this week when Blizzard announced it would be bringing loot boxes back to Overwatch 2 in Season 15 after dropping the mystery cosmetic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61036,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[106,1764,636],"class_list":["post-61035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","category-reviews","tag-about","tag-funny","tag-things"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Some Fans Are Cheering The Return Of Loot Boxes In Overwatch 2 | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Why Some Fans Are Cheering The Return Of Loot Boxes In Overwatch 2 for free, here on XtremeServers. 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