{"id":145985,"date":"2025-09-19T06:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T06:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/the-overwatch-pachimarchi-challenge-is-now-live\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T06:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T06:22:51","slug":"the-overwatch-pachimarchi-challenge-is-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-overwatch-pachimarchi-challenge-is-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overwatch Pachimarchi Challenge Is Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-overwatch-pachimarchi-challenge-is-now-live.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>Overwatch\u2019s Pachimarchi Challenge goes live today! Blizzard <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/03\/08\/something-strange-is-happening-in-overwatch-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>teased<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> the first-ever event yesterday and it puts the game\u2019s adorable, tentacled mascot front and center. The event runs until March 22 and offers new cosmetics and other rewards.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>For those players who somehow haven\u2019t noticed, Pachimari is the onion-meets-octopus mascot plastered all over Overwatch maps. You\u2019ve likely punched a plushy or two of it off a table before matches. It&#8217;s kind of a big deal in Overwatch lore, appearing in several in-universe films and other products. Now it\u2019s got a challenge to its name too.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-overwatch-pachimarchi-challenge-is-now-live-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p><span><span>The cream of the crop for\u00a0Pachimarchi Challenge prizes is a new Roadhog Pachimari Epic Skin (pictured above) which turns the big guy into the world\u2019s largest Pachimari fanboy. Simply logging in during the Challenge rewards 6 new sprays, but the other prizes require players to rack up wins during matches. Blizzard has broken down how exactly how many victories players will need to earn the following rewards:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>3 wins &#8211; player icon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>6 wins &#8211; Junkrat emote<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>9 wins &#8211; Roadhog Pachimari Epic Skin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The modes themselves seem to be the same save for perhaps the raining Pachimari plush toys from the teaser. It\u2019s not clear if that\u2019s something that will actually occur during matches or not.\u00a0 All in all, much like the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/01\/12\/overwatchs-new-kanezaka-challenge-is-now-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>Kanezaka Challenge<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> in January, the Pachimarchi Challenge seems like a small but fun update designed to keep players engaged with Overwatch in place of a new hero and as Overwatch 2 crawls (and I mean <\/span><\/span><span><span>crawls<\/span><\/span><span><span>) ever closer. If you want to learn more about what that game has in store, check out this <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/blizzcon\/2021\/02\/19\/overwatch-2-blizzcon-update-highlights-new-maps-hero-talents-missions-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>breakdown of its features<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> from BlizzConline a few weeks back.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>For more on BlizzConline, you can watch the <\/span><\/span><span><span>Game Informer<\/span><\/span><span><span> editor\u2019s live reaction to the event\u2019s opening ceremony <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/livestream\/2021\/02\/19\/watch-the-blizzcon-opening-ceremony-with-game-informer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>here<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span><span>Let us know in the comments if you\u2019ll be logging in to chase that Roadhog skin and what you\u2019ve thought about the recent Overwatch challenges.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/03\/09\/the-overwatch-pachimarchi-challenge-is-now-live\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwatch\u2019s Pachimarchi Challenge goes live today! Blizzard teased the first-ever event yesterday and it puts the game\u2019s adorable, tentacled mascot front and center. The event runs until March 22 and offers new cosmetics and other rewards. For those players who somehow haven\u2019t noticed, Pachimari is the onion-meets-octopus mascot plastered all over Overwatch maps. You\u2019ve likely punched a plushy or two of it off a table before matches. It&#8217;s kind of a big deal in Overwatch lore, appearing in several in-universe films and other products. Now it\u2019s got a challenge to its name too.\u00a0 The cream of the crop for\u00a0Pachimarchi Challenge prizes is a new Roadhog Pachimari Epic Skin (pictured above) which turns the big guy into the world\u2019s largest Pachimari fanboy. Simply logging in during&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-overwatch-pachimarchi-challenge-is-now-live\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Overwatch Pachimarchi Challenge Is Now Live | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Overwatch\u2019s Pachimarchi Challenge goes live today! 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