Overwatch Must-See Update: Hero Sombra’s Official Artwork Leaked; Lumerico CEO Faces Controversies After Sombra Hacking Activities

By Maria Follet - 03 Nov '16 06:00AM

A leak of what is claimed to be Overwatch's Official Hero Sombra image was stormed on Reddit Tuesday. The release created quite a buzz to the online community and has started rumors that the release of the hero may be very soon.

Mashable claims that creators of Overwatch themselves "hacked" the Overwatch-dedicated subreddit to create a stir to avid fans of the game. According to the report, there was a point when the users' profile photos were replaced with purple skulls and some of the elements of the page were changed, too.

The one who manages the subreddit claims that the page has been attacked by some mysterious hacker from the website lumerico.mx. Because of this, the subreddit was inaccessible for a while due to the heavy load of traffic it had to receive because of the news. Also, the website in question also crashed for a while due to the same reason. Right now, the subreddit and the website are now accessible.

Overwatch us play....Overwatch.....maybe Sombra will make an appearance? 3pm PST https://t.co/eLCrechfQP pic.twitter.com/ZX5KxlDCKA

— Mobcrush (@mobcrush) November 2, 2016

These events took place moments after a photo of Overwatch's Hero Sombra was leaked Tuesday on Reddit. Fans also noticed that Overwatch released an article about a breach which was done to Lumerico's website which also dumped issues and criticisms against Lumerico's CEO Guillermo Portero.

The controversies and all the online activities pose no surprise to most players as the BlizzCon event is also fast approaching, which is already on Friday. Most of them are expecting that Overwatch's Hero Sombra will be revealed by then.

Some players even made some close-to-reality jokes when Overwatch's Hero Sombra's image was leaked. They are planning to create costumes which resembles Sombra and are plotting to wear the costume during BlizzCon. It is cool for them to think that while the company will reveal the character, there are already duplicates swarming in the BlizzCon crowd.