Yes. It will be free to all new and returning players.

Also in case you missed it…

Watch parties are organized on-site events in select teams’ home cities where fans can watch the game together. Check the social channels or official website of your local or favorite Overwatch League team to see if they are running a watch party in their city.

The Overwatch League has a new blog with all of the details of the rewards you can earn this weekend, whether you are watching at home, at the tournament venue, or at one of the eligible watch party locations. Enjoy the matches, everyone!

We will be force-opening any of your collected loot boxes on September 14th. This will give you several days to decide what remaining cosmetics you want to unlock with your Overwatch in-game currency before we launch Overwatch 2.

Yes, all seasonal event items as long as it can appear in any loot box from a seasonal event.

That tweet linked in the starting post is not entirely accurate. Only cosmetics that appeared in any given seasonal loot box will be unlockable with Overwatch in-game credits. Past play-to-earn cosmetics and other limited-time items are not included for this event.

Yes, they will still be a currency used to collect team skins and new exclusive skins after Overwatch 2 launches.

Correct. Any limited-time promotional skin such as those that were available with the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket or obtained during a limited-time promotion will not be available to be unlocked during this event.

They will have value even if you already unlocked everything you can get with them from the current game.

Past play-to-earn challenge skins are not included in this upcoming event.

This upcoming event will be the last to spend on any seasonal loot box item that can be unlocked with the current Overwatch in-game currency. We will be detailing how past seasonal content and other items are collected in Overwatch 2 in an upcoming news post this month.

Overwatch Retail Patch Notes - September 6, 2022

A new patch is now live on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. Read below to learn more about the latest changes.

To share your feedback, please post in the General Discussion forum.
For a list of known issues, visit the ...

In preparation for the launch of Overwatch 2, we sent out an email that provided customized in-game statistics to current Overwatch players. Unfortunately, a small number of players received an email with a randomized Battle Tag name and statistics. No other information was shared.

Apologies for the misfire!

Hello everyone,

The Competitive Play season 36 post is now up. Just to clarify, it only touches up on the details of the final season. Simply put, this season is much shorter than most others, so plan around that if you look to complete all of your placement matches,

Hope you all have a fun final season of Competitive Play for Overwatch.

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Apologies about that. No, I only meant to detail this final Competitive season for Overwatch. However, I will note we have multiple Overwatch 2 updates between now and the launch overall. Be sure to keep a look out for them on our website and social channels, including our new TikTok channel that we launched today.

Welcome to the final competitive season before Overwatch 2!

Season 36 of Competitive Play is here!

Unlocked at level 25, Competitive Play is designed for those players who want to put their skills to the test, and offers a more serious experience than our Quick Play or Arcade Modes.

GETTING STARTED

Before you can kick off your competitive career, every player will be required to complete five placement matches in a se...

There will be one more season starting next Thursday at 11 AM PDT. We will have more details when the season begins.

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Hello everyone,

The Overwatch esports broadcast team has been working to identify the issues from last weekend and moving towards a solution to deliver the missing tokens. At this time, we do not have an ETA on a fix. We’ll continue to update you on the situation as we can. We have noted that Contenders skins have started to be properly awarded as well. We will continue to monitor this situation closely.

Thank you for your patience and continued support of Overwatch League and Overwatch Contenders.