Greetings heroes!

Overwatch 2 Season 9 is launching on February 13 and will be featuring significant game updates. This patch will also be a “rebase” patch which will require a very large download for all players on all platforms. Rebase patches consolidate our patches into the core game, which in the long run, keeps the final data size of the game client manageable for both PC and console.

You will need to have as much as 38 GB of free space on your system when updating. If you do not have that much space, you can also uninstall the game client and reinstall it in full after the patch goes live on February 13. We understand some of our players may have limited bandwidth or data to download large updates, and we apologize for any inconvenience that this causes you. Thank you for your understanding, and we’ll see you on February 13.

Special Drops to celebrate the Calling All Heroes Championship are here. Earn these unique rewards by tuning in to Calling All Heroes Championship broadcasts from February 2 through February 4.

• Watch a total of 1 hour to earn the CAH 2023 – 2024 Sunrise Icon
• Watch a total of 2 hours to earn the Calling All Heroes 2023 – 2024 Name Card
• Watch a total of 4 hours to earn the Hearts and Stars Name Card
• Watch a total of 8 hours to earn the Calling All Heroes 2023 – 2024 Spray

Earning Twitch drops for Overwatch 2 is easy: connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account, then tune into any eligible channel in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch. Remember, when you earn any drops, you must claim them at ...

Season 8 is almost done. If you are looking to catch up on your Battle Pass, you can earn up to five Battle Pass Tier Skips when you watch up to 10 total hours of live streams in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch starting today, January 30, through Sunday, February 11.

• Watch 2 Total Hours to earn one Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 4 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 6 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 8 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 10 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip

Earning Twitch drops for Overwatch 2 is easy: connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account, then tune into any eligible channel in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch. Remember, when ...

Changes for your reference. We look forward to your feedback.

• Respawning times are now 75% of their original time.
• Payloads in Escort and Hybrid maps will move 60% faster.
• Taking control of the Objective Point in Hybrid is 40% faster than normal.
• Taking control of the objective point in Control is 40% faster than normal, and scoring the capture progress percentage is 80% faster.
• Taking control of the objective point in Flashpoint is 20% faster than normal, and scoring the capture progress percentage is 40% faster.
• When you play an Escort, Hybrid, or Push map, the initial match time has been reduced to 70% of the original time, and any time extensions are also reduced to 70% of the total time added.
• These changes only apply to all players who play in Role Queue and Open Queue Quick Play modes during the duration of the event and will return to normal after January 14. Competitive Play and Arcade modes are not affected...

We are aware of an issue that purchasing the Winter Fair Shop Bundle on the Nintendo^® Switch will not grant the 575 Event Tickets to unlock the cosmetics in the Winter Fair. We are working to resolve this issue and will grant the tickets to everyone affected at a later date. Note the Winter Fair will remain open through January 15 to redeem items for all platforms. This issue should not affect those who only purchase the Premium Event Pass or only earn tickets on the Free Event Pass.

If you’d rather not wait to receive the 575 tickets from your Winter Fair Bundle purchase, for a limited time, you may request an Overwatch Coin refund by starting a ticket with Blizzard Customer Service. Refunding the bundle will remove all other items, including the Formalwear Legen...

Following up to let all of you know that we have fixed the bug with equipping default weapons and have brought the Hard Light Weapon Skins back to the in-game shop. Cheers!

Seasons Greetings, heroes. We encountered an issue where Hard Light weapon skins for Mercy, Reinhardt, and Reaper cannot be unequipped. We are looking to fix this issue in a future update, but for now, we have taken the Hard Light Weapon Skins off of the in-game shop and will bring them back for purchase at a later date.

Happy Holidays Heroes! Now is your chance to get decked out in festive holiday swag with all new Twitch Drops! You can earn fun rewards when you watch your favorite Overwatch 2 content creators and influencers on Twitch! Link your Battle.net account today and earn these new rewards, available starting today and going through January 2.

• Watch a total of 2 hours to earn the Ice Fishing for Reinhardt
• Watch a total of 5 hours to earn the Snowball Fight Highlight Intro for Reinhardt
• Watch a total of 9 hours to earn the Epic Festive Reinhardt skin.

Earning Twitch drops for Overwatch 2 is easy! Simply connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account, then tune into any eligible channel in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch. Remember, when you earn any drops, you must claim...

Get ready, Mauga is charging onto the scene and we’re celebrating with all new Twitch Drops! You can earn fun rewards when you watch your favorite Overwatch 2 content creators and influencers on Twitch! Link your Battle.net account today and earn these new rewards, available starting today and going through December 17.

• Watch a total of 2 hours to earn the Crooner Spray for Mauga
• Watch a total of 5 hours to earn the Cha-Cha & Gunny Highlight Intro for Mauga
• Watch a total of 9 hours to earn the Legendary Talon Sombra skin.

Earning Twitch drops for Overwatch 2 is easy! Simply connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account, then tune into any eligible channel in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch. Remember, when you earn any drops, you must claim them at ...

Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – December 5, 2023

These patch notes will be live for Overwatch 2 on December 5, 2023 when Season 8 launches.

NEW HERO – MAUGA

Introducing Mauga, a long-awaited tank hero who comes with a rapid-fire personality, massive stature, and brawl-centric abilities

Mauga

• Mauga has been added to the lineup.

Incendiary Chaingun (Primary Fire)

• Automatic weapon...

Season 7 is almost done! If you are looking to catch up on your Battle Pass, you can earn up to five Battle Pass Tier Skips when you watch up to 10 total hours of live streams in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch starting today, November 28, through Monday, December 4.

• Watch 2 Total Hours to earn one Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 4 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 6 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 8 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Watch 10 Total Hours to earn one more Battle Pass Tier Skip

Earning Twitch drops for Overwatch 2 is easy! Simply connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account, then tune into any eligible channel in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch. Remember...

Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – November 14, 2023

These changes will be live in the upcoming patch on November 14, 2023.

HERO UPDATES

Roadhog

Developer Comments: The broad goal of the Roadhog rework was to improve his frontline presence on the battlefield as a tank hero and reduce the frustration enemy players had with how consistently deadly his hook combo has been in the past.

Roadhog’s previous Scrap Gun ...

Overwatch World Cup 2023 reaches its epic conclusion, with the top 16 teams from around the globe competing for the title of World Cup champions! Starting today, tune in to either the official Overwatch World Cup 2023 broadcast on the PlayOverwatch or ...

Trick or treat! Get ready for a great Halloween with MayHAM Wrecking Ball. Twitch Drops are back, and you can earn fun rewards when you watch your favorite Overwatch 2 content creators and influencers on Twitch! Link your Battle.net account today and earn spooky new rewards, available starting today and going through October 28.

• Watch a total of 2 hours to earn the Trick or Treat Spray for Wrecking Ball
• Watch a total of 6 hours to earn the MayHAM Legendary Skin for Wrecking Ball

Earning Twitch drops for Overwatch 2 is easy! Simply connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account, then tune into any eligible channel in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch. Remember, when you earn any drops, you must claim them at ...

Hiya, heroes!

Earlier today, we issued a fix for high ping in South American regions. We’re expecting things to improve over the next couple of days, and we apologize for any inconvenience during this mitigation!

For more information regarding Season 7 bugs, you can check out the OW2 Known Issues post.

We appreciate your patience, and glhf with your weekend queues.

To the heroes of Overwatch,

We want to keep you up to date on some of the bugs and issues we’re aware of that are affecting the game. This is not a complete list of all currently tracked issues affecting Overwatch 2, rather, this is a targeted list of some known specific issues with this release.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience, and we appreciate y’all’s understanding. Our team is working to resolve these issues, and we will provide more information as soon as we have updates!

Current Issues

• We have disabled Rialto from all game modes as we investigate an issue with the map.
• We are investigating an issue where directing pinging a teammate with select ping commands like group up is not working correctly.
• We are investigating an issue with the default Weapon Skin option appearing locked and requiring Competitive Points to unlock. Do not attempt to spend Competitive Points on this item, as we cannot...

Test placeholder text goes h WELCOME TO SEASON 7 FOR COMPETITIVE PLAY IN OVERWATCH 2!

Season 7 of Competitive Play is here!

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. Players new to Overwatch 2 will unlock access to Competitive Play when they complete the Competitive Play Qualification challenge by winning 50 unranked games.

GETTING STARTED

Before you can kick off your competitive career, you will be required to win five games to obtain their seasonal skill division for their selected Competitive Play mode. Within the standard Role Queue competitive mode, players will earn a separate skill division for each role...

Trick or Treat! Twitch Drops are back, and you can earn fun rewards when you watch your favorite Overwatch 2 content creators and influencers on Twitch! Link your Battle.net account today and earn spooky new rewards, available starting today and going through October 20.

• Watch 2 hours to earn the Lilith’s Visage Player Icon
• Watch 2 more hours to earn the Demonic Skull Weapon Charm
• Watch 3 more hours to earn the “Bwee Bwoo-Bwoo-Bwoo” Bastion Voice Line
• Watch 3 more hours to earn the “Something Wicked This Way Comes” Moira Voice Line
• Watch 4 more hours to earn the Possessed Pharah Epic Skin

Earning Twitch drops for Overwatch 2 is easy! Simply connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account, then tune into any eligible channel in the Overwatch 2 categ...

This game update will go live on October 10, 2023!

HALLOWEEN TERROR 2023

Get ready for the spookiest event of the year as Overwatch 2 transforms into a haunted battleground. Halloween Terror is back with your favorite game modes—Junkenstein’s Revenge, Wrath of the Bride, and Trials of Sanctuary, a new Blizzard crossover game mode. Team up with the heroes of Sanctuary, power up their abilities, and defeat powerful bosses, including Butcher Roadhog, Azmodan Wrecking Ball, and Lilith Moira.

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Due to ongoing technical issues with our Anniversary Challenges, we’re going to keep the Overwatch Credits rewards from challenges disabled for the remainder of the Event. To make up for this, we’re granting everyone who logs in during the first week of Season 7, starting October 10, a reward of 3,000 Overwatch Credits, even if you don’t complete challenges in the Anniversary Event. The Anniversary Credits Shop will be live through October 16. We’ll also have more content available for Overwatch Credits starting in Season 7 which we’ll reveal soon.

We’re currently experiencing an issue with Anniversary Event Challenges granting Overwatch Credits inconsistently. While we investigate, we’re disabling Credit grants from these Challenges. Once we have resolved the issue, we will compensate impacted players.

Please note that Credits will still be displayed as a reward for each of these Challenges. Apologies for the inconvenience!