Thanks for the advance notice Mr. Reed. Can’t wait to show the Capture the Orb gamemode I have built (PTR Code: J1YM8) ! The new workshop actions and features made it possible!
Thanks to everyone who helped us test the new Workshop features in the 1.45 PTR. We were able to fix many of the issues that you identified, and we hope that this leads to a smoother launch of 1.45.
If you have Custom Game creations that you would like to carry forward to the live game, please copy them out of Overwatch and into a text file (since user data from the PTR is not carried over into live). You can copy your mode by going into the Settings for your Custom Game and clicking the Copy button in the upper-right. You can then paste the mode as text into any text editor.
Once the patch goes live, you can restore your mode by copying your saved text onto the clipboard, navigating to the Custom Game Settings, and clicking the orange Paste button in the upper-right.
Thanks again for the help, and happy scripting!
Jeff Kaplan and Michael Heiberg are debating the relative popularity of ice cream flavors.
“I always thought chocolate was the flavor everybody would like most,” says Kaplan, Overwatch’s game director.
Heiberg, a principal game designer, shakes his head. “Statistically, vanilla is more popular.”
“All right, so—statistically, vanilla is the flavor,” says Kaplan. “People have a propensity toward certain ice cream flavors, just like they do toward roles in Overwatch.”
They’re trying to explain how they came up with the Triple Damage (one tank, three damage, two support) team composition set to be tested in Overwatch’s new Experimental mode. It’s a significant change, and the team isn’t sure how it’s going to work out, but that’s the beauty of Experimental mode: allowing players across all platforms to test the dev team’s wildest ideas without leaving the client.
Kaplan and Heiberg laid out the full ...
Read moreGrab your beads and join the bacchanalia now through March 9 to earn unique, Mardi Gras-inspired rewards. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
From now until March 9, players will be able to earn two limited-time player icons, 7 sprays, and the epic Mardi Gras Ashe skin, for a total of 10 new rewards.
Don your purple, green, and gold, and enjoy the celebration with special Mardi Gras content available to unlock in-game. Wins in Quick Play, Competitive Play, or Arcade will all earn you two limited-time player icons, a spray, and a new epic skin: Mardi Gras Ashe!
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Hey there, the issue last night was a database cluster failure and we're confident that issue is resolved. If you're having connection stability issues today we'd need to look at what specifically is happening for you, it won't be the same issue as last night.
I understand the important thing is you're being disconnected and it's impacting your competitive rating, just wanted to add clarity for others who come by the thread.
If you can take some time to post on our tech forums we have folks there who can help troubleshoot. I'm not at the office at the moment, but I haven't received any alerts that indicate widespread failure this morning.
Cheers, and ...
Read moreHey there sorry for the issues on PS4 tonight. We had a major infrastructure outage but we were able to get things stable after about 40 minutes. Should be smooth sailing for the rest of the weekend. Cheers
Sorry for the problems on PS4 tonight. We resolved the issue and things should be stable now. Cheers
Hey there sorry for the problems on PS4 tonight. We resolved the issue and things should be stable now. Cheers.
At Blizzard, we make games to bring people together, and yet it’s still such a wonderful surprise to learn of the players who stay together. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, we interviewed a couple of couples who decided to make their two-stack life-long after finding each other through Overwatch.
After a rough breakup, Katja truly believed she would never find a romantic partner again. Then she met her future husband, Chris, on a fan-art Twitch stream. Katja, born and raised in Germany, says she was brought to that particular stream because the artist was painting her favorite hero, McCree (who she has 600 hours of playtime on), in his 2017 Halloween Terror event skin: Van Helsing.
Katja talked to Chris for the very first time on that Twitch stream, and joined the artist’s Discord server afterward to continue talking to him. What made Chris stand out, Katja says, was how kind he was on an internet that wasn’t always so friendly...
Read moreI guess that as well, that or this patch will go live and 1.46 will come up next week.
I am happy because I was planning the afternoon for another hero balance comparison video and now I have the night off!
A new Overwatch patch is in development and now available for testing! To share your feedback or report any issues, please post in the PTR Feedback or PTR Bug Report forums.
Please note that the below patch notes only include changes currently available for testing on the PTR. While many of these changes may also be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in a future patch, the PTR is PC-only a...
Read moreWas it meant to go live today?
Audio is broken still. If not worse than before. Same issue.
1.45 release for the audio fix. Sorry for the delay.
thanks for bringing this to our attention. we looked into this and apparently this was auto-actioned. we've worked to correct this and it should be fixed now. we're fans of itsjieyang's content (especially the patch break downs!) and we're sorry this happened!
A new patch is now live on Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. 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 our Bug Report forum.
For troubleshooting assistance, visit our ...
What I have seen is that a lot of users are making threads not relevant to Overwatch which includes making posts about threads getting flagged. As always please make sure your content is in line with the Blizzard Forum Code of Conduct and the ...
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