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Season 12 is drawing to a close and this weekend is your chance to make one final push to climbing the Competitive ranks of the season and earn fun new rewards! Competitive Drives starts this weekend so keep reading to find out everything you need to know about this limited time event.

Earn More Competitive Points and New Rewards

You already earn Competitive Points as you play and win Competitive Play matches, but starting Friday, October 4 at 8:00 AM PT and going through Monday, October 7 at 8:00 AM PT there is an extra incentive to play Competitive Matches with a special Drive Meter currently in the Competitive Play menu. For every game you win, you’ll add Drive Score that fill the meter. Losing matches will cause you to lose a small amount of drive progress, however reaching each checkpoint guarantees your progress and rewards.

Earning Drive Points

Each time you win a match you’ll earn a Drive Score that is ten times the total Skill Rank perc...

Get ready to go Ultra in the newest Overwatch 2 collaboration with My Hero Academia! From October 17-30, step into the roles of your favorite anime heroes or villains with exclusive legendary skins that bring the action of My Hero Academia to life in the Overwatch universe.

This limited-time collaboration boasts the best of both worlds - on the hero team there’s Tracer as the determined Deku, Juno as the joyful Uravity, and Reinhardt as the symbol of peace, All Might. These heroes prepare to face off against Kiriko as the cunning Himiko Toga, chasing down that which she loves, and Reaper as the leader of the League of Villains, Tomura Shigaraki. Each skin is designed to capture the essence of these beloved characters, giving you the chance to dominate the battlefield with their unique style and flair.

Juno has finally landed in Overwatch 2, and players are jumping into battle with her, gliding  through tricky team fights and blasting off to light speed with her unique kit. You’ve watched her hero trailer, checked out her comic, and seen her in action, but let’s take a unique look with concept artist Daryl Tan and lead narrative designer Miranda Moyer to see how Juno’s story came to life.

What was the general idea behind making Juno?

Daryl Tan: The hero team had plans to introduce a Support hero that was fast, agile, and had a hitscan-like weapon, so that is where we explored the idea of a space-themed hero.  Juno was heavily designed through the gameplay kit, which helped inspire the fantasy of what this hero would look like.

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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft by uniting the realms of Azeroth and Future Earth in grand style with this epic crossover event! From September 17-30, witness the worlds collide as iconic World of Warcraft characters are honored by our Overwatch 2 heroes. Dive headfirst into the fray with the Sylvanas Windrunner Widowmaker, Lich King Reinhardt, Thrall Zenyatta, and Diamond Magni Torbjorn Legendary skins, each crafted to capture the essence of both worlds.

Sylvanas Windrunner Widowmaker embodies the cold precision in the dark arrows of the Banshee Queen herself, and Lich King Reinhardt wields the fearsome Frostmourne, ready to command the Scourge with his indomitable strength. Meanwhile, Thrall Zenyatta forges a new destiny for the Horde, and Diamond Magni Torbjorn fights for the good of Azeroth. These cosmetics com...

Get ready to gear up, Heroes! Overwatch 2 will be dropping into Xbox Game Pass on September 17, and you won’t want to miss it. Link your Battle.net account to an active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Xbox Game Pass for Console, or PC Game Pass account by November 11 and log back in to unlock a cache of exclusive benefits that will elevate your Overwatch 2 cosmetics to new heights. Read on to learn more about what’s in store for linked accounts.

Starting on September 17, when you link your accounts, you’ll score six of the slickest hero skins on the battlefield: Cardboard Reinhardt, Turtleship D.Va, Cyberdragon Hanzo, Street Runner Genji, Bee Mercy, and Cleric Lifeweaver. If you link your accounts by November 11, the...

Hey y’all, Alec here. This week’s Director’s Take will be a small reflection on the first half of Season 12 with the release of Juno and Clash, as well as a brief look at some tweaks coming in the Midseason Patch and beyond.

Checking in on Juno

Let’s start with Juno! Honestly, it’s been such a joy seeing the community fall in love with our favorite Martian. We started on her prototype early last year and went through many iterations to get to the Juno you see today. Heck, we were still a little worried about a lock-on damage ability but y’all have seemed to acclimate well to combating her Pulsar Torpedoes.  Since that first round of buffs shortly after her launch, Juno has remained in that “safe side of strong” zone we aim for. While Juno finds success in most modes, she does particularly well on Payload and Hybrid maps such as Circuit Royal, King’s Row, and Blizzard World. This is quite different than a hero like Lúcio, whose best mode...