Journey through 20 tiers of completely free rewards on the Battle Pass. Join the fight for the future with our new hero: Lifeweaver! Explore new Space Opera themed cosmetics, and earnable rewards. Take them into battle across 24 futuristic maps inspired by real-world locations, and master multiple unique game modes. Team up with friends and dive into the reimagined PvP experience as a time-jumping freedom fighter, a beat-dropping battlefield DJ, or one of over 30 other unique heroes as you battle it out around the globe.ĮVER EVOLVING HEROES, NEW MAPS, NEW WAYS TO PLAY AND UNIQUE COSMETICS! Lead the charge, ambush your enemies, or aid your allies as one of Overwatch’s distinct heroes. We'll share a kind of launch checklist with players ahead of things so that they have a smooth experience getting in on 4th October, when we launch.Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. There's also a couple of things that we'll be asking players to do, to get ready for Overwatch 2. 'We'll give current Overwatch players the ability to download Overwatch 2 a little bit ahead of when we launch, if they want to pre-download. And then it's a 27-hour downtime that we're planning in order to get the Overwatch 2 server stood up and running. 'So that means, as a practical point, that October 2nd really is the last day to go in and play Overwatch 1. 'So roughly a day before Overwatch 2 launches, we're going to be taking down the Overwatch 1 servers,' commercial lead Jon Spector explained to me. With time differences, it could be 3rd October elsewhere in the world.) Overwatch 2 will then launch 4th October and be the only Overwatch game in operation.

(Note: this is from a Pacific Time point of view. The last day of Overwatch 1 will be 2nd October, Blizzard told me during an Overwatch 2 roundtable interview last night.

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