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https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/5a1twa/overwatch_world_cup_schedule_31st_october/?ref=share&ref_source=link
BlizzCon Overwatch World Cup Group Stage Schedule
All times are PST (+3 for EST, +9 for CET, +15 for KST)

October 31st (Day 3)

Group A
12:15 - 13:30: Sweden 🇸🇪 vs Spain 🇪🇸
13:30 - 14:45: Canada 🇨🇦 vs Brazil 🇧🇷

Group B
14:45 - 16:00: USA 🇺🇸 vs Russia 🇷🇺
16:00 - 17:15: Germany 🇩🇪 vs Chile 🇨🇱

Group C
17:15 - 18:30: South Korea 🇰🇷 vs Finland 🇫🇮
18:30 - 19:45: Chinese Taipei vs Australia 🇦🇺

Group D
19:45 - 21:00: China 🇨🇳 vs France 🇫🇷
21:00 - 22:15: Singapore 🇸🇬 vs Thiland 🇹🇭

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SOMBRA PROTOCOLO COMPLETO. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS VIVA MEXICO.

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I've deleted the previous posts as an official statement from us is comming soon ™

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Hello all. For those of you who weren't here yesterday, we (the server admins) ran an event intended to be a fun companion to Blizzard’s official Sombra ARG activities, in which users could "assist" Sombra in hacking a #firewall channel by typing ./assist into that channel. While we knew our side-event would be popular, the turnout was even higher than we anticipated. We weren’t prepared for the influx of new users—and as a result the server crashed and the event didn’t work properly.

TL;DR We (the admins) weren't prepared for the situation we put ourselves in. We're sorry, and future events will be better planned.

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Check out the /r/overwatch Blizzcon 2016 livethread- we'll be covering all 3 Overwatch panels as well as the opening ceremony! That's 4 live coverages for the price of nothing!
Simply click onto our link, put your feet up, open your supplies and gethype™!
https://www.reddit.com/live/xvmj09a3ea7h

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/r/Overwatch live commentary for Blizzcon 2016 Day 1

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Opening ceremony has now commenced!

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SPOOKY SOMBRA INTERRUPTION

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@everyone WE HAVE A SOMBRA SHORT

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Sombra officially confirmed as the next Overwatch hero. What a surprise!

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An infiltrator who can hack enemy abilities, and playable at Blizzcon!

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A new map also confirmed "Oasis"- hitting PTR later on, in December.

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"Arcade" feature also confirmed- new gamemodes and maps!

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Features 1v1 and 3v3 arena gamemodes.

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All of this hitting PTR next week! :)

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Note: To keep the atmosphere civil and avoid unnecessary conflict, discussions about the US Presidential Election 2016 are not allowed on this server.

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We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the /r/Overwatch Extra Life team - we absolutely smashed our goal of $4,000, raising a total of $10,756! Thank you and we hope to see you again next year!

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We are pleased to announce the Reddit Overwatch Championship, which will be coming to you on the 18th and 19th of November 2016 (PC only). For more information, head to /r/overwatch: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/5bmjq9/reddit_overwatch_championship_1819th_of_november/

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FRIENDLY REMINDER: Please do not discuss the US Political Election to avoid conflicts

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Note: To keep the atmosphere civil and avoid unnecessary conflict, discussions about the US Presidential Election 2016 are not allowed on this server.

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Live servers have recieved an ~2GB background patch. No official word on what it may be.

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General News Update (to answer repeat questions):

There's been no official announcement about when Sombra is being released, or when she is coming to console. Yes, the PTR has been taken down, but this is not necessarily a sign of immediate release.

The HotS event (Nexus Challenge) will (probably) be available after weekly maintenance today. But again, there's no official start time yet.

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The Nexus Challenge is live on NA servers! Please use our #247769594155106304 channel if you would like to find others to play with.

Players are more than welcome to use our unranked VCs if you want to use this server to play your HotS games.

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20327397/team-up-to-conquer-the-nexus-challenge-11-4-2016

Get five Heroes free when you play 30 games of Heroes of the Storm with a Friend before January 4. Bonus: Also includes the Oni Genji skin in Ove...

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Sombra is now on the live client along with the Arcade!

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The new Oni Genji skin should now be available to players who have downloaded the new Overwatch patch, and met the completion criteria in Heroes of the Storm. Congrats to those who have it already!

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I feel like I say this after every major patch but PLEASE PLAY COMPETITIVE PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK. Servers are being unreliable at times.

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November 15th Patch Notes for all platforms: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20752015856

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TLDR: Canceled

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Black Friday Sale on Origin Edition with 40% Off

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PTR Update (1.6.0.0.33106) about 1.1 gigs. Included with this patch are the Symmetra changes just announced.

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PSA: You aren't the only one suffering login issues. Blizzard are doing weekly maintenance.

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New Symmetra changes will NOT (I repeat, NOT) be in this week's update: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20752228099#post-4

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NA

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Season 3 has begun, go rek some nubs!

Best of luck to you all!

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Looks like bnet is down!

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Small voice update: a few channels dedicated for 3v3 use have been added, limited of course to three users at one time. Find them between the regular OW channels and the ranked channels in each region. If they're a hit, we can look at adding more in future.

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Overwatch cleans up at the 2016 Game Awards, winning Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Multiplayer, and Best ESports Game!

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Live Now! 🇨🇳
Grand Finals of Pioneer Cup - Season 3

World Elite White vs Vici Gaming

Stream: (Chinese Flash Player): http://www.panda.tv/195311?channel=pcweb-shouye-XFBS3

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An Overwatch update has begun.

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Restart your bnet client to start it, if it's not appearing for you.

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Winter Update is now live, including Symmetra rework, new skins!

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Happy holidays ❤

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Top 500 is now active for Season 3 on the live servers! Go claim your place!

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Live NOW! Yes, they're ahead of schedule :|
Overwatch IEM Gyeonggi Invitational

🇸🇪 Misfits vs Lunatic-Hai 🇰🇷
🇰🇷 Luxury Watch RED vs Kongdoo Panthera 🇰🇷

Watch live on
https://www.twitch.tv/esl_overwatch

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Come watch the 8 tank meta.

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Live now: 🇪🇺 🇰🇷 Overwatch IEM Gyeonggi Invitational

Day 2 - Semi Finals
Afreeca Freecs Blue vs Lunatic-Hai
Rogue vs Luxury Watch RED

https://www.twitch.tv/esl_overwatch

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LIVE in 10min: 🇺🇸 MLG Vegas Overwatch Invitational

Semi Finals (bo5 - Dorado, Ilios, King's Row, Volskaya, Watchpoint: Gibraltar)
🇪🇺🇹🇭 EnVyUs vs Cloud9 🇺🇸 🇸🇪
🇺🇸🇪🇺 FaZe vs FNATIC 🇺🇸 🇪🇺

Final (bo7 - Numbani, Nepal, Hollywood, Temple of Anubis, Route 66, Ilios, Dorado)

Stream: http://video.majorleaguegaming.com/ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4BzOR4ww9o
Info: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/events/95/mlg-vegas

Tournament discussion in #tournaments and live voice discussion in Tournament Discussion (non-tournament memes will be kicked / banned)

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Just fyi, pinging the moderator role was never intended to be disabled. We fixed it.

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Hey guys! Hope you guys have a wonderful Holiday season! ❤

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Hey! We have launched a new feature to help users get in touch with moderators and admins easier than before. You can now send direct messages to @autumn dawn like you would to any mod or admin, but the message gets relayed to the entire modteam instead! Mods and admins will then reply to you through the bot, removing the need to message multiple mods to get your issue resolved.

Please report any problems you encounter when using the bot!

Abuse of the bot can result in a mute or ban from the server.

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Happy New Year Everyone !!

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Day 1 of Group Play for the Winter Premiere begins in ~10 minutes: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatch_nge

Kingdom eSports (Renegades) vs FaZe Clan
Citizen7 vs Luminosity Gaming
compLexity Gaming vs Kungarna
Immortals vs Team Liquid

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Day 2 of Group Play for the Winter Premiere begins in ~10 minutes: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatch_nge

Renegades (formerly Kingdom eSports) vs Citizen7
compLexity Gaming vs FaZe Clan
Immortals vs Luminosity Gaming
Kungarna vs Team Liquid

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Jeff Kaplan on 3v3 Mei Glitch: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20752459036#post-16

TL;DR Fix hopefully soon. Exploiters will be punished.

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Day 3 of Group Play for the Winter Premiere begins in ~6 minutes: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatch_nge

Renegades vs compLexity Gaming
Citizen7 vs Immortals
FaZe Clan vs TeamLiquid
Luminosity Gaming vs Kungarna
Renegades vs Luminosity Gaming (yes, there's a 5th match today)

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Discord seems to be a little glitchy atm, enjoy the double posting ride

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Discord seems to be a little glitchy atm, enjoy the double posting ride

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And we're back to normal

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Day 4 of Group Play for the Winter Premiere LIVE now: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatch_nge

Immortals vs Renegades
compLexity Gaming vs TeamLiquid
Citizen7 vs Kungarna
Luminosity Gaming vs FaZe Clan
TeamLiquid vs Citizen7

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PTR Updated Hero Balance Changes: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20752599717

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Day 5 of Group Play for the Winter Premiere LIVE in ~5 min: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatch_nge

Renegades vs TeamLiquid
Kungarna vs Immortals
Luminosity Gaming vs compLexity Gaming
FaZe Clan vs Citizen7
compLexity Gaming vs Immortals

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FINAL Day of Group Play for the Winter Premiere Live in ~8 minutes: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatch_nge

Renegades vs Kungarna
Luminosity Gaming vs TeamLiquid
Immortals vs FaZe Clan
Citizen7 vs compLexity Gaming
Kungarna vs FaZe Clan

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As a friendly reminder with the events today, we do not allow any discussion about politics in the discord. Please use other servers for this kind of discussion.

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I'm having pizza for dinner.

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We are happy to announce that the new update is out!

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It is not a bug that you can't post messages right now, it's a temporary measure to fight a spam attack.

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And we should be back!

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StriveWire Monthly Brawl has just gone live with some of EU's top teams competing for the prize of €500
Watch it live at: https://twitch.tv/GosuTV_OW

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The first ever Professional Overwatch Tournament in Finland has just gone live!
Featuring teams such as:
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Helski REDS
ENCE eSports
SkitLite
To play in a double elimination playoff tournament for a €5000 prize pool.
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_overwatch

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I see you typing iROQ 👀

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PTR is back 🆙

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in 1 hour or so we will be doing some kareoke get in to juke box and queue up some songs you want to sing one person singing at a time and we will do it till poeple get bored

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karoke will start when the song portal still alive begins to play in #176236425384034304 keep an eye out its soon

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t minus 3 mins

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then we start

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Season 3 ending soon! February 21 at 4:00 p.m. PST (or Wednesday, February 22 at 00:00 UTC).

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753177912#1

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Friday midnight AWST, 4pm GMT, 8am PST I ill be doing karaoke be there or be square

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I know a hefty number of people here use BetterDiscord so I felt it was appropriate to warn that there was a security leak thru a popular plugin for BetterDiscord. If you don't use BD and/or don't know what it is, you're fine.

The security leak comes from an optional plugin for BetterDiscord called httpscats-background. If you have this plugin, change your password and remove the plugin. BetterDiscord itself is safe to use.

For more info check out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/5vcar1/change_your_password_if_you_have_previously_used/

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Season 3 has officially ended! Congrats to everybody who made their goal this season, and good luck to everybody for Season 4. Season 4 begins February 28th 4 PM PST (exactly one week from the end of Season 3).

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@everyone Notice - Everyone should probably change your passwords due to an uncovered security issue with Cloudflare. Discord and Reddit are amongst those affected. You can read more about it here:

Cloudflare Blog

Last Friday, Tavis Ormandy from Google’s Project Zero contacted Cloudflare to report a security problem with our edge servers. He was seeing corrupted web pages being returned by some HTTP requests run through Cloudflare. It turned out that in some unusual circumstances, which I’ll detail below, our edge

Discord Blog

Before we get into the PSA, I’ve got a big ol’ request for ya:

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1 hour till karaoke get hype

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half an hour till karaoke

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PTR Updates boys and girls! Get hyped!

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A new update has just released for Overwatch! PatchNotes will be announced the moment they release!

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Season 4 is up and running, go get your new season of Overwatch games underway!

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Competitive Season 4 Follow Up - by Scott Mercer
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753625906

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PTR Ana nerfs + others
"These should be up on the PTR very soon, hopefully tomorrow morning. As always these updates are subject to change."

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753516591#post-1

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Late but Somba's hacked health kits will reveal themselves through walls on the next PTR update

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753416574#post-12

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Using the Server Browser to AFK farm EXP will result in disciplinary action against your account, as per Jeff Kaplan: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753626867

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Some new changes have been made to the PTR, go check them out! https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753516591#post-2

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Top 500 is now live for Season 4! Go get that top500 badge!

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More details on PTR Assault and Assault/Escort map changes https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753666637#post-1

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A new patch is live on PS4 and Xbox One. Fairly minor - bug fixes rather than gameplay changes https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753657688

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King's Row lighting and graphical improvements live on PTR.

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The second year of the Overwatch world cup has arrived! Here is all the current details about it!

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Seems like the servers are a bit wonky atm, play comp at your own risk!

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There is a 23MB update on the client! It appears to be approx 1.4gig big

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Overwatch servers appear to be having some difficulty, so expect random disconnects. It goes without saying not to try comp right now!

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Our Discord server is also having some difficulty, expect it to go offline at some point, too.

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New matchmaking update has came up into competetive in patch 1.10! (It's from yesterday)
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20754005467

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There appear to be some difficulties with the servers right now, will post info as it comes.

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Expect trouble logging into Overwatch as a new patch goes live for all regions! This includes the Mei fix among other minor fixes. (see above)

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Also, return of the Genji Oni Skin!!!

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NOTE: Only Week 1 rewards are available to be earned through VS AI, Quick Match, Unranked, and Ranked. The remaining Weeks' rewards will be rewarded for games in Quick Match, Unranked, and Ranked, but not in VS AI.

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NOTE: The patch is not live on EU servers yet. Supposedly it will be available around tomorrow 8:00 AM CEST.

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Jeff Kaplan on console gamers and the Nexus challenge: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20754446494#post-9

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https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20754386800#1 Uprising formally re-enabled until May 2nd 5 PM PDT, including the PvE mode

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Uprising has officially ended (for real this time).

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PTR has an update of 1.51GB. More Info Soon™

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https://www.overwatchcontenders.com/
Introducing Overwatch Contenders

Overwatch Carbon Series

Introducing Overwatch Contenders - the development league for aspiring Overwatch League professionals, kicking off in summer 2017 in North America and Europe. Season Zero of Overwatch Contenders will be an open signup, online-only tournament with a USD $50,000 prize pool per region.

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PSA: There are scheduling changes to the OWC due to the overwelming response and number of teams signed up: https://www.overwatchcontenders.com/news/article/59253af4feade60374ac1d4f

Overwatch Contenders

Introducing Overwatch Contenders - the development league for aspiring Overwatch League professionals, kicking off in summer 2017 in North America and Europe. Season Zero of Overwatch Contenders will be an open signup, online-only tournament with a USD $50,000 prize pool per region.

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The Free Weekend is officially live! Please be nice to the new players on this server and in-game.

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Jeff Kaplan has opened a forum thread asking about suggestions for colours on reticles, go post your suggestions here! https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20755795739#post-1

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Top 500 is now active for season 5! Good luck to those good enough to be competing for it, I wish you the best! top500

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Shocking news (not really): New content brings the potential server issues. Please play comp at your own risk!

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There is also a new PTR Update and Doomfist is on it!

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DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

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The first seven Overwatch League owners and cities, and a 2017 launch are confirmed: https://dotesports.com/overwatch/overwatch-league-cities-secured-15796
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLnl9BaAsps

It’s with great pleasure that we announce the first seven city-based teams entering the Overwatch League. Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/overwa...

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Owners include:
• Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots (Boston)
• Jeff Wilpon, Co-Founder and Partner of Sterling.VC and COO of the New York Mets (New York)
• Noah Whinston, CEO of Immortals (Los Angeles)
• Ben Spoont, CEO and Co-Founder of Misfits Gaming (Miami-Orlando)
• Andy Miller, Chairman and Founder of NRG Esports (San Francisco)
• NetEase (Shanghai)
• Kevin Chou, Co-founder of Kabam (Seoul)

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For proper video

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Reporting & Penalty System Improvements: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20758356169

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DOOMFIST IS OUT

Patch size aprox 1.2GB Patch notes will be posted once avaliable.

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Play Comp on your own risk with the new patch by the way.

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Overwatch Brazil have just released some snapshots of this years summer games! 2017 is going to be in Sydney!

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Translation: we already have our tickets. See you on the lawn in a few days!

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THE UPDATE IS LIVE! GO PLAY LUCIO BALL NOW!

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Overwatch Update Landed in Client. Roughly 300MB

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PTR Update aprox 6.5gb moon2WUT

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New map Junkertown announced!

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Escort map based in Australia, more info coming soon!

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https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20758746118?page=2#post-30 Internal tests on D.Va being conducted, new PTR up soon™ as well.

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[!] Some users in North America, Oceania, and EU are reporting Overwatch servers may currently be down, please be patient as Blizzard attempts to get them online again.

You will not be refunded for any SR loss this outage may have incurred while playing competitive modes.

Update from Blizzard:
https://twitter.com/BlizzardCS/status/900271799996305408

Some #Overwatch players may be experiencing latency or disconnections. We are investigating this now.

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Update: Some users are reporting servers are online once more.

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New short up on youtube!

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Additional changes to Season 6: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20758826275#1

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A new PTR patch has been released! WIll be hitting your client soon!

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Timestamps:
00:12 - Big changes are coming for Mercy!
00:38 - Why are we changing Mercy in the first place?
02:28 - Resurrect is now Mercy's second ability (default: E)
03:17 - Introducing Mercy's new ultimate: Valkyrie!
05:35 - We'll be experimenting with how Resurrect and Valkyrie interact on the PTR
06:21 - We're really looking forward to your feedback on these changes
07:00 - Changes are also coming soon to D.Va's Defense Matrix
07:26 - Why are we concerned about Defense Matrix?
08:44 - We're experimenting with different options for D.Va on the PTR
09:26 - Hero balance is always going to be ongoing process
09:58 - We can't wait to hear your feedback about D.Va, too!

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Season 5 has concluded, but the Summer Games and Copa Lucioball are still active! Be sure to get those last minute skins and rank.

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New Patch on the live client, aprox 6.2GB (appears to be about 14GB on consoles), patchnotes will be posted when available

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Junkertown now live, patch size aprox 350MB, patch notes will be posted once available

Patch also includes the Mercy and Dva changes smug

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Spoopy event has begun, please use the lf-event channels to find groups to play with 🎃

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New Overwatch Nendoroids!

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Halloween Event ends very soon! Hurry up and grab those last minute Event Lootboxes! 🎃

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The Halloween Event has ended. However, Overwatch has a nice new menu screen honoring the World Cup! You can find the link to view the matches in-game on the main menu, or, right here!
https://worldcup.playoverwatch.com/en-us/

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Moira is now available in competitive play!

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[ALL] November 30th Patch Notes: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20759577377

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Upcoming changes to Competitive Season 8:

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Winter Wonderland update is out, aprox 400MB blobgift

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You can now update your Clients for the new patch!

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FYI: Mercy and Junkrat nerfs are NOT included in this patch. (Don't shoot the messenger.)

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New patch available, aprox size 600MB, will update once more news available.

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February 13th Patch Notes (mostly bug fixes): https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20761677517

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Brigitte's cosmetics are now available to view on the PTR! Go check them out!!!

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Brigitte will not be available in competitive play until the beginning of Season 10, as per Scott Mercer: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/new-heroes-and-maps-in-competitive-play/33954

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Geoff Goodman answering your Brigitte questions tomorrow (March 20th) between 10 and 11 AM PDT: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/brigitte-gameplay-q-a-with-geoff-goodman/37252

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Comp Play temporarily down while patching.

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Patch available for download, aprox size 13.9gb OMEGALUL

EDIT: Seems like it is verifying some of the files and is actually not downloading all of the 14gb aka computer magic

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South Korea Group: 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇫🇮 Finland, Chinese Taipei, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇷 South Korea, and 🇭🇰 Hong Kong

US Group: 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, and 🇳🇴 Norway

Thailand Group: 🇨🇳 China, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇪🇸 Spain, and 🇩🇰 Denmark

France Group: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, and 🇫🇷 France

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Patch up on live and available for download, approx 1.4 GB. Patch notes soon.

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New patch for Overwatch available, aprox 1.2 GB, will update as more info comes

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New PTR patch is out. It contains the new hero, Wrecking Ball, as well as the Sombra changes, Hanzo nerfs, and damage dropoff changes to various heroes.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-june-28-2018/142126

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Skin reveal is on

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Overwatch is just $12 right now when you subscribe to Humble Monthly through the Humble Bundle! Keep in mind this is a subscription service of $12 a month so be sure to cancel your subscription after you buy it if you don't intend to stayed signed up. Price is in USD.

This code can only be redeemed on PC.

https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly

Humble Bundle

Get Overwatch and more when you subscribe for just $12 per month!

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If you stay subscribed through November you get 2 extra loot boxes, and an extra loot box when subscribed through December

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The Sombra skin will also be available in 2019, further details will be announced at a later date.

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Starwars kid Pog

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There's 4 days left to get Overwatch for $12 through Humble Monthly. Once you buy it you get to keep it forever. Don't forget to cancel subscription to Humble Monthly before October 4 if you don't want to pay for another month of Humble Monthly.

This code can only be redeemed on PC. Price is in USD.

https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly

Humble Bundle

Get Overwatch and more when you subscribe for just $12 per month!

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Update is out, aprox size 750mb, patch notes will be posted as they are available

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An explosive train robbery gives McCree the chance to settle some unfinished business with a few former associates in our latest animated short: Reunion! Lea...

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Introducing Ashe—leader of the Deadlock Gang and rebellious gunslinger who's not afraid to get her hands dirty. Begin your watch: http://buyoverwatch.com Lik...

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Ashe is now live on PTR.

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Play Overwatch for Free from November 20th - 26th: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/22770110

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Ashe and Bob are now live in Competitive.

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Hey the update is out now blobsanta

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Due to bugs on the map, Blizzard World will be temporarily disabled until futher notice: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/all-blizzard-world-temporarily-disabled/268545

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PTR Patch Notes - OWL skins for the 8 expansion teams and bug fixes: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-december-14-2018/269484

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Season 13 ending soon and changes to the off-season (now only 2 hours long): https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/season-13-ending-soon/276046
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Season 14 begins: https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1080587205343506432

Try and keep it together.

Welcome to Season 14 of Competitive Play: https://t.co/EmZESrBYK1

Good luck out there, heroes. 👊

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New mini-event to get the new Ana skin from her short story.

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It seems PTR has updated as well.

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Season 14 of Competitive Play will end Thursday, February 28th at 4:00 PM PST, and Season 15 will begin immediately. There will be no scheduled offseason.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/season-14-ending-soon/308154

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Geoff Goodman making an appearance as well!

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March 6th PTR patch notes featuring adjustments for Zarya and Junkrat: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-march-6-2019/314285

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PTR Patch Notes, March 25 2019, Reaper Shadow Step buffs and Junkrat buffs. (Bit late, but they haven't updated the main site with these, but they've updated their forums.)
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-march-25-2018/323471

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PTR Patch Notes, March 29 2019. Bug fixes regarding Doomfist, Mei and Reaper, nothing major

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-march-29-2019/324159/1

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Baptiste is now available for competitive play on all platforms!

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Workshop announcement. If you haven’t already done so, make sure to generate codes for work that you want to have carried over to the live servers.
You have this weekend to do so.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/important-workshop-announcement/345601

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Anniversary event is live, download aprox 700MB

Happy birthday everyone FeelsBirthdayMan

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Overwatch is currently having a free to play week! From the 21st to the 28th of May, you can try the game for free. More details can be found at https://tryoverwatch.com/en-us/

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Sigma now live on the PTR

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Blizzcon Schedule has been announced!

🗓 https://blizzcon.com/en-gb/schedule#fri-nov-1

Thursday October 31st
All Day: Overwatch World Cup Preliminary Matches (Online Broadcast)
Friday November 1st
All Day: Overwatch World Cup Group Stage Matches at the Legendary Stage in Hall A
4:15 - 5:00 PM PT: Blizzard Animation: The Art of Setting the Scene at the Epic Stage in North Hall Level 2
Saturday November 2nd
All Day: Overwatch World Cup Playoffs (Quarterfinals-Grandfinals) at the Arena
10:00 - 11:00 AM PT: Overwatch League 2020: Watchpoint Season Preview at the Legendary Stage in Hall A
11:30 - 11:45 AM PT: Blizzard Art Studio: D.Va at the Epic Stage in North Hall Level 2
12:00 - 12:45 PM PT: Artist at Work: Overwatch at the Epic Stage in North Hall Level 2
1:15 - 2:00 PM PT: Overwatch Update at the Mythic Stage in Hall D
5:15 - 6:15 PM PT: Voice of Overwatch at the Mythic Stage in Hall D

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New PTR Update, featuring workshop features. No gameplay balance updates at this time:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-october-23-2019/419805

Overwatch Forums

Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – October 23, 2019 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 ch...

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ow2 Overwatch 2 is announced! A sequel to Overwatch, Overwatch 2 includes a brand new PvE mode, a shared multiplayer with Overwatch, and a completely new look! Original players purchasing Overwatch 2 will also see all their cosmetics transfer over. In addition, all new PvP modes, maps, and heroes will be added to both Overwatch 2 and Overwatch, starting with new heroes, a new mode called Push, and a bunch of new maps. See announcement trailer and more info below. Release date and price are still unknown.

BulletPointOrange https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1190347676908310529
BulletPointOrange https://blizzcon.playoverwatch.com/en-us/trailer
BulletPointOrange https://blizzcon.playoverwatch.com/en-us/explore

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There’s snow place like home. The Overwatch Winter Wonderland event is back! Earn some cool new rewards now through Jan. 2. Learn more: Blizz.ly/OWW2019

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And please thank @hot spruce for the wonderful announcement formatting I forgot to use.

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TitleSmallLunar New year is now live! TitleStartTitleEnd
bulletdiamondorangeIt's the year of the rat 🐀
bulletdiamondorangeNew Brawl: Capture the Flag Blitz
bulletdiamondorange4 new legendary skins, as well as new emotes and intros!
bulletdiamondorangePlay to earn 3 skins + icons and sprays
BulletPointOrangeMonk Doomfist
BulletPointOrangeAncient Bronze Winston
BulletPointOrangePaper Cutting Wrecking Ball

WinstonHmm Website with details and images can be found here: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/events/lunar-new-year

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bulletdiamondorangePatch number 1.44.00 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
bulletdiamondorangePatch highlights include
BulletPointOrangeLunar new year cosmetics and Capture the Flag Blitz
BulletPointOrangeSelecting multiple roles when queueing as a group
BulletPointOrangeVarious hero adjustments (Mei got nerfed)

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-65302

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TitleSmall[Official Patch - January 28th 2020] TitleStartTitleEnd
bulletdiamondorangePatch has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
bulletdiamondorangePatch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Reaper, Orisa, Sigma and Baptiste nerfs
BulletPointOrange Orisa's primary fire damage down to 10 from 11 (Recent PTR listed a change to 9 from 11).
BulletPointOrange Sigma's primary fire range nerf did NOT make it to the live servers from the PTR.
BulletPointOrange A change to McCree's Deadeye
BulletPointOrange The health buff and primary fire recovery increase did NOT make it to the live servers from the PTR.

WinstonHmm More info here! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-jan-28-2020/452228

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TitleSmall[Developer Update January 30th, 2020] TitleStartTitleEnd
bulletdiamondorange A new developer update has been released! Jeff explores the topics of Hero Pools and other experimentation the team has been trying.

OrisaLove Watch the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbEagP5ebzY

Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan discusses upcoming additions to the game, including the Experimental Card, Hero Pools, and more.

Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/playoverwatch
Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/playoverwatch
Join us on Instagram: ht...

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TitleSmall[PTR Update] TitleStartTitleEnd
bulletdiamondorangeNew PTR released on February 4, 2020 has been released for PC! TracerHappy
bulletdiamondorangePTR changes include:
BulletPointOrangeHero Pools have been added! 🥳
BulletPointOrange General changes
BulletPointOrangeGroup leader now can't "leave as Group" while in a competitive game
BulletPointOrangeGame Mode selector rearranged
BulletPointOrangeStun interactions updated
BulletPointOrangeMei's wall now shows visually indicates when under half health
BulletPointOrangeWorkshop updates
BulletPointOrangeCustom Game Maps added: Workshop Chamber, Workshop Island, Workshop Expanse
BulletPointOrangeScript Diagnostics Panel feature added
BulletPointOrangeSubroutines feature added
BulletPointOrangeMany, many more things, such as: new actions, new values, small updates and optimizations
BulletPointOrangeBug Fixes
BulletPointOrangeMost notably: competitive seasons now listed in correct order, no more invisible entries in Replay list, Petra collapsible floor interaction fixes (and much more)

WinstonHmm More info here! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-–-feb-4-2020/455112

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bulletdiamondorangeNew PTR released on February, 6th 2020 has been released for PC! TracerHappy
bulletdiamondorangePTR changes include:
BulletPointOrange Wrecking Ball's loss of air control during Piledriver reduced from 1 second to .5 seconds.
BulletPointOrange Brigitte's Repair Pack armor over-heal reduced from 75 to 50 armor, and HPS decreased from 60 to 55.
BulletPointOrange Symmetra's Photon Projector (Secondary FIre) damage increased from 120 to 140.
BulletPointOrange Widomaker's full charge time for Widow's Kiss increased from .83 seconds to 1 second.

WinstonHmm More info here! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-–-february-6-2020/456032

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bulletdiamondorangePatch number 1.44.0.1 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
bulletdiamondorangePatch highlights include
BulletPointOrange Brigitte armour and HPS decreases
BulletPointOrange Damage increase for Symmetra's secondary fire
BulletPointOrange Increase in charge time for Widow's scoped shots
BulletPointOrange Decreased the loss of control resulting from Wrecking Ball's Piledriver

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-66085

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TitleSmall[Developer Update February 24th, 2020] TitleStartTitleEnd
bulletdiamondorange A new developer update has been released! Jeff Kaplan discusses upcoming Experimental testing in Overwatch, beginning with Triple Damage mode (3 damage, 1 tank, 2 healer role queue).

OrisaLove Watch the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXtJeSH8V5A

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bulletdiamondorangePatch number 1.45.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
bulletdiamondorangePatch highlights include
BulletPointOrange NEW EVENT: Ashe's Mardi Gras Challenge
BulletPointOrange Hero Pools at the beginning of Season 21 of Competitive Play
BulletPointOrange Experimental Card: 1-3-2 "Triple Damage" Ruleset
BulletPointOrange This includes massive changes to the entire tank class.
BulletPointOrange Many updates to the Workshop!

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc/#patch-66302

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BulletPointOrange Watch participating streams and win matches to earn sprays and a skin!
BulletPointOrange Event runs February 25th through March 9th.

OrisaLove Watch the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZK0-92UJMs

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Grab your beads and join the bacchanalia in the Overwatch Ashe’s Mardi Gras Challenge event and earn unique rewards—including the epic Mardi Gras Ashe skin—by winning games and watching Overwatch on Twitch.

Ashe’s Mardi Gras Challenge ends on Ma...

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bulletdiamondorangeNew PTR released on February, 26th 2020 has been released for PC! TracerHappy
bulletdiamondorangePTR changes include:
BulletPointOrange Share Replays. You can now share your replays to other players, or pin up to 10 replays through to the next patch.
BulletPointOrange D.Va's Boosters cooldown increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
BulletPointOrange Mei's Ice Wall cooldown increased from 10 to 13 seconds, and larger heroes can now fit through 1 pillar gaps.
BulletPointOrange Sigma's Gravitic Flux ult cost was reduced by 10%.
BulletPointOrange Soldier 76's Helix Rockets cooldown decreased from 8 to 6 seconds.

WinstonHmm More info here! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-–-february-26-2020

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TitleSmall Experimental Card: Triple Damage TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Via Blizzard Molly Fender (Community Manager):

Hey everyone, we’ve just concluded the Triple Damage test in Experimental mode and have turned off the card in-game.

Thank you for all your feedback about Triple Damage (1-3-2) in the Experimental mode over the past week. We’ve been reading through all of your thoughts, ideas, and feedback - its immensely helpful!

As Jeff mentioned previously, Experimental will come back at a later date for testing of other balance updates, rulesets, and game modes. For more information on the new Experimental mode, see our developer update 14 or patch notes 13.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/triple-damage-experiment-finished/467322

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TitleSmall [Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangePatch number 1.45.0.0 has been updated for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrangePatch composed of Hero Updates for Experimental Mode ONLY:
BulletPointOrange B.O.B. is now immune to Sleep.
BulletPointOrange Baptiste's Exo Boots' charge time reduced from 1 second to .7 seconds.
BulletPointOrange Baptiste's Regenerative Burst's cooldown lowered from 15 to 13 seconds.
BulletPointOrange D.Va's Boosters' cooldown increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
BulletPointOrange Mei's Ice Wall's cooldown increased from 10 to 13 seconds.
BulletPointOrange Orisa's primary fire damage increased from 10 to 11.
BulletPointOrange Sigma's Gravitic Flux has a reduced cost (-10%) and move faster (+30%).
BulletPointOrange Soldier:76's Helix Rockets cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.
BulletPointOrange Sombra's primary fire spread decreased by 10%.

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! <https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-66659>
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TitleSmall [New Event] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Overwatch Archives returns (March 12th - April 2nd) with new Challenges!
BulletPointOrange Molten Cores: Dead Enemies erupt with lava.
BulletPointOrange Close Quarters: Distant enemies are invincible.
BulletPointOrange Storm Raging: Enemies enrage on kills.
BulletDiamondOrange Legendary skins for Roadhog, Pharah, Zarya, Ana, and Junkrat.
BulletDiamondOrange Weekly challenges for Symmetra, Torbjorn, and Mei cosmetics.
BulletDiamondOrange And much more!

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBuYo2iqvm0
       Patch Notes can be found here: <https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-66607>

Overwatch Archives declassification complete.

Assemble your strike team and dive into Overwatch’s past, experiencing story-driven co-op missions from pivotal moments in Overwatch history. Plus, test your tactical finesse in the new Challenge Missions to earn new achievements ...

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TitleSmall [This Week's Hero Bans] TitleStartTitleEnd
Tank Tank: Reinhardt
Damage Damage: Reaper
Support Support: Ana, Moira

No link yet, but there will be one if it's formally announced.

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TitleSmall[PTR Update!] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New PTR release for March 19th, 2020 on PC
BulletDiamondOrangePTR highlights include:
BulletPointOrange A new hero: ECHO, Dr. Mina Liao's revolutionary robot, is now playable on the PTR!
BulletPointOrange Abilities include sticky bomb alt-fire, Flight, Focusing Beam, and her hero-cloning ultimate Duplicate.
BulletPointOrange (Slightly) less interestingly, lots of bug fixes and some QoL changes for Tracer's blink.

WinstonHmm More info can be found here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-–-march-19-2020/473083

What a way to kick off a quarantine period! Stay healthy, everyone. TracerSalute

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TitleSmall [Developer Update 19/03/2020] TitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Check out the latest developer update: introducing Echo!

PharahCool Watch the video now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmXNkp96g-Q

Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan discusses Echo, the latest hero that's flying into Overwatch, providing insight into her back story and abilities.

Learn more: Blizz.ly/3a2DD5Y

Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/playoverwatch
Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twi...

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TitleSmall ***[Week 4 Hero Bans] ***TitleStartTitleEnd
Tank Tank: D.Va
Damage Damage: McCree, Soldier: 76, Sombra, Widowmaker
Support Support: Baptiste

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TitleSmall[New Experimental Card] TitleStartTitleEnd

This is not an April Fool. Changes include:

BulletPointOrange Multiple improvements to Ashe's The Viper including a magazine buff from 12 to 15 AsheYell
BulletPointOrange Genji's secondary fire recovery time reduced from 0.75 to 0.65 seconds
BulletPointOrange Mei's ammo cost and maximum capacity changed for her Endothermic Blaster
BulletPointOrange Pharah's rocket launcher had 15 damage transferred from direct hits to explosions
BulletPointOrange Reinhardt's Steadfast passive has been nerfed from 50% to 30% knockback resistance

WinstonHmm More info here: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-67628

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TitleSmall [This Week's Hero Bans] TitleStartTitleEnd
Tank Tank: Wrecking Ball
Damage Damage: Hanzo
Support Support: Mercy

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TitleSmall [Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangePatch number 1.46.1.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrangePatch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Ashe's The Viper sees multiple changes, including a magazine buff from 12 to 15 AsheYell
BulletPointOrange Genji's secondary fire recovery time reduced from 0.75 to 0.65 seconds
BulletPointOrange Mei's ammo cost and maximum capacity changed for her Endothermic Blaster
BulletPointOrange Pharah's rocket launcher had 15 damage transferred from direct hits to explosions
BulletPointOrange Reinhardt's Steadfast passive has been nerfed from 50% to 30% knockback resistance

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! <https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-67716>
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TitleSmall [This Week's Hero Bans] TitleStartTitleEnd
Tank Tank: Zarya
Damage Damage: Pharah, Symmetra
Support Support: Lúcio

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TitleSmall [This Week's Hero Bans] TitleStartTitleEnd
Tank Tank: Reinhardt
Damage Damage: Widowmaker, McCree
Support Support: Brigitte

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TitleSmall [Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangePatch number 1.47.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrangePatch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Echo has been added Echo
BulletPointOrange Tracer's Blink has received some accuracy improvements.
BulletPointOrange A customizable Training Partner has been added to the Practice Range.
BulletPointOrange Competitive Open Queue has been added to the arcade for 4 weeks.

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! <https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-67764>
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TitleSmall [This Week's Hero Bans] TitleStartTitleEnd
Tank Tank: Orisa
Damage Damage: Echo, Tracer
Support Support: Moira

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TitleSmall [Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangePatch number 1.47.1.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrangePatch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Bug fixes for various heroes
BulletPointOrange Junkrat's stats will properly display weapon accuracy and not 100% at all times
BulletPointOrange D.va should no longer spawn or eject from mech facing the wrong direction
BulletPointOrange Tracer bug fixed where she could blink to an unintended location Reap on Hollywood

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-68126
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TitleSmall [Developer Forum Post] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeJeff Kaplan has made a post on the Overwatch forums regarding a new experimental card
BulletDiamondOrangeThe post details all the changes that will be coming to the card later today
BulletPointOrange Multiple heroes received nerfs to their CC abilities
BulletPointOrange Roadhog has received a buff to his ult knockback

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! <https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/upcoming-experimental-card/492012>
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TitleSmall[Developer Update 23/04/2020]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Learn more about updates to the Communication Wheel, match queue, and the Workshop.

PharahCool Watch the video now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG73RvuPWnQ

Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan discusses updates to the Communication Wheel, match queue, and the Workshop.

Learn more: playoverwatch.com
Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/playoverwatch
Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/playoverwatch
Join us on Inst...

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TitleSmall[PTR Update!]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New PTR release for April 23rd, 2020 on PC
BulletDiamondOrangePTR highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Improved Communications Wheel
BulletPointOrange Patch Notes in Client - Read patch notes in game instead of on the forums or Discord.
BulletPointOrange More toys for Workshop users to experiment with.

WinstonHmm More info can be found here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-–-april-23-2020/491772/1

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Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – April 23, 2020 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...

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TitleSmall[PTR Update!]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New PTR release for April 24rd, 2020 on PC
BulletDiamondOrange PTR highlights include:
BulletPointOrange New voice lines on the communication wheel should now play properly
BulletPointOrange Quality of Life buffs for Ashe and Doomfist
BulletPointOrange Night time versions of the Workshop Island and Workshop Expanse maps have been added

WinstonHmm More info can be found here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-–-april-24-2020/493191

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Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – April 24, 2020 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...

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TitleSmall[This Week's Hero Bans]TitleStartTitleEnd
Tank Tank: Wrecking Ball
Damage Damage: McCree, Widowmaker
Support Support: Mercy

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TitleSmall[Official Patch]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangePatch number 1.47.1.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrangePatch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange CC duration nerfs to Ana, Mei, McCree, Reinhardt, and Sigma
BulletPointOrange Note: Brig's Shield Bash nerf from Experimental is NOT going live BrigitteSmile
BulletPointOrange Sigma has received a faster cast time for his Accretion ability
BulletPointOrange Roadhog has received a buff to his ult knockback

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! <https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-68468>
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TitleSmall[Developer Forum Post] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeHero pools will use OWL data
BulletDiamondOrangeTweaks to the algorithm used to determine who's banned
BulletDiamondOrangeHero pools will apply only to Master and Grandmaster competitive play matches
BulletPointOrange This will require a little more work and won't make it into the next client patch
BulletPointOrange Therefore, hero pools will be temporarily disabled on May 4

WinstonHmm More info here! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/updates-to-hero-pools/496300

Overwatch Forums

We’ve been continuing to read, listen, and watch feedback on Hero Pools from members all across the Overwatch community, and we’re going to make additional changes to the feature to address many of these concerns. Let’s jump right into what we’re doing! Hero Pools Will Now Us...

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TitleSmall[Developer Update 11/05/20]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeNew Developer Update from Jeff's home office OrisaHappy
BulletDiamondOrangeTopics discussed include:
BulletPointOrange Competitive Open Queue
BulletPointOrange Queue Times
BulletPointOrange The next Experimental Card
BulletPointOrange Hero Pools

PharahCool Watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CFswa64SB0

Game Director Jeff Kaplan discusses updates to Overwatch's Competitive Open Queue, Experimental modes, queue times, and changes to the Hero Pool system.

ESRB Rating: TEEN with Blood, Use of Tobacco, Violence.

00:21 Jeff discusses updates to Competitive Open Queue
01:34 Compe...

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TitleSmall[New Experimental Card]TitleStartTitleEnd

As mentioned in yesterday's Developer Update. BastionCap Changes include:

BulletPointOrange Ana's Biotic Rifle has been nerfed from 75 to 70 healing per shot.
BulletPointOrange Bastion has received buffs to his Self-Repair and Configuration: Sentry.
BulletPointOrange Junkrat has received many explosive buffs.
BulletPointOrange Mercy's Caduceus Staff has been buffed from 50 to 55 healing per second.
BulletPointOrange Moira's Biotic Orb has received a number of nerfs.
BulletPointOrange Zenyatta's Discord Orb has been reverted from 25% to 30% damage amplification.

WinstonHmm More info here: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-68809

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TitleSmall[Official Patch]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangePatch number 1.48.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrangePatch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Overwatch Anniversary has begun LucioJam
BulletPointOrange The improved Communication Wheel has been implemented. Customize your wheel with 8 of 26 voice options.
BulletPointOrange Patch notes can now be read in game.
BulletPointOrange All the balance changes from PTR and the latest Experimental card have been implemented.
BulletPointOrange Lots of workshop and custom games improvements.

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! <https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc#patch-68888>
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TitleSmall[PTR Update]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeNew PTR release for May 21st, 2020 on PC
BulletDiamondOrangePTR highlights include:
BulletPointOrange It's only Workshop features.
BulletPointOrange Attach to your friends, calculate who Echo is Duplicating, figure out whether or not D.Va is in her mech, and more. Now possible in Workshop.

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! <https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/ptr#patch-2020-05-21>
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Due to unfortunate circumstances, Blizzard has decided not to host BlizzCon this year. ZenyattaCry They have been considering an online alternative for early 2021.

More information can be found here: https://blizzcon.com/en-us/news/23434523

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Patch number 1.48.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Patch highlights include
BulletPointOrange This one is bug fixes only
BulletPointOrange Fixed stability issues for users running SLI or Crossfire
BulletPointOrange Fixed a Custom game loading issue for Mei's Snowball Offensive

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes#patch-69164

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TitleSmall[New Experimental Card] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New experimental card on live. BastionCap
BulletDiamondOrange Changes include:
BulletPointOrange Echo's Focusing Beam range has been nerfed from 20m to 16m.
BulletPointOrange Genji has received buffs to his Shurikens and Deflect.
BulletPointOrange Hanzo's Storm Arrows have been buffed from 60 to 70 damage.
BulletPointOrange Moira has received healing buffs and damage nerfs.

WinstonHmm More info here: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/experimental#patch-2020-06-02

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Patch number 1.49.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Patch highlights include
BulletPointOrange Almost all the balance changes from the latest Experimental card have been implemented.
BulletPointOrange Moira changes did not go through, Orisa halt volume increased
BulletPointOrange General bug fixes & Workshop additions

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes#patch-69164

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TitleSmall[New Experimental Card]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New experimental card on live. BastionCap
BulletDiamondOrange Changes include:
BulletPointOrange AsheYell Ashe dynamite cooldown increased
BulletPointOrange BrigitteSmile Brigitte barrier health increased, but regeneration decreased. No longer grants armour to full health allies.
BulletPointOrange DVaPeace D.Va movement increased and cooldowns decreased
BulletPointOrange JunkratShock Junkrat ability delays decreased

WinstonHmm Read the full patch notes here https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/experimental/

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Patch number 1.49.1.0.70250 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Patch highlights include
BulletPointOrange Open queue coming to competitive play starting in season 23.
BulletPointOrange Max placement SR set to 3900sr, MMR should still be the same.
BulletPointOrange Nerfs to Ashe & Brig, buffs to D.Va & Junkrat
BulletPointOrange General bug fixes

WinstonHmm More info here! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-june-30-2020/521216

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Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – June 30, 2020 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 issue...

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TitleSmall[PTR Update]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeNew PTR release for July 1st, 2020 on PC
BulletDiamondOrangePTR highlights include:
BulletPointOrange General bug fixes.
BulletPointOrange Hero fixes with Genji/Hanzo/Ball.

![WinstonHmm](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/612416784842096656.webp?size=128 "WinstonHmm") More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/ptr/
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TitleSmall[New Experimental Card]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New experimental card on live. BastionCap
BulletDiamondOrange Changes include:
BulletPointOrange Shuriken dmg from 30 to 28, secondary fire recovery increased from 0.65 to 0.75
BulletPointOrange Moira Attach angle reduced by 37%
BulletPointOrange Changes to Moira's fade & dmg orb

WinstonHmm Read the full patch notes here https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/experimental/

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TitleSmall [Overwatch Retail Patch Notes - July 28] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Genji nerfs went through. Moira changes did not.

WinstonHmm Full Patch notes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-july-28-2020/531924

Overwatch Forums

Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – July 28, 2020 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 issue...

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If you have a question for the dev team, but don't have a reddit account, please shoot a message over to @autumn dawn and I can post it for you!

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Patch number 1.51.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Patch highlights include
BulletPointOrange Lucioball Remix; An updated version of Lucioball
BulletPointOrange Parties above 3900sr queuing for comp can now only duo
BulletPointOrange Many Action/Value additions to workshop
BulletPointOrange General bug fixes

WinstonHmm More info here! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-august-4-2020/534424

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Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – August 4, 2020 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 issu...

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Patch number 1.51.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Patch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Changes to Brigitte's base health & healing
BulletPointOrange Changes to Orisa's base armor & Halt range/speed
BulletPointOrange Changes to Pharah's flight speed/duration & ultimate length
BulletPointOrange Changes to Roadhog's Scrap Gun attributes
BulletPointOrange Changes to Sigma's barrier health/regeneration & Kinetic Grasp cooldown
BulletPointOrange Changes to Symmetra's Teleporter cooldown
BulletPointOrange Changes to Zenyatta's secondary fire charge rate/rate of fire

WinstonHmm More info here: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/#patch-2020-08-13

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TitleSmall [New Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange All changes from the latest Experimental mode were added to live servers.

WinstonHmm Read the full patch notes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-august-31-2020/545051

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Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – August 31, 2020 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 iss...

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TitleSmall [New Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange All Experimental Card changes from September 4th have been pushed to live.

WinstonThink Read the full patch notes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-september-10-2020/548001

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Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – September 10, 2020 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 ...

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Comics are back! Read Tracer - London Calling, issue 1 of 5 of a new series from Dark Horse Comics today, and play Tracer's Comic Challenge starting tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1305568436819386373

Years after Overwatch is disbanded, Tracer looks for new ways to lend a hand. Sprint into TRACER-LONDON CALLING, a brand new comic from @DarkHorseComics.

Read the comic today. Play Tracer's Comic Challenge on September 15.

🏃‍♀️: https://t.co/we4GAuSZ9l https://t.co/7PWY7icA...

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TitleSmall[Developer Update 14/09/20]TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeNew Developer Update from Jeff's patio TracerHappy
BulletDiamondOrangeTopics discussed include:
BulletPointOrange Tracer - London Calling
BulletPointOrange Tracer's Comic Challenge
BulletPointOrange Sprays with unique voice lines when Tracer sprays them

PharahCool Watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDBi6pMime4

Game Director Jeff Kaplan discusses a brand-new series of Tracer comics made in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and chats briefly about the upcoming Tracer’s Comic Challenge event.

ESRB Rating: TEEN with Blood, Use of Tobacco, Violence.

0:05 Tracer-London Calling comic...

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TitleSmall[PTR Update] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New PTR released on September, 23rd, 2020 has been released for PC! TracerHappy
BulletDiamondOrange PTR changes include:
BulletPointOrange Updated profanity filter options
BulletPointOrange Baptiste now blinks during his idle animation (bug fix)
BulletPointOrange Elevators will now wait for players at the bottom of the elevator before ascending

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/ptr

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TitleSmall [Halloween Terror 2020] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Halloween Terror 2020 is live through November 3rd!
BulletDiamondOrange It comes with a new balance patch as well: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
BulletPointOrange All Solider changes from the Experimental Card have gone though, in addition to a minor damage nerf.
BulletPointOrange Small changes to Reinhardt, Sombra, and Widowmaker

WinstonHmm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj-G_0ukr4E

Return to the fright — Overwatch Halloween Terror is back!

Group up to earn chilling new cosmetics and take on a spine-tingling new version of Junkenstein’s Revenge!

Don’t get petrified, because Overwatch Halloween Terror ends on November 3.

Learn more: http://blizz.ly/Hall...

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Watch Overwatch Contenders games this month to earn new Overwatch Contenders skins for Mercy and Symmetra SymmetraGiggle

More skins will be available in the future as well. Log in today unlock the Overwatch Contenders skins for Genji.

WinstonHmm https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/1316773142707093504

We’re excited to unveil the Contenders Viewership Rewards Program! Through the month of October, you can earn Contenders skins for Symmetra and Mercy by supporting Tier 2! Find out how in our announcement below

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TitleSmall [New Experimental Patch - October 22nd] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Baptiste
BulletPointOrange Reduced damage and recovery time on primary fire
BulletPointOrange Increased healing and recovery time on secondary fire
BulletPointOrange Increase of the width of Amp Matrix
BulletDiamondOrange Brigitte
BulletPointOrange Base health increased (from 150 to 175)
BulletDiamondOrange McCree
BulletPointOrange Base health increased (from 200 to 225)
BulletPointOrange Reload time reduced
BulletDiamondOrange Mei
BulletPointOrange Cryo-Freeze now restores 15 ammo per second
BulletPointOrange Ice Wall cooldown decreased to 12 seconds
BulletDiamondOrange Symmetra
BulletPointOrange Base shields increased (from 100 to 125)
BulletDiamondOrange Widowmaker
BulletPointOrange Base health reduced (from 200 to 175)

WinstonHmm Full Patch Notes here: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/experimental/

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Patch number 1.53.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Baptiste
BulletPointOrange Reduced damage and recovery time on primary fire
BulletPointOrange Increased healing and recovery time on secondary fire
BulletDiamondOrange Brigitte
BulletPointOrange Base health increased (from 150 to 175)
BulletDiamondOrange McCree
BulletPointOrange Base health increased (from 200 to 225)
BulletPointOrange Reload time reduced
BulletDiamondOrange Mei
BulletPointOrange Cryo-Freeze now restores 15 ammo per second
BulletPointOrange Ice Wall cooldown decreased to 12 seconds
BulletDiamondOrange Symmetra
BulletPointOrange Base shields increased (from 100 to 125)
BulletDiamondOrange Widowmaker
BulletPointOrange Base health reduced (from 200 to 175)

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/

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Watch Overwatch Contenders games this month to earn new Overwatch Contenders skins for Torbjörn and Lucio.

More skins will be available in the future.
https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/1322713412699222016?s=19

🔊 New Contenders skins inc! 🔊

For the month of November you can earn Torbjörn & Lúcio’s Contenders skins by watching Contenders! - 7 hours for Torbjörn, 15 for Lúcio‼️

Get a head start tomorrow with the Grand Finals of the EU & NA Contenders October Tournaments!

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TitleSmall[New Experimental Card - November 12th] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeBrigitte
BulletPointOrange Base hp reduced (from 175 to 150)
BulletDiamondOrangeMoira
BulletPointOrange Healing resource consumption rate lowered (from 14 to 12.5)
BulletDiamondOrange Quality of life changes for:
BulletDiamondOrange Ana
BulletPointOrange Grenade now passes through full health allies
BulletDiamondOrangeHanzo
BulletPointOrange Can now manually cancel storm arrows
BulletDiamondOrange Pharah
BulletPointOrange Crouching mid-air now accelerates her downwards
BulletDiamondOrange Mei
BulletPointOrange Can manually destroy her ice wall while dead
BulletDiamondOrange Symmetra
BulletPointOrange Can manually destroy teleporter while dead
BulletDiamondOrange Torbjörn
BulletPointOrange Can manually destroy Turret while dead

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/experimental/

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TitleSmall[Developer Update] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Overwatch has released a new developer update! ReinhardtSmile
BulletDiamondOrange Features:

BulletPointOrange Symmetra Challenges, Priority Pass, Replay Viewer Updates

WinstonHmm More info here! https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=EWooo3e1gFc

Group up with game director Jeff Kaplan as he talks about the new Symmetra short story and event, along with changes to the queueing system and Replay Viewer.

ESRB Rating: TEEN with Blood, Use of Tobacco, Violence.

0:17 - Symmetra Short Story
1:56 - Symmetra's Restoration C...

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Patch number 1.54.0.0 has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Patch highlights include:
BulletDiamondOrange Baptiste
BulletPointOrange Amplification Matrix width increased from 5m to 9m
BulletDiamondOrange Lucio
BulletPointOrange Wall Ride QoL changes
BulletPointOrange General workshop updates & new Actions/Values
BulletPointOrange General bug fixes

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/live/

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TitleSmall[PTR Update] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange New PTR released on November, 19th, 2020 has been released for PC! TracerHappy
BulletDiamondOrange PTR changes include:
BulletDiamondOrangePriority Pass
BulletPointOrange Players can earn Priority Passes by Flexxing all roles, passes decrease queue times on high traffic roles.
BulletDiamondOrange Replay Viewer
BulletPointOrange Plethora of new options/settings giving you greater control of how you view replays.
BulletDiamondOrangeworkshop
BulletPointOrangeCan enable 'Workshop Inspector Log File', any log entries are written out to a local file on disk.
BulletPointOrange New 'String Slice' Value.
BulletDiamondOrangeGeneral hero bug fixes.

WinstonHmm More info here! https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/ptr

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TitleSmall [Experimental Mode Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrange Baptiste
BulletPointOrange Immortality Field health decreased (200 to 150).
BulletPointOrange Amp Matrix ultimate cost increased (+15%).
BulletDiamondOrange D.Va
BulletPointOrange Health redistributed from 200 Armor / 400 Health to 300/300.
BulletDiamondOrange Reinhardt
BulletPointOrange Base Armor increased (200 to 250).
BulletPointOrange Rocket Hammer damage increased (75 to 85).

WinstonHmm Full notes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-december-3-2020/569959

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Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – December 3, 2020 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, vis...

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TitleSmall **[End of 2020 Patch Schedule] **TitleEnd

Blizzard Josh Nash (Community Manager)


We still have a few patches coming your way this month, so be on the lookout! Winter Wonderland is just around the corner and we’ve got an awesome PTR coming up as well. Wishing you all a happy and safe Holiday season!```

**More here: **<https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/remainder-of-2020-patch-schedule/571502>
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TitleMid Overwatch Patch Notes - December 10th, 2020 TitleMid

blobbaptiste Baptiste
BulletPointOrange Immortality field health decreased from 200 to 150
BulletPointOrange Amplifaction Matrix ultimate cost increased by 15%

Blizzard Developer Comments:
To adjust Baptiste’s overall power for the recent increased effectiveness of his Biotic Launcher and Amplification Matrix, we’re taking some durability out of Immortality Field and increasing the cost of his ultimate once again.

DVaBunny D.Va
BulletPointOrange Mech Armor/Health has been redistributed from 200/400 to 300/300

Blizzard Developer Comments:
We’re increasing the ratio of armor to health that D.Va’s mech has to enable it to withstand more damage from shotguns, beams, and weapons with a high rate of fire.

ReinhardtSmile Reinhardt
BulletPointOrange Base Armor increased from 200 to 250
BulletPointOrange Rocket Hammer damage increased from 75 to 85

Blizzard Developer Comments:
The intent of these changes is to slightly bolster Reinhardt’s frontline presence once he closes the distance with an enemy. The increased Rocket Hammer damage will reduce the number of swings necessary to eliminate some heroes so we’ll be keeping a close eye on the overall impact of this change.

BulletDiamondOrange **Read More: **https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-december-10-2020/571500

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Sleigh What?! Winter Wonderland is back!

Unwrap a winter-themed of cosmetics, win weekly rewards, and freeze your foes in the new 4v4 game mode, Freezethaw Elimination!

Yule wont want to miss this – Winter Wonderland ends on January 5.

Learn more: https://blizz.ly/WinterWonderland

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✅ Picturesque View 📸
✅ Rich History 🏯
✅ Seedy Nightlcub 🎶
✅ Cat Cafe 🐈

What are you waiting for? Kanezaka, Overwatch's newest Free-For-All map, is now testing on the PTR!

https://twitter.com/playoverwatch/status/1339284572106674177?s=21

✅ Picturesque View 📸
✅ Rich History 🏯
✅ Seedy Nightlcub 🎶
✅ Cat Cafe 🐈

What are you waiting for? Kanezaka, Overwatch's newest Free-For-All map, is now testing on the PTR! https://t.co/sUgbHM7RL6

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BulletDiamondOrange Overwatch has released a new developer update! ReinhardtSmile
BulletDiamondOrange Features:

BulletPointOrange New Free For All map! Kanezaka is coming to the PTR, and will likely come to live early-mid January.
BulletPointOrange More OW2 details are coming soon. Keep an eye out in Feb 2021!

PharahCool More info here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJY_JnSkMrc

Game Director Jeff Kaplan discusses Overwatch's newest Free-For-All map, Kanezaka, and gives a quick end-of-year recap.

ESRB Rating: TEEN with Blood, Use of Tobacco, Violence.

00:23 - Kanezaka Introduction
01:28 - Quick discussion of Kanezaka lore
02:26 - Kanezaka Gameplay
02:47 - CARS!
03:13 - 2020 Recap
04:46 - Special Shout Out to the Ov...

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Play the new map and earn new rewards, including Kyōgisha Hanzo, by winning games and watching Overwatch on Twitch. Grab your bow and storm into Overwatch’s Kanezaka Challenge RIGHT NOW!

https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1349070432729616384

Unleash the storm!

Play the new map and earn new rewards, including Kyōgisha Hanzo, by winning games and watching Overwatch on Twitch. Grab your bow and storm into Overwatch’s Kanezaka Challenge RIGHT NOW!

🐉 : https://t.co/HJBBweSMSN https://t.co/6mMTPyM1Qh

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“The most adorable reference is probably that the cat portraits found in the cat café are based on Overwatch team members’ cats.”

Catch up with three of Kanezaka’s developers about what exactly makes this map so special.

https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1351641560568369153

“The most adorable reference is probably that the cat portraits found in the cat café are based on Overwatch team members’ cats.”

Catch up with three of Kanezaka’s developers about what exactly makes this map so special.

👀 : https://t.co/kWlGfgHyxu

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TitleSmall[Official Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd
BulletDiamondOrangeThe February 18, 2021 patch has been released for all versions! ZaryaStrong
BulletDiamondOrange Patch highlights include:
BulletPointOrange Orisa Buffs
BulletPointOrange Winston Buffs
BulletPointOrange Wrecking Ball Nerfs
BulletPointOrange Reaper Buffs

WinstonHmm Read the full patch notes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-february-18-2021/588661

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Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – February 18, 2021 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, vi...

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Here's the Behind The Scenes video in case you missed the broadcast. It contains information on everything above, plus more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRj-GotnNaQ

Group up and go behind the scenes with the Overwatch team at BlizzConline as they dive into the development process and give players a sneak peek at Overwatch 2.

Celebrate with us at BlizzConline: February 19 – 20. For more information, visit Blizzcon.com.

Begin Your Watch: http://blizz.ly/BuyOverwatch
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London Calling - Chapter 5 is out. TracerSalute

Read the conclusion to the 5 part series from Dark Horse.

https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1364658691161513989

In this climactic conclusion, Tracer teams up with newfound friends and familiar faces to stop a destructive plan that will harm humans and omnics alike.

Race into TRACER – LONDON CALLING issue 5, a brand-new comic from @DarkHorseComics.

📖 : https://t.co/UfCfDIlDBt https://t.co/RErhTAJthn

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TitleSmall [New Experimental Hero Patch] TitleStartTitleEnd

Genji GenjiHealing
BulletPointOrange Shuriken recovery lowered from .75 to .68.
BulletPointOrange Dragonblade cost increased 15%.
Mei MeiHeh
BulletPointOrange Cryo-Freeze healing-per-second increased from 37.5 to 50.
Pharah PharahCool
BulletPointOrange Hover Jets regeneration rate increased from 35 to 43.
Reaper ReaperShrug
BulletPointOrange Hellfire Shotguns damage per projectile increased from 5.5 to 6.
Sigma SigmaFeet
BulletPointOrange Experimental Barrier cooldown reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds.
Zarya ZaryaStrong
BulletPointOrange Energy drain rate increased from 1.6 to 1.8 per second.

Full patch notes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-retail-patch-notes-–-march-4-2021/592194
Explanations of changes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/experimental-mode-–-hero-balance-march-2021/592197

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Blizzard Josh Nash: A technical issue arose with today’s rollout of Season 27 of Competitive Play. Our team tested a number of fixes, but in the interest of time and allowing players to get back into Competitive Play, we have made the choice to the extend Season 26 a few days while we continue to identify the cause of this issue and work on a fix.

Season 27 is now anticipated to begin next Tuesday.

Full Details: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/competitive-season-26-extension/592358

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A technical issue arose with today’s rollout of Season 27 of Competitive Play. Our team tested a number of fixes, but in the interest of time and allowing players to get back into Competitive Play, we have made the choice to the extend Season 26 a few days while we continue to identify the cause of this issue and work on a fix. Season 27 is now...

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Cute. Adorable. Hog Wild.

March into the #PachiMarchi Challenge NOW to unlock oh-so-squeakable rewards, including Pachimari Roadhog (Epic).

Come out and play now through March 22.

https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1369366035644755969

Cute. Adorable. Hog Wild.

March into the #PachiMarchi Challenge NOW to unlock oh-so-squeakable rewards, including Pachimari Roadhog (Epic).

Come out and play now through March 22.

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