Overwatch 2 gets its first crossover, starting with One Punch Man

Overwatch 2 will debut a new season pass today. While we aren't getting a new hero in season 3, the new content brings a new map, additional balance changes to heroes, and of course, new skins. For the first time, Overwatch will be having crossover skins, themed after One Punch Man. 

The new season of Overwatch 2 is probably the most content-packed since the game's launch. Including a new Antarctic Peninsula Control map, an Asian Mythology theme, a new Battle Pass with a Mythic Kiriko skin, and even a browser-based dating simulator.

However, the highlight should be the IP crossover with One Punch Man. This collaboration will result in various skins for multiple characters. Up to now, we've only seen the Saitama skin for Doomfist, but the studio plans to reveal all the details on this crossover on March 7th, when the event starts. The event will run until April 6th, giving you plenty of time to unlock all the cosmetics.

On top of all the content that season 3 is bringing, there are also some balance, QoL and matchmaking changes coming on our way. In summary, these include:

• The health totals for all tanks will be lower when playing any game mode that does not have a role queue to address the relative power of those heroes in game modes where there can be multiple of the same hero on the same team. Health totals will remain the same for tanks when playing any Role Queue-enabled game.
• Maximum ultimate charge retained when swapping heroes is reduced from 30 to 25%.
• Mercy is receiving nerfs, and most supports have received minor balance changes.
• Damaging enemies with Rammatra’s ultimate now slows the duration timer down instead of pausing it entirely.
• The matchmaker will be updated so that roles on both teams will be similarly ranked. For example, mirroring tanks should more often have similar ranks than before, and likewise, for each respective role.
• Your competitive rank will update with every 5 wins and 15 losses.
• In the mid-season patch for season three, we’ll be updating the UI so information about your progress towards a competitive update will always be viewable.
• Also, beginning with our mid-season patch, Top 500 Leaderboard players will see their Top 500 leaderboard rank updated after every match rather than every 5 wins and 15 losses.

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