Editing Season (section)

==List of Seasons==
===Season 1===
[[File:Season 1.png|300px|thumb|Season 1 Roadmap]]
(4 October 2022 - 6 December 2022)

It included the following content:

*'''New Heroes'''
**[[Sojourn]] ([[Damage]])
**[[Junker Queen]] ([[Tank]])
**[[Kiriko]] ([[Support]])
*'''New Maps'''
** [[Circuit Royal]] ([[Escort]])
**[[Colosseo]] ([[Push]])
**[[Esperança]] ([[Push]])
**[[New Queen Street]] ([[Push]])
**[[Midtown]] ([[Hybrid]])
**[[Paraíso]] ([[Hybrid]])
*'''New Game Mode'''<ref name="RevealRecap" />
**[[Push]]
*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic [[Skins|Skin]] ([[Genji]])

*'''Event'''
**[[Halloween Terror|Halloween Terror Event]] 2022 
***NEW: [[Wrath of the Bride|Junkenstein's Revenge: The Wrath of the Bride]]

===Season 2===
[[File:Season 2.png|300px|thumb|Season 2 Roadmap]](6 December 2022 - 7 February 2023)

Events now have skins earnable via completing challenges.<ref name="NewNeuss">2022-11-17, [https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23875435/ OVERWATCH 2 DEVELOPER BLOG: SEASON 1 UPDATES WITH NEW EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, JARED NEUSS]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2022-11-20</ref> 

It included the following content: 

*'''New Hero''' 
**[[Ramattra]] ([[Tank]])
*'''New Map'''
**[[Shambali Monastery]] ([[Escort]])
*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic [[Skins|Skin]] ([[Junker Queen]])
*'''Events'''
**[[Winter Wonderland]] 2022
**[[Battle for Olympus]]
** [[Year of the Rabbit]] 

===Season 3===
[[File:Overwatch-2-season-3-roadmap.jpg|300px|thumb|Season 3 Roadmap]]
(7 February 2023 - 11 April 2023)

[[Credits]] return to the game, which can be earned through battle passes.<ref name="Season2Retrospective">2023-01-31, [https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23910163/ SEASON 2 RETROSPECTIVE: A LOOK BACK AND THE ROAD FORWARD]. ''PlayOverwatch'', accessed on 2023-02-02</ref>

It included the following content:

*'''New Map'''
**[[Antarctic Peninsula]] ([[Control]])<ref name="Season3Start">2023-02-06, [https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23912175/ OVERWATCH 2 SEASON 3 STARTS FEBRUARY 7: NEW ANTARCTIC PENINSULA CONTROL MAP, ONE-PUNCH MAN COLLAB, LOVERWATCH DATING SIM, AND SO MUCH MORE!]. ''PlayOverwatch'', accessed on 2023-02-08</ref>
*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic [[Skins|Skin]] ([[Kiriko]])

*'''Events'''
**[[Ultimate Valentine]]<ref name="Season3Start" />
**[[PachiMarchi|PachiMarchi 2023]]
*'''Collaboration'''
**[[One-Punch Man x Overwatch 2|One-Punch Man]]
*'''Overwatch Dating Simulator''' 
**[[Loverwatch]]<ref name="Season3Start" />
*'''World Cup 2023 Trials'''

===Season 4===
[[File:Season 4.jpg|300px|thumb|Season 4 Roadmap]]
(11 April 2023 - 13 June 2023)

It included the following content:

*'''New Hero'''
**[[Lifeweaver]] ([[Support]])
*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic [[Skins|Skin]] ([[Sigma]])

*'''Events'''
**[[Thai New Year|Suk San Wan Songkran Challenge]]
***[[B.O.B. and Weave]] 
**[[Starwatch]]
**[[Symmetra's Seeds of Order]] Challenge
** [[Pride 2023|Celebrate Pride]]

*'''Limited Time Map'''
**[[Talantis]]
*'''New Comic'''
**[[Starwatch: An Echo of Hope]]

===Season 5===
[[File:Season 5 Roadmap.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Season 5 Roadmap]]
(13 June 2023 - 10 August 2023)

Mythic skins now unlock progressively.

It included the following content:
*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic [[Skins|Skin]] ([[Tracer]])

*'''Events'''
**[[Questwatch]]  
***Defeat the Demon Lord
***[[Mischief and Magic]]
****NEW: [[Mischief and Magic (game mode)|Prop Hunt game mode]]
**[[Summer Games]] 2023
*** NEW: Winston's Beach Volleyball

*'''Return of a Feature'''
** [[On-fire Meter]]
*'''New Mini Series'''
**[[GENESIS]]
*'''Cinematic'''
**[[Sojourn]]
* '''Creator Workshop Mode'''
*'''Return of Competitive Mystery Heroes''' 
*'''Comp Team Queue Mini Season'''
*'''Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers'''

===Season 6: Invasion <span class="anchor" id="Season 6"></span>===
[[File:Season 6 Roadmap.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Season 6 Roadmap]]
(10 August 2023 - 10 October 2023)

Seasons will now be named.<ref>2023-04-07, [https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935891/ DIRECTOR’S TAKE – LOOKING AHEAD TO SEASON 4]. ''PlayOverwatch'', accessed on 2023-04-07</ref> 

It included the following content:
*'''New Hero'''<ref name="Season567">{{cite web|author=Overwatch |date=2023-05-16 |url=https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1658532777225060354 |title=@PlayOverwatch on Twitter|publisher=Twitter |quote=#Overwatch2: A Look Ahead  Join us as we share more details about everything we have planned for 2023, including new... |accessdate=2023-05-16}}</ref> 
**[[Illari]] ([[Support]])
*'''New Maps'''
**[[Suravasa]] ([[Flashpoint]])
**[[New Junk City]] ([[Flashpoint]])
*'''New Game Modes'''
**[[Flashpoint]]
**[[Hero Mastery]]
**[[Story Missions]]
**[[Event Missions]]
*'''New''' '''Battlepass<ref name="Season567" />'''
**Mythic [[Skins|Skin]] ([[Ana]])

*'''Story Missions'''
**[[Resistance]] ([[Rio de Janeiro]])
**[[Liberation]] ([[Toronto]])
**[[Ironclad]] ([[Gothenburg]])

*'''Events'''
**Illari Launch
**[[Overwatch Anniversary]] 2023
*'''Event Mission'''
**Kings Row: [[Underworld (event)|Underworld]]
*'''Hero Mastery'''
**[[Tracer]]
**[[Mercy]]
**[[Reinhardt]]
**[[Sojourn]]
**[[Winston]]
*'''Update to Practice Range'''
*'''New Player Progression System'''


===Season 7: Rise of Darkness <span class="anchor" id="Season 7"></span>===
[[File:Season 7 Roadmap.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Season 7 Roadmap]]
(10 October 2023 - 5 December 2023) 

Mythic skins will now revert back to unlocking all at the end of the battle pass. 

It included the following content: 

*'''New Map'''
**[[Samoa]] ([[Control]])
*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic [[Skins|Skin]] ([[Hanzo]])

*'''Events'''
**[[Halloween Terror|Halloween Terror Event]] 2023
***NEW: Trials of Sanctuary
**Le Sserafim
***NEW: [[Concert Clash]]

* '''Collaboration'''
**[[Trials of Sanctuary|Diablo]]
**[[Overwatch 2 x LE SSERAFIM|LE SSERAFIM]]

*'''Reworks'''
**[[Sombra]]
**[[Roadhog]]

===Season 8: Call of the Hunt <span class="anchor" id="Season 8"></span>===
[[File:Season 8 Roadmap.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Season 8 Roadmap]]
(5 December 2023 - 13 February 2024)

It included the following:

*'''New Hero'''
**[[Mauga]] ([[Roles|Tank]])

*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic Skin ([[Orisa]])

* '''[[Hero Mastery]]'''
** [[D.Va]]
**[[Echo]]
**[[Genji]]
**[[Lúcio]]
**[[Mei]]

* '''Events'''
**[[Battle of the Beasts]]
**[[Winter Wonderland]] 2023
**[[Lunar New Year]] 2024

*'''[[Quick Play Hacked#Quicker Play|Quick Play Hacked: Quicker Play]]'''
* '''Release of Weapon Skins'''
* '''Return of Prop Hunt'''
* '''New Event Pass'''

=== Season 9: Champions <span class="anchor" id="Season 9"></span>===
[[File:Season 9 Roadmap.jpeg|thumb|300x300px|Season 9 Roadmap<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1755281526537802071 |title=@PlayOverwatch on X |author=Overwatch [@PlayOverwatch] |quote=One jam-packed season of #Overwatch2 coming right up 💪... |date=2024-02-07}}</ref>
]]
(13 February 2024 - 16 April 2024)

It included the following:

*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic Skin ([[Moira]])

*'''Update to Competitive'''
**Competitive reset
**New Rank: Champion
**Jade weapons

*'''Major gameplay update'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24056255/revitalizing-the-overwatch-2-experience/ |title=Revitalizing the Overwatch 2 Experience |author=Blizzard Entertainment |date=2024-02-07}}</ref>
**Projectile size and health pool changes
**Passive health regeneration
**New Global and Damage Role Passives

*'''New game mode'''
**[[Hero Mastery Gauntlet]]

*'''[[Quick Play Hacked#Double Trouble|Quick Play Hacked: Double Trouble]]'''

*'''Events'''
**NEW: [[Cosmic Crisis]]
**Valentine's Day 2024

*'''Collaboration'''
**[[Overwatch 2 X Cowboy Bebop|Cowboy Bebop]]

*'''Hero Playtest'''
**[[Venture]] is available to play through 27th to 31st of March

*'''Reworks'''
**[[Pharah]]

===Season 10: Venture Forth <span class="anchor" id="Season 10"></span>===
[[File:Season 10 Roadmap.jpg|300px|thumb|Season 10 Roadmap<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1778456240173072685 |title=@PlayOverwatch on Twitter |author=Overwatch [@PlayOverwatch] |quote=It’s time to Venture Forth into another jam-packed season of #Overwatch2 💥|date=2024-04-11}}</ref>]]
[[File:Overwatch_Developer_Update_featuring_Season_10_Roadmap.png|300px|thumb|Upcoming content featured in mid-Season 9 Developer Update]]

(16 April 2024 - June 20 2024)

All new heroes will be available to everyone upon release. <ref name="UpdateReleases">2024-03-19, [https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24062312/developer-update-hero-releases-mythics-and-gameplay-updates/ DEVELOPER UPDATE: HERO RELEASES, MYTHICS, AND GAMEPLAY UPDATES]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2024-03-20</ref>

It included the following:

*'''New Hero'''
**[[Venture]] ([[Roles|Damage]])

*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic Skin ([[Mercy]])

*'''Heroes'''
**All new [[heroes]] will be unlocked for everyone on their release
**New players will unlock all ''Overwatch 2'' heroes after unlocking all ''Overwatch'' Heroes through their challenges

*'''A rework of how Mythic Skins are unlocked'''<ref name="UpdateReleases"/>
**Players can earn up to 80 [[Mythic Prisms]] through the Premium [[Battle Pass]] to spend in the [[Mythic Shop]] to buy [[Mythic Skins]]

*'''Players can now earn high amount of the Battle Pass XP through weekly challenges'''<ref name="UpdateReleases" />
**[[Challenges#Weekly_challenges|Weekly Challenges]] no longer give [[Overwatch Coins]], but now the [[Battle Pass]] gives up to 600 coins.

*'''Clash Playtest'''<ref name="UpdateReleases" />
**[[Clash]] is available to play in [[unranked]] and [[arcade]] through 16th to 29th of April
**During the playtest, only [[Hanaoka]] will be available

*'''Competitive grouping restrictions are removed'''
**[[Competitive Play#Groups in Competitive Play|Groups]] with big rank disparity are "Wide" Groups and have separate [[matchmaking]]

*'''New event'''
**[[Mirrorwatch]]

*'''Collaboration'''
**[[Overwatch 2 x Porsche|Porsche]]

*'''Reworks'''
**[[Wrecking Ball]]

===Season 11: Super Mega Ultrawatch <span class="anchor" id="Season 11"></span>===
[[File:Season 11 Roadmap.jpg|300px|thumb|Season 11 Roadmap<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1802736721244627003|title=@PlayOverwatch on Twitter |author=Overwatch [@PlayOverwatch] |quote=One Ultra-sized season coming up 🤩|date=2024-06-17}}</ref>]]

(June 20, 2024 - August 20, 2024)

Season 11 released June 20, 2024.<ref name = "Season11Release">2024-06-13, [https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1801053153992839639 When the forces of evil rise, Ultrawatch is here!]. ''PlayOverwatch'', accessed on 2024-06-13</ref>

It included the following:

*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic Skin ([[Ashe]])
*'''New Maps'''
**[[Runasapi]] ([[Push]])<ref name="UpdateReleases" />
*'''Reworked Map'''
**[[Colosseo]]<ref name="UpdateReleases" />
*'''[[Hero Mastery]]'''
** [[Kiriko]]
**[[Soldier: 76]]
*'''Introduction of Mythic [[Weapon Skins]]'''
** Bound Demon ([[Reinhardt]])
*'''[[Quick Play Hacked#Pickable Passives|Quick Play Hacked: Pickable Passives]]'''
*'''Events'''
**[[Celebrating All Heroes]]
***[[BCRF Charity Event]] Returns<ref>{{cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24104271/mercy-for-a-cause-pink-mercy-returns-in-support-of-the-breast-cancer-research-foundation/ |title=Mercy for A Cause – Pink Mercy Returns in Support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation! |author=Blizzard Entertainment |date=2024-06-13}}</ref>
***Limited-time game mode: [[Celebrating All Heroes#Community Crafted|Community Crafted]]
**[[Summer Games]] 2024
*'''Collaboration'''
**[[Overwatch 2 x Transformers|Transformers]]

===Season 12: New Frontiers <span class="anchor" id="Season 12"></span>===
[[File:Season 12 roadmap.jpg|thumb|301x301px|Season 12 roadmap]]
[[File:Avoidlist.png|thumb|300x300px|"Avoid As Teammate" Update]]
(August 20, 2024 - October 15, 2024)

It included the following:

*'''New Hero'''  
**[[Juno]] ([[Roles|Support]])

*'''New Battle Pass'''
**Mythic Skin ([[Reaper]])<ref name="Season12Trailer">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44vfe7D6GkQ |title =<nowiki>Season 12: New Frontiers Official Trailer | Overwatch 2</nowiki> |author=PlayOverwatch on YouTube |date=2024-08-14}}</ref>
**Mythic Weapon Skin: Midnight Sun ([[Ana]])<ref name="s12blog">{{Cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24116736/embark-on-an-out-of-this-world-voyage-in-overwatch-2-season-12-new-frontiers/|title=Embark on an Out of This World Voyage in Overwatch 2 - Season 12: New Frontiers|author=Blizzard Entertainment |date=2024-08-14|accessdate=2024-08-15}}</ref>

*'''New Game Mode'''
** [[Clash]]'''
*'''New Maps'''
** [[Hanaoka]] ([[Clash]])
** [[Throne of Anubis]] ([[Clash]])

*'''[[Hero Mastery]]'''
** [[Zarya]]
** [[Pharah]]

*'''Collaboration'''
**[[Overwatch 2 x World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]<ref name="Season12Trailer"/>

*'''Events'''
**[[Overwatch Anniversary]] 2024

*'''Player [[Avoid as Teammate|avoid list]] rework'''
*'''Competitive Rank Reset'''
*'''Xbox Game Pass Rewards''' <ref name="s12blog"/>

===Season 13: Spellbinder (current) <span class="anchor" id="Season 13"></span>===
[[File:Season 13 roadmap.jpg|thumb|301x301px|Season 13 roadmap]]
[[File:Season 13.jpg|thumb|Season 13 artwork]]
(October 15, 2024 - December 10, 2024)

It includes the following:

* '''New Battle Pass'''  
**Mythic Skin ([[Widowmaker]])
** Mythic Weapon Skin: Deliverance ([[Soldier: 76]])<ref name="s13blog">{{Cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24134805/bewitch-the-battlefield-in-overwatch-2-season-13-spellbinder/|title=Bewitch the Battlefield in Overwatch 2 - Season 13: Spellbinder|author=Blizzard Entertainment |date=2024-10-10|accessdate=2024-10-12}}</ref>

*'''Events'''
**[[Halloween Terror|Halloween Terror Event]] 2024
***NEW: [[Junkenstein's Laboratory]]
**[[Overwatch: Classic]] (1.0 2016 Patch)

* '''New Mythic Cosmetic:''' Aspects
**Gilded Aspects

*'''Collaboration'''
**[[Overwatch 2 x My Hero Academia|My Hero Academia]]

*'''Map Reworks'''
**[[Havana]]
**[[Numbani]]
**[[Circuit Royal]]
**[[Dorado]] 

*'''Simplified in-game reporting'''<ref name=":0">Blizzard Entertainment (2024-08-19). [https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24107756/defense-matrix-removing-cheaters-from-overwatch-2/ Defense Matrix – Removing Cheaters from Overwatch 2].</ref>

*'''Text and voice chat controls for individual players in [[Scoreboard]]'''<ref name=":0" />

*'''[[Hero Mastery]]'''
**[[Cassidy]]
** [[Brigitte]]

* '''Quick Play: Hacked - Limit 2'''<ref name="6v6DirectorsTakePart2">{{Cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24151413/director-s-take-continuing-the-6v6-discussion/|title=<nowiki>Director's Take - Continuing the 6v6 discussion</nowiki> |author=Blizzard Entertainment|date=2024-10-24}}</ref>
** No restriction on what [[Roles|role]] you can play, but limit of 2 per role.
** Can switch your roles mid-game.

* '''Quick Play: Hacked - ''Kingmaker'''''<ref name="6v6DirectorsTakePart2">{{Cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24151413/director-s-take-continuing-the-6v6-discussion/|title=<nowiki>Director's Take - Continuing the 6v6 discussion</nowiki> |author=Blizzard Entertainment|date=2024-10-24}}</ref>
** Variation of Quick Play: Hacked - Limit 2, with a hero that's alone in their role gains a bonus.

* '''Hero Playtest'''
** [[Hazard]] is available to play through 22th to 25th of November

===Season 14: Hazard===
(December 10, 2024 - TBA)

It will include the following:

* '''New Battle Pass'''  
**Mythic Skin ([[Reinhardt]])
** Mythic Weapon Skin: Lead Rose ([[Ashe]])

*'''New Hero'''
** [[Hazard]] ([[Roles|Tank]])<ref name="HazardTrailer">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR8N3cXWxqM|title=<nowiki>Hazardous Tactics | Hazard Hero Trailer | Overwatch 2</nowiki>|author=PlayOverwatch|date=2024-11-19}}</ref>

*'''Collaboration'''
**[[Overwatch 2 x Avatar|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]

*'''Events'''
**[[Winter Wonderland]] 2024
**[[Lunar New Year]] 2025
**[[Overwatch: Classic]] (2017 Moth Meta)

* '''6v6 Playtests'''<ref name="6v6DirectorsTakePart2">{{Cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24151413/director-s-take-continuing-the-6v6-discussion/|title=<nowiki>Director's Take - Continuing the 6v6 discussion</nowiki> |author=Blizzard Entertainment|date=2024-10-24}}</ref>
** A standard 2-2-2 Role Queue team composition.
** This will be a separate card on the Quick Play menu.

* '''Quick Play: Hacked - Min 1, Max 3'''<ref name="6v6DirectorsTakePart2">{{Cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24151413/director-s-take-continuing-the-6v6-discussion/|title=<nowiki>Director's Take - Continuing the 6v6 discussion</nowiki> |author=Blizzard Entertainment|date=2024-10-24}}</ref>
** The format played is 6v6.
** Players can switch their roles mid-game, with a maximum of 3 per role, but minimum 1 required per role.

===Future Seasons===
Future Seasons will include the following content:

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