Seasons are a feature of Overwatch 2. It is planned that seasonal content will be released every nine weeks.[1] Each season will have a corresponding Battle Pass with a unique theme, and up to 80+ unlockable tiers of cosmetics.[2]
The current season, Season 13, will last from October 15, 2024 to December 10, 2024.
List of Seasons[ | ]
Season 1[ | ]
(4 October 2022 - 6 December 2022)
It included the following content:
- New Heroes
- New Maps
- New Game Mode[1]
- New Battle Pass
- Event
Season 2[ | ]
(6 December 2022 - 7 February 2023)
Events now have skins earnable via completing challenges.[3]
It included the following content:
- New Hero
- New Map
- New Battle Pass
- Mythic Skin (Junker Queen)
- Events
Season 3[ | ]
(7 February 2023 - 11 April 2023)
Credits return to the game, which can be earned through battle passes.[4]
It included the following content:
- New Map
- New Battle Pass
- Events
- Collaboration
- Overwatch Dating Simulator
- World Cup 2023 Trials
Season 4[ | ]
(11 April 2023 - 13 June 2023)
It included the following content:
- New Hero
- New Battle Pass
- Events
- Limited Time Map
- New Comic
Season 5[ | ]
(13 June 2023 - 10 August 2023)
Mythic skins now unlock progressively.
It included the following content:
- Events
- Questwatch
- Defeat the Demon Lord
- Mischief and Magic
- NEW: Prop Hunt game mode
- Summer Games 2023
- NEW: Winston's Beach Volleyball
- Questwatch
- Return of a Feature
- New Mini Series
- Cinematic
- Creator Workshop Mode
- Return of Competitive Mystery Heroes
- Comp Team Queue Mini Season
- Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers
Season 6: Invasion [ | ]
(10 August 2023 - 10 October 2023)
Seasons will now be named.[6]
It included the following content:
- Story Missions
- Events
- Illari Launch
- Overwatch Anniversary 2023
- Event Mission
- Kings Row: Underworld
- Hero Mastery
- Update to Practice Range
- New Player Progression System
Season 7: Rise of Darkness [ | ]
(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:
- Events
- Halloween Terror Event 2023
- NEW: Trials of Sanctuary
- Le Sserafim
- NEW: Concert Clash
- Halloween Terror Event 2023
- Collaboration
Season 8: Call of the Hunt [ | ]
(5 December 2023 - 13 February 2024)
It included the following:
- New Battle Pass
- Mythic Skin (Orisa)
- Events
- Quick Play Hacked: Quicker Play
- Release of Weapon Skins
- Return of Prop Hunt
- New Event Pass
Season 9: Champions [ | ]
(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[9]
- Projectile size and health pool changes
- Passive health regeneration
- New Global and Damage Role Passives
- New game mode
- Events
- NEW: Cosmic Crisis
- Valentine's Day 2024
- Collaboration
- Hero Playtest
- Venture is available to play through 27th to 31st of March
- Reworks
Season 10: Venture Forth [ | ]
(16 April 2024 - June 20 2024)
All new heroes will be available to everyone upon release. [11]
It included the following:
- 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[11]
- 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[11]
- Weekly Challenges no longer give Overwatch Coins, but now the Battle Pass gives up to 600 coins.
- Clash Playtest[11]
- Competitive grouping restrictions are removed
- Groups with big rank disparity are "Wide" Groups and have separate matchmaking
- New event
- Collaboration
- Reworks
Season 11: Super Mega Ultrawatch [ | ]
(June 20, 2024 - August 20, 2024)
Season 11 released June 20, 2024.[13]
It included the following:
- New Battle Pass
- Mythic Skin (Ashe)
- New Maps
- Reworked Map
- Hero Mastery
- Introduction of Mythic Weapon Skins
- Bound Demon (Reinhardt)
- Quick Play Hacked: Pickable Passives
- Events
- Celebrating All Heroes
- BCRF Charity Event Returns[14]
- Limited-time game mode: Community Crafted
- Summer Games 2024
- Celebrating All Heroes
- Collaboration
Season 12: New Frontiers [ | ]
(August 20, 2024 - October 15, 2024)
It included the following:
- New Game Mode
- New Maps
- Collaboration
- Events
- Player avoid list rework
- Competitive Rank Reset
- Xbox Game Pass Rewards [16]
Season 13: Spellbinder (current) [ | ]
(October 15, 2024 - December 10, 2024)
It includes the following:
- New Battle Pass
- Mythic Skin (Widowmaker)
- Mythic Weapon Skin: Deliverance (Soldier: 76)[17]
- Events
- Halloween Terror Event 2024
- Overwatch: Classic (1.0 2016 Patch)
- New Mythic Cosmetic: Aspects
- Gilded Aspects
- Collaboration
- Map Reworks
- Simplified in-game reporting[18]
- Text and voice chat controls for individual players in Scoreboard[18]
- Quick Play: Hacked - Limit 2[19]
- No restriction on what role you can play, but limit of 2 per role.
- Can switch your roles mid-game.
- Quick Play: Hacked - Kingmaker[19]
- 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:
- Collaboration
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Events
- Winter Wonderland 2024
- Lunar New Year 2025
- Overwatch: Classic (2017 Moth Meta)
- 6v6 Playtests[19]
- 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[19]
- 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:
References[ | ]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2022-06-16, OVERWATCH 2 REVEAL EVENT RECAP. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2022-07-03
- ↑ 2022-09-15, OVERWATCH 2 EXPLAINED: BATTLE PASS, SHOP, HERO UNLOCKS, AND MORE. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2022-09-15
- ↑ 2022-11-17, OVERWATCH 2 DEVELOPER BLOG: SEASON 1 UPDATES WITH NEW EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, JARED NEUSS. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2022-11-20
- ↑ 2023-01-31, SEASON 2 RETROSPECTIVE: A LOOK BACK AND THE ROAD FORWARD. PlayOverwatch, accessed on 2023-02-02
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 2023-02-06, 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
- ↑ 2023-04-07, DIRECTOR’S TAKE – LOOKING AHEAD TO SEASON 4. PlayOverwatch, accessed on 2023-04-07
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Overwatch (2023-05-16). @PlayOverwatch on Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2023. “#Overwatch2: A Look Ahead Join us as we share more details about everything we have planned for 2023, including new...”
- ↑ Overwatch [@PlayOverwatch] (2024-02-07). @PlayOverwatch on X. “One jam-packed season of #Overwatch2 coming right up 💪...”
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2024-02-07). Revitalizing the Overwatch 2 Experience.
- ↑ Overwatch [@PlayOverwatch] (2024-04-11). @PlayOverwatch on Twitter. “It’s time to Venture Forth into another jam-packed season of #Overwatch2 💥”
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 2024-03-19, DEVELOPER UPDATE: HERO RELEASES, MYTHICS, AND GAMEPLAY UPDATES. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2024-03-20
- ↑ Overwatch [@PlayOverwatch] (2024-06-17). @PlayOverwatch on Twitter. “One Ultra-sized season coming up 🤩”
- ↑ 2024-06-13, When the forces of evil rise, Ultrawatch is here!. PlayOverwatch, accessed on 2024-06-13
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2024-06-13). Mercy for A Cause – Pink Mercy Returns in Support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation!.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 PlayOverwatch on YouTube (2024-08-14). Season 12: New Frontiers Official Trailer | Overwatch 2.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Blizzard Entertainment (2024-08-14). Embark on an Out of This World Voyage in Overwatch 2 - Season 12: New Frontiers. Retrieved on August 15, 2024.
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2024-10-10). Bewitch the Battlefield in Overwatch 2 - Season 13: Spellbinder. Retrieved on October 12, 2024.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Blizzard Entertainment (2024-08-19). Defense Matrix – Removing Cheaters from Overwatch 2.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Blizzard Entertainment (2024-10-24). Director's Take - Continuing the 6v6 discussion.
- ↑ PlayOverwatch (2024-11-19). Hazardous Tactics | Hazard Hero Trailer | Overwatch 2.
- ↑ Alec Dawson (2024-05-23). Overwatch 2 Reddit AMA with Developers.