Ultimate Valentine is a limited-time event in Overwatch 2, which ran from February 14 to February 28, 2023.
During this event, players could unlock unique Player Icons, Voice lines, Emotes and Skins. The voice lines were new to this event, while the earnable skins and emotes had been available in Overwatch as well. It also had an and an exclusive Arcade mode, Love of Geometry. The challenges accompanying this event were Support-themed.[1] When the player logged in during this event, they would be awarded with a free Cupid player icon and the 'Happy Valentine's Day' voice line for Junkrat.[2]
Features[ | ]
Loverwatch[ | ]
- Main article: Loverwatch: Love Never Dies
Loverwatch is a non-canonical dating simulator in which you could romance both Genji and Mercy. It included several cameo's, iconic Overwatch locations and inside jokes. The experience lasted for about 30 minutes and would allow the player to earn exclusive Player Icons, Player Titles and an exclusive Highlight intro.[2]
Love of Geometry[ | ]
- Main article: Love of Geometry
Love of Geometry is a PvP Team Deathmatch game mode that divides the players into two teams of four Cupid Hanzos "to determine which is the ultimate love squad."[2] The brawl re-introduces Hanzo's Scatter Arrow ability. Killing another player with Scatter Arrow awards the player's team with 2 kills. The first team to reach 50 kills, or has the most points when the time runs out, wins.
Challenges[ | ]
Ultimate Valentine event launched with 11 challenges.
Challenge Name | Requirements | Reward | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Complete 4 event challenges. | Ascendant - Zenyatta Skin | Complete any four of the challenges below. | |
Complete 6 event challenges. | Bitrate - Lucio Skin | Complete any six of the challenges below. | |
Win 1 game in Love of Geometry. | Piercing Love - Spray If I Had a Heart - Echo Voice Line |
Player must be on the winning team, the amount of eliminations do not matter. | |
Earn 6 eliminations in Love of Geometry. | Shot Through the Heart - Hanzo Voice Line | This challenge simply requires the player get 6 elimination credits in the game mode. | |
Win 10 games. | Nice Smile - Baptiste Emote You Are My Starlight - Sigma Voice Line |
This can be for Unranked Quick Play, Ranked Competitive Play or Arcade. | |
Deal/boost a total of 50,000 damage. (Excludes Total Mayhem and co-op modes.) | Not Impressed - Ana Emote | Players must damage other players, and not barriers or objects. | |
Contest/capture objectives for 1,250 seconds. | Come Here - Moira Emote See a Movie - Roadhog Voice Line |
Players can achieve this on defence or attack, as long as the mode has a physical objective. 1250 seconds is just under 21 minutes. | |
Win 3 games as any Support hero. | Heart - Souvenir Just Pathetic - Moira Voice Line |
Players need to win 3 games as a Support hero. | |
Heal a total of 30,000 damage. (Excludes Total Mayhem and co-op modes.) | Would You - Lucio Voice Line Be With Me - Widowmaker Voice Line |
Healing can be to you, or teammates. This stat is for healing dealt, not received. | |
Earn 150 assists/saves. (Excludes Total Mayhem and co-op modes.) | Lives Are Short - Ramattra Voice Line | Earn 150 eliminations where you do not get the final blow, prevention of friendly eliminations, or use an ability which aids a player in getting an elimination. | |
Emote "Thanks" to a Support Hero. | My Heart - Pharah Voice Line You're All Right - Sojourn Voice Line |
This can be achieved by simply looking at a Support, and using the communication wheel to emote "Thanks". |
Cosmetics[ | ]
Log-in rewards[ | ]
Junkrat voice-line "Happy Valentine's day"" ▶️
Challenge rewards[ | ]
- Voice lines
Echo voice-line "If I had a heart" | ▶️ |
Hanzo voice-line "Shot through the heart" | ▶️ |
Lúcio voice-line "Would you" | ▶️ |
Moira voice-line "Just pathetic" | ▶️ |
Pharah voice-line "My heart" | ▶️ |
Sigma voice-line "You are my starlight" | ▶️ |
Sojourn voice-line "You're all right" | ▶️ |
Ramattra voice-line "Lives are short" | ▶️ |
Roadhog voice-line "See a movie" | ▶️ |
Widowmaker voice-line "Be with me" | ▶️ |
- Emotes
Ana emote "Not Impressed"
Baptiste emote "Nice Smile"
- Kiriko Emote Heart.webm
Kiriko emote "Heart"
Moira emote "Come Here"
- Skins
- Sprays
Souvenirs
Shop items[ | ]
During this event, players were able to purchase the Valentine's exclusive "Cupid Hanzo Bundle." This bundle included the Cupid Hanzo skin, the Heart Pillow souvenir, the Pierced Heart weapon charm, the Cupid's Kiss highlight intro, and the Cupid's Target name card. The Cupid's Kiss highlight could also be earned through participating in Loverwatch. If the player earned the highlight through Loverwatch before purchasing the bundle, the bundle would be discounted slightly.[2]
- Souvenir Heart Pillow.png
Souvenir "Heart Pillow"
Highlight intro "Cupid's Kiss"
Trivia[ | ]
- "All's Fair in Love and War" is a proverb attributed to John Lyly's Euphues.
- "Better to Have Loved and Won" is a reference to Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam A.H.H., Canto XXVII, in which he wrote: "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all."
- "Violent Delights, Violent Ends" is a reference to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: "These violent delights have violent ends."
- "Love Conquers All" is a reference to the Latin phrase "omnia vincit amor", which appeared in Virgil's Eclogues X.
- "Thanks Love!" is a reference to Tracer's iconic voice line.
References[ | ]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2023-02-14. FEEL THE LOVE WITH THE ULTIMATE VALENTINE EVENT! Blizzard.