Overwatch 2’s Season 3 has formally kicked off, bringing in a collection of particular occasions, a brand new map, and a brand new methodology to earn Credit. There are quite a lot of modifications for the aggressive FPS, however earlier than stepping into blind to the most recent season, you may need to know all the small print of the stuff you’re about to expertise.
9 weeks have handed for the reason that begin of Season 2 and the introduction of Ramattra. We received’t be getting a brand new hero this time for Season 3, however there’s quite a lot of content material to get pleasure from. We now have a collection of particular occasions, together with the return of PachiMarchi and a Valentine’s Day-themed occasion. And don’t overlook the Battle Go, both.
Season 3 Battle Go
Blizzard has unveiled 4 skins you may snag if you are going to buy the premium model of the Battle Go. There’s the Amaterasu Kiriko Mythic pores and skin you may unlock when you attain degree 80, and cosmetics can be found for Junkrat, Moira, and Reaper. Plus, the Battle Go contains Credit for the primary time—you should use this in-game foreign money to purchase cosmetics from the store.
The theme for Season 3 is Asian mythology, and in case you check out the Battle Go, its reward displays that. In comparison with Seasons 1 and a pair of the place we had 20 and 21 rewards for the Battle Go’ free model, Season 3 boasts 30 rewards on the free observe.
In case you’re an avid purchaser of Overwatch 2’s premium Battle Passes, it would value you 1,000 Overwatch Cash (or $10 respectively). Premium Battle Go holders will robotically get a 20% bonus to the XP they earn till the following season arrives, which ought to enable you to get to the max degree of the Battle Go quicker. Furthermore, you’ll immediately get two Legendary skins to your assortment—no grinding wanted.
New Map
Maintain onto your hats as a result of we’re getting a brand new Management map for the sport, which comes from an Antarctic Peninsula. In case you’ve watched Mei’s “Rise and Shine” cinematic, you may’ve seen the principle facility of Ecopoint. The Antarctic Peninsula will reveal extra about what Meio and the opposite scientists had been doing on the Earth’s southern tip. The lore-rich tundra has a number of tales but to be informed, however you may uncover all of the mysteries quickly as Season 3 progresses.
The snow-themed Management map options an underground drilling station and an ice-breaker ship. Some components of the map provide a high-ground benefit and tons of flank routes, making each transfer to an space and goal a plight expertise. Oh, and there are penguins and even a fishing gap too.
Ow 2 Will get A…Courting Sim?
This may shock most of you, however Overwatch 2 is getting its first courting sim, Loverwatch. It’s a non-canon text-based courting sim (much like visible novels, I suppose) the place you’ll have to decide on between two potential dates: Mercy or Genji. The courting sim will current loads of dialogue choices to work together together with your chosen hero. And don’t fear in case you get overwhelmed as a result of Cupid’ll help you. In case you unlock the key ending, you’ll be handled with a Valentines-themed POTG spotlight for Hanzo.
Loverwatch is accessible utilizing an online consumer, and it’s solely playable till February 28, so don’t miss out on this chance! A full playthrough of each characters solely takes about half-hour.
Extra Occasions
Really feel the love much more with the Hazo 4v4 Restricted Time Mode! You are able to do Help-themed challenges to internet your self two epic skins and different rewards without spending a dime. This LMT shall be obtainable from February 14 to twenty-eight.
In different information, PachiMarchi is again on March 21 and can embody a brand new limited-time “Kill Confirmed” sport mode. After all, there are tons of rewards to gather, together with six PachiMarchi participant icons, a weapon allure, an Epic pores and skin, and a reputation card. In case you log in through the occasion, you may declare a PachiMarchi Roadhog participant icon freed from cost. What’s extra, in case you full the themed challenges earlier than the occasion ends on April 4, you’ll get an Epic PachiMarchi Roadhog pores and skin to your efforts!
Overwatch Will get Its First Crossover
The key to getting robust is to do 100 sit-ups, 100 pushups, and a 10-kilometer run—all day, daily. In case you’ve heard these phrases earlier than, not solely are you a person of tradition, however you’ll be delighted to listen to that One Punch Man-themed skins are coming to Overwatch 2. That is Blizzard’s first-ever IP collaboration for the FPS, they usually’ve created a cosmetics assortment from the anime.
Doomfist needed to have the Saitama pores and skin, however there are nonetheless different incoming skins for the crossover. Blizzard will reveal every merchandise once they drop on March 7. If rumors are to be believed, I heard that we’d be getting a Legendary pores and skin for the collab you may earn by themed challenges.
That’s All, People
That’s about all the main updates for Season 3 of Overwatch 2. Blizzard additionally launched a collection of QoL and stability modifications for the sport. Mercy acquired nerfs, and the max final cost retained when swapping heroes whereas in-game is diminished from 30% to 25%. I’m certain Blizzard will make extra changes quickly as Season 3 goes on, however within the meantime, don’t fear about it an excessive amount of and simply bask within the new content material.
