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Overwatch 2 Season 3 Details

Overwatch 2 Season 3 starts February 7: New Antarctic Peninsula Control Map, One-Punch Man Collab, Loverwatch Dating Sim, and so much more! Shared from the official blog.

Season three begins on February 7 and brings with it a host of all-new content, including the new Antarctic Peninsula Control map, a new Asian Mythology theme and Battle Pass with a Mythic Kiriko skin, the Ultimate Valentine’s in-game event featuring a browser-based Overwatch Dating Simulator: Loverwatch, and an IP collaboration —a first-ever for Overwatch 2. What’s more, PachiMarchi returns in March!

Read on for a short summary of the matchmaking, competitive, and balance changes we’re making in season three, a preview of what to expect from our upcoming patches, and details on the return of the Overwatch World Cup! Season three also introduces Workshop mode with new auto-moderation tech along with several accessibility improvements.

New Antarctic Peninsula Control Map

Control gets its first new map in Overwatch 2 in the form of frosty Antarctica! We have already visited the main facility of Ecopoint: Antarctica, as seen in Mei’s “Rise and Shine” cinematic, but the Antarctic Peninsula station is a lore-rich tundra with several stories yet to be told. This snow-themed Control map features some unique sights, including an ice-breaker ship and an underground drilling station. With tons of flank routes and some offering a high-ground advantage over high-traffic areas and objectives, we can’t wait to see how the meta unfolds for this chilly battleground!

Asian Mythology Theme & Kiriko Mythic Skin

Overwatch has long explored and celebrated real-life cultures from around the world, which you can see in our roster of heroes from Korea, Japan, and China. We’re excited to share we’re diving into Asian Mythology as the theme for season three! This season features some of our most unique skins to date, and a few have some fun lore connections we think players will love.

Complete the Premium Battle Pass, and you’ll unlock the Amaterasu Kiriko Mythic skin, inspired by various deities in Japanese mythology with customizations you can mix and match themed for the moon, the sea, and storms. Our concept artists had a lot of fun coming up with the visual effects for this one, which includes themed headpieces and a new look for Kiriko’s spirit fox.

More Rewards, More Often

Season three will improve on our first two by offering even more rewards just for logging in and playing. You can look forward to 10 additional tiers of rewards on the free track, as well as 1500 Credits to earn and spend as you please in the Hero Gallery. We’ve added 500 Credits to the Premium track as well.

Nearly all Epic and Legendary event hero skins from the original Overwatch—300 total—have been added to the Hero Gallery and will always be available for purchase with either Overwatch Coins or Credits. We’ve also lowered the price of those Legendary skins from 1900 Credits to 1500 Credits.

In total, we’ll be offering four earnable skins outside of the Battle Pass through in-game events and granting players a heaping helping of other earnable and free cosmetics this season. These include a gold medal weapon charm for logging in at any point between February 7-February 20 to celebrate the Overwatch World Cup festivities, a Cupid Hanzo Player icon for logging in during our upcoming Ultimate Valentine’s event and an earnable Legendary OW2 skin later in the season from our IP collaboration. We’ll share more details on how players can earn each of the skins and other rewards closer to when each event goes live.

We’ll also be granting all players the first five free tiers of rewards in their Battle Pass in season three just for logging in during our first week! And tune in for Twitch Drops throughout the season to support our streaming community and claim more of the fun cosmetics we’ve got in the chamber. In March, you can look forward to our returning PachiMarchi event, which includes even more rewards! More info on these events and their exact dates can be found below.

Loverwatch Dating Sim (Feb. 13-28) & Ultimate Valentine’s Event (Feb. 14-28)

Can you feel the love? Our Ultimate Valentine event kicks off on Valentine’s Day this year with a Hanzo 4v4 Limited Time Mode and Support-themed challenges that can net you two earnable epic skins, among other rewards. In another first for Overwatch 2, don’t miss out on the Loverwatch dating simulator, which launches on February 13!

Loverwatch is a non-canon text-based dating sim where players will choose between two potential dating paths: Mercy or Genji. Players will be presented with dialogue options to interact with that hero and will be assisted by Cupid (who looks suspiciously like Hanzo). Unlock the secret ending, and you’ll be rewarded with a themed POTG Highlight!

Once live, Loverwatch will be accessible at https://www.Loverwatch.gg and available on web client only. The experience will be playable until February 28 in Korean, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, and English. The full playthrough lasts roughly 30 minutes.

One-Punch Man Collaboration (March 7 – April 6)

100 pushups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10-kilometer run! Every single day! We’re excited to announce that we’ve been working with Japanese Anime “One-Punch Man” on our first-ever major IP collaboration for Overwatch 2 to bring One-Punch Man skins and cosmetics to the game this season! Together we’ve created a collection of cosmetics from the beloved anime, including Saitama skin for Doomfist. We’ll reveal each item before they drop on March 7, with one being a Legendary skin that’s earnable via themed challenges.

PachiMarchi Returns (March 21 – April 4)

PachiMarchi is back with a new limited-time Kill Confirmed game mode and a ton of rewards, including an epic skin, six PachiMarchi player icons, a weapon charm, and name card! Claim a PachiMarchi Roadhog player icon just logging in during the event, and complete themed challenges to earn an Epic Pachimari Roadhog skin before the event ends on April 4.

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