Following a successful Season 16, Overwatch 2 introduced a wave of fresh content and features, including the all-new Doki Watch event, the innovative Stadium game mode, the high-skill damage hero Freja, as well as the debut of hero bans and a revamped perks system. It is finally time for a new season.
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Overwatch 2 Season 17 Release Details
What’s To Come
PlayOverwatch released an exciting trailer, announcing several new additions to the game.
- Sigma, Zenyatta, and Junkrat will be added to the stadium roster.
- New maps added to Stadium, Esperança and Samoa.
- Stadium Forge, a system to test out and share builds to refine team comps.
- Stadium Rank Reset.
- The Mythic Horang D.Va Hero Skin and Mythic Steel Death Reaper Weapon Skin will both be available at launch.
- New Overwatch Academy and 8-Bit Legendary Skins through the Premium Battle Pass.
- Map voting for Quick Play and Competitive Mode.
- New flashpoint map, Aatlis.
- Reworks of New Junk City and Suravasa. (mid-season)
- Hacks & Hijinx, a limited-time 6v6 mode where players can modify the rules and composition of the game.
- Brand new skins!
Season 17 of Overwatch 2 launches on June 24!
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