Competitive Play is designed for those players who want to put their skills to the test and offers a more serious experience than our Quick Play or Arcade Modes. Players new to Overwatch 2 will unlock access to Competitive Play when they complete the Competitive Play Qualification challenge by ...
Competitive play has been at the heart of the Overwatch community for years, and we have long-term plans to nurture this game mode far into the future. We're excited to share how we’re updating Competitive in Overwatch 2, starting with the goals that guided our decisions. Fi...
Keller explained thatOverwatch 2currently allows players with vastly different MMR to play with each other, and Blizzard plans to “match parties with similar MMR disparities together more frequently.” Pairs of players “with similar MMR on each role on either team” should be coming too. This ...
Overwatch 2 is always evolving and growing. We'd like for it to be doing that in a way that is exciting for players and in a direction that they would like. One of the best ways to accomplish this is to have a healthy dialog between players and developers. Some of these Comp...
Overwatch Competitive Play Guide by ExcaliburZ Greetings and welcome to this comprehensive guide to Competitive Play in Overwatch. This post will attempt to
You'll get the chance to play Overwatch competitively six times per year. Every season lasts two months with a few days of offseason play. Players receive rewards at the end of each season depending on their rank. If you achieved a high rank during the season, you can't keep it---yo...
I am all for options in general, but when it comes to Overwatch, setting up multiple competitive modes would be wrong. It would split up the player base. Premade vs Premade or Team League (as it was known back in Heroes of the Storm) should be the only mode, that should hold the ...
I enjoy competitive shooters. I was really into Overwatch when it first launched before eventually falling off. I’m back into Rainbow Six Siege after taking an extensive break. Now I play the more recent entry into the genre; Valorant.. All of these games have something in common outside...
Overwatch 2 Season 4 launches April 11! Blossom onto the battlefield with our newest Support Hero Lifeweaver, progress through the Battle Pass to earn rewards including Mythic Galactic Emperor Sigma, and fight for your faction when The Watchers and The Infinite Empire clash in the Starwatch even...
Over the last 12 weeks, we've been listening to your feedback and working behind the scenes to make the next season of Competitive Play even better. So before you dive into your placement matches, let’s talk about some of the changes coming to Season 4. ...