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PATCHHIGHLIGHTS
Ana’s Bastet Challenge
There will be several special pieces of unlockable content in Overwatch, taken from Ana’s short story “Bastet,” that showcase her journey as a protector. By winning ranked matches, Quick Search, or Arcade, you can earn a limited-time player icon, a victory pose, and a new epic skin for Ana: BAST!
Check out participating Twitch streamers playing Overwatch through January 21 to earn five matching sprays for Ana in the crafting challenge!
For more information on Ana’s crafting challenge, click here.
Overwatch League skins for the 2019 – Season
Teams’ jerseys come to life as in-game skins! Skins for the new 2019 Overwatch League teams are now in-game: Atlanta Reign, Chengdu Hunters, Guangzhou Charge, Hangzhou Spark, Paris Eternal, Toronto Defiant, Vancouver Titans, and Washington Justice. Represent your favorite teams in the game with skins for each hero.
More information about the Overwatch League can be found here.
CHANGES TO CUSTOM GAMES AND THE GAME BROWSER
Spectator mode
- Status effect icons are now displayed on the portraits of affected heroes.
- A spectator camera is now available to look over the shoulder of heroes. The feature is available under Options > Gameplay > Simple spectator chaser perspective.
- An option is now available to mute speech in spectator mode. The feature is available under Options > Gameplay > Play sayings while watching.
Developer comments: “These improvements to the spectator experience bring some features that are already available to professional commentators. We’re making them available in-game to give players as immersive a spectator experience in matches with their friends as they do in broadcast professional matches.
CHANGES TO THE USER INTERFACE
Killfeed
- The kill feed now displays when D.Va with Defensive Matrix successfully deflects the projectile of an ultimate ability (e.g., Zarya’s Graviton Bomb or Hanzo’s Dragon Strike).
- Text and icons in the kill feed for eliminating targets that are not Heroes are now displayed 50% smaller (e.g. D.Va’s Mech, Junkrat’s Kamikaze Tire, Torbjörn’s Gun, or Orisa’s Super Booster).
- Added a new icon to the killfeed for eliminations with melee attacks.
- The kill feed no longer shows when Symmetra’s teleporter is destroyed.
FIXED BUGS
Heroes
Ashe
- Fixed a bug where Ashe’s view would jerk when aiming with the visor on high frame rate screens.
Brigitte
- Fixed a bug where Brigitte would change direction when returning to first person perspective after lowering her barrier shield.
Reinhardt
- Fixed a bug where Reinhardt’s Earth Strike was not visible to other players when used while recovering from a stun effect.
- Fixed a bug where Reinhardt would change direction when returning to first person perspective after lowering his barrier field.
Torbjörn
- Fixed a bug that caused Torbjörn’s gun to build up at an extremely steep angle when it landed on the edge of an object.
Winston
- Fixed a bug where Winston’s jump drive was not dealing damage at maximum range.
Arcade
- Fixed a bug where the previous amount of ranking points was still displayed after purchasing a golden weapon.
Maps
Blizzard World
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to stand on the chimney above the attackers’ original starting area.
Busan
- Fixed a bug that caused the shields in the MEKA base not to move in practice battles.
Hollywood
- Fixed a bug that caused the railing above the first aiming point to block projectiles even if it was destroyed.
King’s Row
- Fixed a bug where players could stand on the Moriarty’s Fine Books sign behind the first aiming point.
OVERWATCH
Overwatch is a team-based 6vs6 shooter that was released on May 24, 2016. Overwatch stays true to the true style of Blizzard’s previous titles. It was developed by Jeff Kaplan and is considered a “new concept” shooter in the FPS genre. The game was officially unveiled at BlizzCon along with 12 heroes on November 7, 2014.
The story of Overwatch is set on a highly fictionalized future version of Earth. In a time where humans and robots, which are called Omnics, live together (Chris Metzen hinted that the story deals with this very robot race). 30 years before the time when Overwatch takes place, the so-called “Omnic Crisis ” occurred. The robots, once helpers of humans, rebelled against their creators for reasons as yet unknown and triggered a worldwide chaos. Faced with the imminent destruction of human civilization, the best soldiers of all nations came together to form a program called “Overwatch”.
Their job was to protect the world from the Omnics, which they succeeded in doing. For the next 25 years, they were the protectors of the planet, united in an international coalition. Some agents stayed, some were replaced, but at some point something changed: the Overwatch disintegrated. However, 5 years later after this event, incidents with Omnics are again accumulating, a worldwide terrorist organization also seems interested in destabilizing the world order. A new crisis is looming. At this point, your career as an Overwatch agent begins.
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