Apr 18, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Director’s Take: Introducing Hero Bans for Competitive Play] Hero Bans are coming to Competitive Play in Season 16, and Gavin Winter is here to explain why and how this new change to Competitive works. View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 17, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
Stadium premieres next week, and while we know you’re ready to step into the competition, you still may have some questions that need answers. Let’s get right into it.
Matchmaking in Stadium
Is there an Open Queue format for Stadium?
Stadium is optimized around team compositions of one Tank, two D…
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 17, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Enter the Stadium – Climbing the Ranks] Learn how to climb the ranks and advance through the Leagues to prove you are the ultimate Competitor in Stadium. View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 16, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Enter the Stadium - Keys to Victory] Upgrading your Hero with Items are core to Stadium gameplay. Explore some key strategies and ideas that may help you emerge victorious in Stadium. View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 15, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Enter the Stadium - Lessons Learned from the Playtests] Enter the Stadium - PART 2 PH View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 14, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
Season 15 is about to come to a close! If you are looking to catch up on your Battle Pass, you can earn up to five Battle Pass Tier Skips when you watch up to5 total hours of live streams in the Overwatch 2 category on Twitch starting today, April 14, through Thursday, April 17 at 9:00 AM PDT.
Wat…
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 14, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Enter The Stadium – Get Ready to Battle!] Get ready to enter the Stadium, where skill, strategy and determination can guide you to victory. Do you have what it takes? View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 10, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Director’s Take: Season 16 on the Horizon] Associate Game Director Alec Dawson updates players on the successes of Season 15 and how they’ve led to bigger, better changes in Season 16. View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Apr 1, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Know Before You Go: 2025 OWCS Champions Clash] Our first Live Event of 2025 is already shaping up to be an explosive clash of the world’s greatest teams. Tune in to catch the action, support your favorite teams and players, and see what they can do on the international stage! View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Mar 28, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
There will be an upcoming bug fix patch to Overwatch 2 which will wipe existing replay codes on Tuesday, April 1 at 11:00 AM PDT. Please take the time to record your favorite matches before they are gone for good! Thanks, and we’ll see you in game.
Type: blizzard-tracker
Mar 21, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
Greetings heroes,
To help improve queue times, wide-group matchmaking will not be available for 6v6 Open Queue Competitive Play. Groups must match the conditions of a narrow group for their skill tier to group up and play with friends. This means players at most ranks must group up with players who…
Type: blizzard-tracker
6v6 Open Queue in Quick Play is temporarily disabled
Mar 19, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
Due to an unexpected issue with the Quick Play version of 6v6 Open Queue - Max 2 Tanks, the mode does not have Perks enabled. We are switching this mode back to the standard 5v5 version of Open Queue. Players can still experience Open Queue 6v6 - Max 2 Tanks with Perks in the Competitive Play menu. …
Type: blizzard-tracker
Season 15 Midseason: Collab, Crossbow, and Chaos
Mar 18, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Season 15 Midseason: Collab, Crossbow, and Chaos] Midseason heats up with a returning collab, Freja’s hero trial, a new Mythic weapon, 6v6 mode, and more as the fight for Honor and Glory marches on! View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Earn Up To Five Loot Boxes on Twitch through March 30
Mar 18, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
We gon’ party 'til it’s early, because we have Loot Boxes dropping on Twitch! You can earn fun cosmetic rewards when you watch your favorite Overwatch 2 content creators and influencers on Twitch! Link your Battle.net account today and earn these new rewards, available now through March 30.
For ev…
Type: blizzard-tracker
The game crashes constantly after ten seconds of playing
Mar 14, 2025 by
Bruce Wilkie
In Technical Support
Hello Ziwer9! I’m sorry that you are experiencing crashes in Overwatch. Thanks for sending in your crash reports, it really helps troubleshoot what’s going on.
Your crash looks related to loading data off of disk - I’ll dig a bit more and see if I can verify that, but something you might try is r…
Type: overwatch-developer
Remix the Beat with Overwatch 2 x LE SSERAFIM
Mar 10, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Remix the Beat with Overwatch 2 x LE SSERAFIM] Bold attitude and retro vibes take centerstage in the newest Overwatch 2 x LE SSERAFIM collab! View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
Strange Performance Overlay Appears In-Game
Mar 5, 2025 by
OWMatt-1513
In Bug Report
Hello, you can disable the Netgraph by pressing Shift+Ctrl+N.
-OWMatt
Type: blizzard-tracker
After the update i just can't launch Overwatch 2
Mar 4, 2025 by
Bruce Wilkie
In Technical Support
Hello TheJohn!
Sorry DX12 is causing an issue for you. You can find the settings file in your Documents folder, under the Overwatch → Settings subdirectory. You can change graphics API in the Settings_v0 file, or if you want to launch clean, you can rename or delete the Settings subdirectory. Ho…
Type: overwatch-developer
Replay codes will be wiped on March 4
Mar 3, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
There will be an upcoming bug fix patch to Overwatch 2 which will wipe existing replay codes on Tuesday, March 4 at 11:00 AM PDT. Please take the time to record your favorite matches before they are gone for good! Thanks, and we’ll see you in game.
Type: blizzard-tracker
Director's Take - Catch Up on Our AMA
Feb 28, 2025 by
Blizzard Entertainment
In General Discussion
[Director's Take - Catch Up on Our AMA] We just had a recent Reddit AMA, but if you missed it, we've got you covered with the answers we posted all in one place. View Full Article
Type: blizzard-tracker
OW crashes on start when using DX12 beta
Feb 28, 2025 by
Bruce Wilkie
In Technical Support
Hello Ibbyal - thanks for trying out our DX12 beta and reporting your crash! I think we’ve got this one fixed up for our next mid-season patch. For now, you’ll want to use DX11 to avoid this issue.
Thanks again for trying the beta!
Bruce
Type: overwatch-developer
Still have not been able to play at all since the update
Feb 26, 2025 by
OWMatt-1513
In Bug Report
Hello - I am very sorry you’re experiencing this issue. We are working on a fix, but we believe if you globally reset your input settings to default it should allow you to play immediately.
-OWMatt
Type: blizzard-tracker
Account merge pending and its been over a year and a half
Feb 25, 2025 by
Bee
In Bug Report
Hello!
We believe your account should be fixed up now. Would you mind trying again?
Apologies for the delay.
Type: blizzard-tracker
Sign Up to Join the Overwatch 2 Stadium Playtest!
Feb 24, 2025 by
Kaedi
In General Discussion
Calling our most dedicated Overwatch players!
We’re excited to invite you to join our closed alpha for Stadium, which will run on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from February 25 to March 11, 6-9 PM PT. We greatly value your feedback in the areas including but not limited to overall fun factor, …
Type: blizzard-tracker
The application encountered unexpected error
Feb 21, 2025 by
Bruce Wilkie
In Technical Support
Hello Imfoman - thanks for submitting your crash report! It looks like you might have Avast installed, and it’s causing an issue with Overwatch. Could you try updating that, or disabling that and try Overwatch again?
Thanks!
Bruce
Type: overwatch-developer