Summary
Overwatch 2has officially released its Season 16 launch trailer, teasing the new Stadium game mode, Freja hero launch, and the Dokiwatch magical girl skins, including Mythic Heart of Hope Juno. With a new run of Overwatch: Classic and a collaboration withGundamin the wings, Season 16 promises to make the next couple of months inOverwatch 2very exciting.
Season 16: Stadium arrives inOverwatch 2on April 22, bringing a bunch of new content to the FPS. Two of the major aspects of the update are undoubtedly the eponymous Stadium game mode – a best-of-seven skirmish featuring purchasable Items and upgradable Powers between each round – and the release of Freja, a highly-mobile damage hero.
Ahead of the update,Overwatch 2has released a trailer showing off these Season 16 features and more. Tons of new skins are coming toOverwatch 2, including a cycle of Dokiwatch magical girl skins. Mythic Heart of Hope Juno and Mercy’s Mythic Merciful Magitech weapon make up the core of these skins, alongside magical girl cosmetics for Brigitte, Widowmaker, Kiriko, Freja, and D.Va. Beyond that, players can get plenty of other skins from the Battle Pass and shop, including demonic rock band skins for Ashe, Illari, Lifeweaver, and Mauga, royalty skins for Mercy, Genji, Hanzo, Venture, Lifeweaver, and Ana, and the new IridescentAspects for everyOverwatch 2Mythic skin.
For Competitive fans,Hero Bans are officially coming toOverwatch 2in Season 16. Using this long-awaited feature, players can vote for three heroes to ban each game, the top pick of which becomes unavailable to select.
This update also brings several limited-time events to the game as well. Anew round of Overwatch: Classic is coming, featuring the balance period from October 2020 in which Echo rounded out the entire cast of playable heroes in the original game. What’s more, the season-long Stadium: Initiation event will enable fans to earn Name Cards, Player Icons, an Epic and Legendary Loot Box, and the Rookie Soldier: 76 Epic skin – which matches the skins one can earn for Genji, Orisa, Moira, and Juno by reaching certain ranks in Stadium – simply by playing the new game mode.
Were this not exciting enough, the Season 16 trailer ended with a stinger confirming aGundamcollaboration is coming. Posts from the officialOverwatch 2Twitter account congratulatingGundam Wingon its 30th anniversary, plus several datamined assets, hinted the anime and FPS might be teaming up soon, and though fans will have to wait for exact details, they can expect several new shop skins in the crossover, including one for Mercy.
