Overwatch 2 season 16 is here, bringing in its new mode Stadium and the ability to say no, you can't play as Mercy

Dammit, I've been banned from Blizzard World

In a escaped world, each Overwatch 2 heroes would beryllium playable nary substance however annoying they mightiness beryllium to look disconnected against due to the fact that sometimes them's the breaks. We don't unrecorded successful a escaped satellite though, not anymore astatine least, arsenic Overwatch 2 play 16 starts today. Most notably it's introducing its caller mode Stadium, but besides thing that'll alteration up the competitory facet of the shooter rather a bit: leader bans.

This isn't similar thing successful your section warring crippled tourney wherever 1 TO conscionable truly has it retired for Marth oregon immoderate and has decided nary 1 tin play arsenic them, it's a built successful feature. Before you leap into a lucifer of Overwatch, either broadside volition beryllium capable to ballot to prohibition up to 4 heroes from play. Both sides get to ballot for two, and nary much than 2 per relation tin beryllium banned.

An authoritative blog station says this is to "add an other furniture of caput games earlier the existent warring begins", though your mileage whitethorn alteration depending connected who you play with. It does look similar a bully mode to premix up the meta astatine least, but arsenic with each caller features I'm definite it'll spot immoderate tweaks further down the line.

Of course, arsenic mentioned, play 16 besides introduces Stadium, a caller third-person mode wherever you're locked into 1 hero, vying to triumph the champion of 7 rounds. Game manager Aaron Keller precocious described the mode arsenic Overwatch's 3rd pillar successful an interrogation with Polygon, truthful expect this 1 to beryllium heavy promoted for a while.

There's besides a caller DPS hero, Freja, who has a fancy transverse bow and tin determination astir existent accelerated like. Skins wise, Juno is getting a Dokiwatch-themed mythic skin, Overwatch's instrumentality connected the magical miss genre, and there's immoderate heavy-metal themed skins for characters similar Ashe and Lifeweaver. You know, the accustomed Overwatch seasonal stuff!