Overwatch 2 Season 16 is just around the corner with biggest changes to date


Apr 22nd '25 2:08pm:
Overwatch 2 Season 16 is just around the corner with biggest changes to date


Overwatch has been on fire lately, thanks to the successful Perks system that revived the game in Season 15 and the comeback of Lootboxes. Now, on April 22nd, Season 16 is about to start, and things are about to change, no exaggeration: **Freya, New Hero** I wrote an article about the character, saying she's a Bounty Hunter. Her playstyle is very fluid, as she can jump high and dash while in the sky, never to miss her explosive cross-bolt electric charges. **Stadium** ![v](https://i.imgur.com/1CIlWip.png) **A new competitive mode is available for the first time in the third-person view, but you can choose to stay with the first-person view if you wish. Not everything is good. Unfortunately, Tracer won't be available in Stadium for now, and we all want to see Tracer's Gameplay in Third person because... yes. **17 characters available from the start** ![v](https://i.imgur.com/lPKGtpb.png) You can play these characters from the get-go. It seems small, but with the new **Build System**, there are even more options for each character, like Moira using three damage orbs, Ashe calling a Mini Bob, and so much more. For those who think that it will be fun for a while and that it has no longevity, let me introduce you to **a brand new Ranking system with exclusive rewards such as cosmetic skins**. **Ranking system** ![v](https://i.imgur.com/kzGfcjX.png) Look at those, they cooked with this one. If you reach the Platinum rank, which is Elite, you will receive an exclusive skin to show your progress and accomplishment to your friends. Even better, if you reach Grand Master as an All-Star, you will receive even more rewards, incentivizing you to play. Speaking about the build system, here is an example of what it looks like: ![v](https://i.imgur.com/vVGEsx5.png) Key factors: After earning points at the end of a round, you can spend them on a specific ability, but if you wish to try others and don't have enough points, you can sell them as much as you like, so don't worry. If a team wins four rounds in a row, it activates the Mercy rule, which ends the match automatically as it's impossible for the opposite team to win. You won't be able to change after selecting a character at the start, so please keep that in mind. **Stages available** ![v](https://i.imgur.com/vHDlOyr.png) The devs said they will add new stages, some exclusive to the Stadium mode. For now, as it is a 7-round game in all maps, you won't feel the repetition as much. And that's pretty much about it. In a couple of hours, you can try it and play it for yourself

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