Overwatch®

D.Mon joined Overwatch's Tank roster with Season 4 on August 11, 2026. Season 5 followed on October 6 with Doctrine and the Icelandic Escort map Watchpoint: Grímsvötn.

• Season 4: D.Mon brought her Plasma Saber and Power Barrier, while Shooting Star: My MEKA Mania invited players to support MEKA pilots through challenges.
• Season 5: Doctrine joined the Support roster with a scepter and mechanical drones; Watchpoint: Grímsvötn added an Icelandic prison battlefield.
• Competitive and progression: Emerald Rank, a rank reset and Team Drives expanded competitive play, while a battle pass revamp let players select reward tracks.
• Events and cosmetics: Mystery Madness: Graveyard Games, World Cup Cheer Rally and the Dokiwatch 2.0 collaboration added limited-time activities and rewards. The November 3 midseason update brought Overwatch × EVE Protocol, the Taking Reign story event, and the return of the Excavation Initiative.
• Hero and map updates: Roadhog gained Trash Compactor, Sombra moved to Support, and Paraíso, Eichenwalde and Busan received route and environmental changes.

Reign of Talon rebranded Overwatch and launched in February 2026 with five new heroes. Later, Shion joined the Damage roster alongside the Neon Junction hybrid map in June.

• Reign of Talon: The February launch introduced five heroes, including Jetpack Cat and Domina, as part of a major new chapter for the game.
• Shion: The Hashimoto Clan Damage hero arrived on June 16 with dual pistols and an omnidirectional dash. Her hero trailer was published in June 2026.
• Neon Junction: The hybrid map brought players to a Tokyo battlefield with the June seasonal launch.
• Anniversary: The tenth anniversary brought special events, anniversary loot boxes, rewards and returning modes.
• Events and progression: Excavation Initiative and Anima Strike offered activities and rewards, alongside seasonal challenges and progression changes.

Stadium added a new way to play Overwatch 2, while Clash joined the mode lineup earlier in the year. Freja expanded the hero roster and later became available in Stadium.

• Clash: The new mode launched in August 2024, following its earlier limited trial on Hanaoka.
• Stadium: The mode arrived with Season 16, introducing its own progression and match format. Payload Race was previewed during this window but launched in Season 18 after it ended.
• Freja: The Damage hero joined the roster and was subsequently added to Stadium's playable heroes.
• Seasonal updates: Seasons 12, 16 and 17 each brought seasonal content, battle passes and limited-time rewards.
• Competitive play: Ranked-system changes and hero balance updates accompanied the year’s seasonal releases.

Overwatch 2's first Steam year brought the heroes Illari, Mauga and Venture, alongside new maps and seasonal updates. The game itself launched in October 2022, before its Steam release in August 2023.

• Heroes: Illari joined in August 2023, Mauga arrived with Season 8 on December 5, and Venture followed in 2024.
• Maps: Samoa entered Quick Play on October 10, 2023, while Runasapi arrived in June 2024. Hanaoka was playable during a limited Clash trial in April.
• Clash trial: Players tried the new mode on Hanaoka in April; the full Clash launch followed in August 2024, after this window.
• Cosmetics: Mythic Prisms became currency for the Mythic Shop, and jade weapon variants offered a competitive cosmetic option. Neither was a hero.
• Seasonal play: Season 7 began in October 2023, Season 8 in December, and Season 11 in June 2024, with accompanying hero tuning and rewards.