News: Overwatch Season 17 adds new heroes, new maps, map voting, and new mythics!

Season 17 of Overwatch 2, titled Powered Up, blasts off June 24 with a powerhouse lineup of gameplay upgrades and rewards. In Stadium mode, fan-favorite heroes Zenyatta, Sigma, and Junkrat make their debut alongside two map additions, Esperança and Samoa, plus the new Stadium Forge system for crafting, saving, and sharing hero loadouts. Players also get a fresh start with the first-ever Stadium rank reset, new “Drives” performance challenges, expanded Custom Games, and revamped All‑Star rewards :wrapped_gift:


On the rewards front, Season 17 brings a stacked Battle Pass with 8‑bit and Overwatch Academy-themed skins, plus for the first time, two Mythic drops at launch, the Horang D.Va hero skin and Steel Death Reaper weapon skin. :fire: I don’t know about you, but I’m certainly going to be playing Overwatch 2 with the new updates.

Will you be playing? Comment down below your thoughts. I’ll see you on stadium!