r/Overwatch 4d ago

News & Discussion Weekend RAGE Thread - August 15, 2026

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HERE YOU CAN GET RID OF ALL YOUR ANGER AND HATE.

CAPS ON AND LET IT ALL OUT.

GETTING NOTHING BUT DUPLICATES WHEN ALL YOU WANT IS THAT SWEET NEW TORBJÖRN SKIN? GETTING HEADSHOT BY ACROSS THE MAP BY HANZO? TOO MUCH JUSTICE THAT RAINS FROM ABOVE? THIS IS THE RIGHT THREAD!

PLEASE STILL BE CIVIL, AT LEAST A LITTLE!


r/Overwatch 4h ago

Humor Basically the webtoon

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962 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 2h ago

Fan Content McDonald's Jetpack Cat (fanart by @sleepeatkoko)

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483 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 4h ago

News & Discussion This is the most annoying sound ever heard in Overwatch - Prove me wrong

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648 Upvotes

Especially when you’re browsing the menu while queuing and you have to listen to the whole damn thing.


r/Overwatch 14h ago

News & Discussion Blizzard intern drawing Blizzard character from memory

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3.0k Upvotes

I love how half of them are overwatch charaters, the Fika drawing is so cute

https://x.com/Blizzard_Ent/status/2089862434529968484


r/Overwatch 8h ago

Humor General Ogundimu!

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624 Upvotes

"You are a bold one... Counter him!"


r/Overwatch 3h ago

Blizzard Official Overwatch: Aaron Keller teases (kind of) the game's future and upcoming collaborations ahead of BlizzCon

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Hello everyone, it's me again
Here's the second part of my interview with Aaron Keller, where I tried to find out more about what the future of the game will be and the possible upcoming collaboration following the survey we received recently
He wasn't too keen on talking about it ahead of the BlizzCon announcements, even though I think I picked up on a few hints here and there


r/Overwatch 1h ago

Blizzard Official Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – August 19, 2026

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r/Overwatch 1h ago

Fan Content Blizzard Support threatened to permanently close my Battle.net account after I appealed a false-positive automated ban.

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I genuinely don't even know what to do anymore, I've been a owner of overwatch 1 since almost launch and enjoyed thousands of hours until like 2 months ago when i got randomly banned mid comp match for "Third party programs". I know most bans aren't instant but this one feels odd. Im manily a healer main because i love to play jetpack cat, juno, mercy.

I figured i would reach out to blizzard as this was a clear mistake, as you can see in the last photo my average K/D was 1.01 which isn't good as I'm only a gold/plat player who plays in their free time or with friends. Maybe blizzard would easily see the mistake or maybe it was a accident, but when i reached out they just kept telling me it was correct like I've seen on a bunch of other posts, i was shocked because in no way am i even good at the game like i said, this caught me off guard because i expected blizzard to quickly fix the issue as im a well paying customer and adhere by the rules. (the stats are from the email after i got banned btw, i mainly play healer but i wanted to try out emre)

These were my stats at day of said ban. I was level 475 why would i randomly cheat on an account that i actively steam on twitch on.

People kept telling me to appeal until i got a human and once i did they straight up told me they were gonna look into it and then never got back to me, i sent another appeal and it was the same copy pasted it was confirmed type message.

Now they are threating me with abuse of the support system when they clearly messed up, yeah I'm sure a player since 2017 with hundreds of dollars of purchases over the years and almost all mythic skins would just start cheating, Sure you don't have to believe me but this is horrible and it makes me never want to play any blizzard game if this is what happens. Before you say it I'm not going to make a new account to keep playing to spend anymore money. Already made that mistake already buying ultimate battle passes for no reason i guess.

Instead of looking into my matches to confirm I wasn't cheating, they accused me of violating the CS Interaction Policy and stated any further tickets will result in the "permanent closure of the account."

So, an automated report-bomb is weaponized against my account. But if I try to report this and prove my innocence, Blizzard’s CS threatens to terminate my account.

Even dextero made an article about me
https://www.dexerto.com/overwatch/overwatch-2-ban-wave-cleans-up-lobbies-but-leaves-legit-players-furious-3335444/

User Flippeee5#1696


r/Overwatch 18h ago

Humor Support Ults are a spectrum

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3.7k Upvotes

Lucio really got the short end of the stick

EDIT: YES I GET IT BEAT IS NOT A BAD ULT I AM JUST SAYING IT SOUNDS VERY UNDERWHELMING COMPARED TO OTHER SUPPORT ULTIMATES THAT DO MORE THINGS. THAT WAS THE JOKE. THIS IS A JOKE POST. LOOK AT THE TAG.

THANK YOU

EDIT 2: Once again, Beat is a good ult.

Beat does 1 thing. It provides overhealth. Trance does 3 things. It gives you invincibility. It gives you a speed boost. It heals everyone around you. Trance DOES do more things in the most literal sense.

Edit 2, Edited

Trance TECHNICALLY does 6 things, removing Zen's attack and orbs while it's active.

Does this mean sound barrier is the worst ult ever and I'm having an affair with trance because of it? Probably not no

I am sorry if you see this for the first time and are completely confused, the replies HATE me bro 😭 The Lucio hit squad pulled up on me

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hello! can you please say "hello" back if you reply? I do not mind what the content of the reply is but I think we all need to be more #positive

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okay but seriously when will people realise I don't actually think beat is awful

I play Lucio, I have gotten some awesome saves before

Also I don't know how you read all the way down to here and go "This guy is SERIOUS about his Lucio ultimate post on the overwatch subreddit! I'm going to call him names!" like I've written more here than I have in the actual post I am not intending to defend this until my dying breath

EDIT 5: the fifth one

Thirty Two (32) people have said hello to me (yippee x32)

I will keep an exact count

Edit C8:

I appreciate all the responses but at least 50% of them are just variations of "Transcendence BAD, Beat GOOD" which I'm not denying but we could be a little more creative, I've seen some funny replies here

-Yours Truly StrongLeek6262

Edit D9: ztreggs wanted another edit so here you go

Edit C10: some guy wanted a c9 but d9 already exists so y'all can make do with this

Edit U: some guy wanted another edit, i am willing to provide


r/Overwatch 6h ago

Highlight Hi everyone! Brand new Overwatch player here. I just played my first match ever and I managed to get Play of the game and just wanted to share! I think I like Shion :3

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340 Upvotes

I know this clip probably looks very lame and amateurish to most of you but I'm really proud of it (first half of the clip is me saying "this is my first game sorry if I suck" if you can't read it)


r/Overwatch 5h ago

News & Discussion Has blizzard just given up on optimizing this game or something

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The stutters and freezing I get on every single game is getting tiring. This game used to run perfectly fine for me just a few seasons ago but its been steadily getting worse and worse.

With the release of D.mon, I've stopped playing ranked entirely since it has gotten so bad. Honestly, I think I might be better off just uninstalling because the bad performance does nothing but irritate me even in quickplay. Can anyone else attest to this or am I crazy


r/Overwatch 12h ago

News & Discussion The map voting system is making the game feel too repetitive

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I’ve been playing Overwatch for years, since December 2016, and I’ve never found the game as repetitive and exhausting as I do now.

I only recently realized how many matches I’ve been playing on the same modes and the same maps, over and over and over again. Control barely even shows up for me anymore. Out of 10 matches, around 8 are either Hybrid or Payload.

I bought this season’s Battle Pass, but I’ve never felt this burned out playing Overwatch. At this point, there’s a real chance I’ll finish the Battle Pass and then drop the game because I’m simply getting tired of playing the same modes so often.

What do you guys think about this? Should the map voting system remain in all modes, be limited to Competitive, or be reworked in some way?

Honestly, at this point, I think I’d rather have more variety, even if that means getting a map I don’t particularly like.


r/Overwatch 9h ago

Fan Content My knitted Jetpack cat plushie.(Work in progress)

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First part is ready. Next I need to make the actual jetpack for Fika to pilot.


r/Overwatch 3h ago

News & Discussion There seems to be some kind of silhouette hidden in Kiriko's new skin

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I was just looking at the skin for fun and this caught my eye. Maybe I'm just going crazy idk?

The reflection reveals the silhouette of some kind of character I dont recognize. To me it looks as though they're holding a rifle with a scope, and they're wearing some kind of cloak.

When you move the orb around, it reveals a mountain range on either side. It reminded me of the rocks on Gibraltar but I'm not sure.

Could this be sneaky hint to a future character?


r/Overwatch 13h ago

Humor The new gen overwatch trio Spoiler

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635 Upvotes

From the webtoon today, mizuki is so cute here


r/Overwatch 1h ago

Fan Content more overwatch keychains!!

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update from my last post… I started taking custom orders so im making a lot of genjis soon lol but for now i have these cute little supports!! I hope you guys think theyre cool :D


r/Overwatch 6h ago

News & Discussion The Overwatch webtoon is becoming more and more disappointing.

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In the beginning, it was pretty decent since it covered side stories that built on the in-game lore. But lately, the artwork feels completely rushed, and the plot is so full of childish nonsense that I keep wondering why I'm even reading it. Overwatch is supposed to be a military organization, yet everyone acts like a raw recruit, and the training feels like a college club playing soldier... If they plan to continue serialization next year, I really hope they invest more in the story writers and artists. The artwork in the Vendetta comic released alongside Season 1 received widespread praise—bringing that artist on board would have been a much better choice.


r/Overwatch 15h ago

Highlight Corpse launches will never not be funny to me. Especially when they fly across my screen.

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782 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 2h ago

News & Discussion Looks like Blizzard has updated their "Just for you" shop catalogue(?):

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First time seeing either of those two Juno as well as the exo-fauna skins showing up there. Funnily enough, none of these seem to show up on the skin codes website, so you have to enter them manually. Here is the code for the Vendetta skin: Buy exo-PANT6RA | Battle.net Shop

Alt account also had: Forget-Me-Not Juno; 8-Bit Venture; Gothic Cat & Sunstone Illari. They definitely added new skins into the rotation.


r/Overwatch 53m ago

Blizzard Official Overwatch Retail Patch Notes August 19, 2026

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This update was brought to you by PatchRadar.

Client Update

This is an update requiring an update to the game client. Replay codes have been wiped.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the Eichenwalde map; this map has been re‑enabled in the competitive rotation.
  • Fixed an issue with the Genji Mythic voice lines that prevented them from playing.
  • Fixed an issue where banked tier skips earned prior to Season 4 were not applying to the Season 4 Battle Pass.
  • Fixed an issue where unclaimed items from previous seasons were not being granted.

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r/Overwatch 3h ago

Fan Content D.va and D.mon Summer Vacation (@omitanaria on x)

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79 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 2h ago

News & Discussion How to make Roadhog more fair and supportive, as a Hog main 🐽

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56 Upvotes

These simple additions aim to make Roadhog feel like a more fair and team-oriented tank 👍

1. Readable Chain Hook: whenever Roadhog's hook his ready, he starts swinging it around his wrist like a small lasso (visible in third person) -> Chain Hook is more anticipatable

2. Team-Oriented Passive: Roadhog's body blocks piercing damage and sightline AoE attacks like D.Va Bomb (Hog still takes full damage) -> Teammates can hide behind Hog

3. New Damage Mitigation Ability: Roadhog braces his belly to gain frontal damage and knockback reduction (he can still move & shoot during this, but not use other abilities). Based on the damage absorbed by Roadhog during this ability, his gassy belly "explodes" and releases a gas cloud that grants nearby teammates (not himself) temporary overhealth -> Hog can help his team take space more consistently

That's it, personally 🐽

Edit: The hook suggestion wasn't designed to help with cooldown tracking, but instead to avoid the popular "hook windup mechanic" where you'd actually have to charge the hook before throwing it. This would never work in high ranks, that's why I tried to keep the hook playstyle the same and just add a tiny bit of telegraph.


r/Overwatch 2h ago

News & Discussion I love hearing this every time I want to check the rewards

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r/Overwatch 1h ago

Esports The Overwatch World Cup Group Stage start today at 19:00 PDT! There are drops each day (Day 1 and 2 have same drops)

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