The subsequent season of Overwatch 2 will launched a brand new hero, Enterprise, and a brand new method to unlock them. As an alternative of getting to pay for the sport’s premium battle move or unlock that new hero by dozens of hours of gameplay, Blizzard will make Enterprise and all future heroes accessible to free for all gamers after they launch.
Overwatch 2 gamers will even get free entry to all the recreation’s beforehand launched heroes, together with characters like Mauga, Illari, and Lifeweaver, when season 10 launches in April. New gamers will nonetheless want to finish the first-time consumer expertise to unlock heroes, Blizzard says, however “as soon as the heroes from the unique Overwatch roster have been unlocked, all Overwatch 2 heroes will even turn out to be accessible.”
That’s a giant change from the unique (and controversial) construction of locking new Overwatch heroes behind a paywall or development. It’s one among a handful of adjustments to how Blizzard is dealing with the sport’s battle move, recreation director Aaron Keller revealed in a brand new video.
Beginning with season 10, Blizzard will even make Mythic skins beforehand launched by Overwatch 2’s paid battle move accessible for direct buy. Pricing and launch particulars on the sport’s new Mythic Store are nonetheless forthcoming, however right here’s what Blizzard stated in a brand new weblog submit concerning the store:
The Mythic Store will let you work in direction of previous and present seasonal Mythic hero skins as you progress by the Premium Battle Move. You get to determine how far into every Mythic pores and skin you want to construct. So, for instance, when you don’t wish to absolutely unlock all of a pores and skin’s colour or mannequin variations, you possibly can unfold your development in direction of different Mythic hero skins.
Moreover, beginning with season 10, gamers will be capable of earn Overwatch Cash — the sport’s premium foreign money — by the free and premium tracks of the sport’s battle move. (Blizzard at the moment rewards Overwatch Credit by the move.) Gamers will be capable of earn as much as 600 cash per season, up from 540. Beforehand, these cash might be earned by finishing weekly challenges, however Blizzard says these challenges will now earn gamers battle move XP.
Season 10 will even deliver new recreation mode Conflict and its new map Hanaoka to Overwatch 2 with a limited-time trial. The complete Conflict mode is predicted to launch someday this 12 months with two maps.
Overwatch 2’s present season launched in February and can wrap up in mid-April.