Bijna een jaar na de release van Overwatch, is de game nog steeds mateloos populair en Blizzard blijft de game erg goed ondersteunen met een regelmatige flow aan updates, waarin we nieuwe content en een groot aantal aanpassingen mogen verwachten.

Sinds kort is ook patch 2.05 te downloaden, een update waarin je onder andere de Capture the Flag modus aantreft en ook een Game Browser, waarmee je custom games kunt zoeken of maken en Hero Bastion wordt in het zonnetje gezet. Sinds de patch online ging, hebben PlayStation gebruikers wel enkele issues ondervonden, waaronder het ontbreken van de optie om je lobby te hernoemen. Volgens Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan is dit iets wat bij Sony ligt, maar er wordt gewerkt aan een oplossing.

Hieronder in ieder geval een opsomming van alle nieuwigheden die met de laatste patch zijn meegekomen:

New Feature: Game Browser
Starting today, every player can create their own, unique Overwatch experience and share it with their friends, teammates, or the entire world. Introducing the Game Browser.

An extension of Overwatch’s Custom Game mode, the Game Browser allows you to adjust the settings on various maps, modes, and heroes to create your own tailor-made match. For example, if you want to increase the speed of Pharah’s rockets or remove the cooldown from McCree’s Combat Roll, the power is yours. Once you’re happy with your settings, and you’re ready to launch your game, you’ll need to set up permissions. You can limit the people who can join your game by toggling the “Friends Only” or “Invite Only” options, but if you want to put your strange creation to a real test, set your server to “Public” and click the launch button.

New Mode: Capture the Flag
Capture the Rooster has been, without a doubt, Overwatch’s most popular brawl. We don’t want the excitement to end, so we’re bringing Capture the Flag to the Arcade as an ongoing game mode. Starting today, we’re adding Capture the Flag versions of Nepal, Lijiang Tower, Ilios, and Oasis, which gives you 12 maps to try when creating a Custom Game.

Hero Updates
Ana

  • New Hero Option: Nano Boost Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust Nano Boost’s targeting sensitivity

    • Bastion

  • Configuration: Sentry – Reconfiguration time decreased from 1.5 seconds to 1.0 second
  • Bullet spread increased by 50%
  • Bullet spread is always at maximum (it no longer increases as the weapon is fired)
  • Magazine size increased from 200 to 300
  • No longer deals critical damage
  • Configuration: Recon – Bullet spread decreased by 25%
  • Magazine size increased from 20 to 25
  • Self-Repair – Can now be used while moving
  • Now bound to secondary fire (formerly Ability 2)
  • No longer interrupted by taking damage
  • A new resource meter has been added that depletes while Self-Repair is active and recharges when not in use
  • Configuration: Tank – No longer grants bonus armor
  • New Passive Ability: Ironclad
  • Bastion takes 35% less damage while in Configuration: Sentry or Tank

    • D.Va

  • Defense Matrix – Enemy shots no longer need to travel a minimum distance before they can be blocked

    • Mei

  • Cryo-Freeze – Mei can now be targeted by allies while in Cryo-Freeze

    • Mercy

  • Resurrect – While performing a resurrection, Mercy now becomes temporarily invulnerable along with the allies being revived
  • Caduceus Staff – Zenyatta can no longer be targeted when Transcendence is active
  • New Hero Option: Guardian Angel Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust Guardian Angel’s targeting sensitivity
  • New Hero Option: Beam Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust targeting sensitivity on Mercy’s Caduceus Staff beams

    • Roadhog

  • Scrap Gun – Spread decreased by 20%
  • Chain Hook – Targets are now pulled to a location 3.5 meters away, up from 2 meters; Cooldown increased from 6 to 8

    • Sombra

  • New Hero Option: Hack Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust the targeting sensitivity on Sombra’s Hack ability

    • Symmetra

  • Sentry Turret – [CONSOLE] Damage per second increased from 21 to 25.5

    • Torbjörn

  • Rivet Gun – Ammo is now loaded earlier in the reload animation
  • Build Turret – [CONSOLE] Damage increased from 10 to 12

    • Widowmaker

  • New Hero Option: Grappling Hook Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust Grappling Hook’s targeting sensitivity

    • Winston

  • Critical hit volume reduced by 15%

    • Zarya

  • New Hero Option: Projected Barrier Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust Projected Barrier’s targeting sensitivity

    • Zenyatta

  • New Hero Option: Harmony Orb Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust Harmony Orb’s targeting sensitivity
  • New Hero Option: Discord Orb Sensitivity – Allows players to adjust Discord Orb’s targeting sensitivity

    • Map Balance Changes
    General

  • Respawn Delay – When attackers outnumber defenders while taking a control point on Assault, Escort and Assault/Escort maps, the defenders’ respawn time will slowly increase until it hits a maximum value or the defense manages to gain the upper hand.

    • Eichenwalde

  • A second gate no longer closes after the payload passes through the castle doors. Instead, rubble from the damaged doorway partially blocks the entrance.