The time has come: the Overwatch Anniversary is here, bringing us weekly challenges, skins and more. Here comes the big EarlyGame overview of the Anniversary Event 2020, plus all patch notes.

At the very beginning: log in now and start making money. Because if you simply log into the game during the Overwatch Anniversary Event 2020 between yesterday and June 9th, you will receive a loot box with guaranteed legendary extras. Well, that was the first piece of good news, but the OW anniversary offers a lot more.

Overwatch Anniversary Event 2020

It’s the fourth Overwatch anniversary and to match it there are brand new extras, for example legendary skins, but also the possibility to purchase extras from past events with credits. There are also weekly challenges with epic rewards and daily changing brawls.

The Brawls are back in town

As part of the Overwatch Anniversary celebrations, Blizzard is opening its brawl archive of the most popular game modes from the past. Today, May 19th, May 28th and June 5th, the Halloween Horror Brawl is coming up – with Junkenstein’s Revenge and Junkenstein: Endless. Tomorrow, May 21st, May 29th and June 6th, the Brawl Winter Wonderland will follow with Snowball Deathmatch, Mei’s Snowball Fight and Yeti Hunt. So it’s worth checking Overwatch every day.

OW Anniversary Weekly Challenges

Here you have to win weekly changing leaderboard matches or matches in the arcade and quick search to unlock sprays, player icons and stylish skins. With each new week comes new rewards. This week, from May 19th to May 26th, win up to nine games to sequentially unlock a player icon, spray and an epic carbon fiber Sigma skin. In week 2, the same applies to the same rewards to Fleur-de-Lis-Widowmaker and in week 3 to Desperado-McCree.

There are also anniversary loot boxes in the shop and – Season al skins and emotes.

Patch Notes zum Overwatch Anniversary Event

General updates

Feature update: Improved communication menu

We’ve added many more communication options so you can customize your interactions in Overwatch. You can find the settings under Options > Controls in the “Communication Menu” area. Here you have the choice of 26 options that you can assign to the sectors of your menu. The selection and arrangement can be changed at any time. So you can still ask for healing, but now you can also say that you’re on the move or that you want your teammates to attack.

• New options are now available for the Communications menu.
• Keyboard shortcuts can now be customized and there are a total of 26 options available.
• Additional shortcut keys are now available for more spells.
• Made some changes to the delay when using the in-game communication menu. You can perform up to 3 actions in quick succession in the communication menu. However, there is now a delay between subsequent actions (similar to Tracer’s warp ability in game).

Feature update: Patch notes in the game client
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• You can view the patch notes in the game client via the “Patch Notes” button in the main menu; you no longer need a separate web browser.
• When a new game update is available, the patch notes will show as “New”.

Custom game updates

• Existing custom game settings sharing codes can now be re-uploaded with new settings (only by the code creator).
• Developer Comments: We added the option to upload new settings to an existing code when creating codes to share settings for custom games (applicable only to the code creator). This will hopefully make it easier for creators to update existing game modes, even if they’ve already shared the code. Note: It is also possible to re-upload codes with new settings that have already expired (as already mentioned only by the creator of the code). The code is then valid again.
• Practice Battle can now override which control points are valid on control maps.

General

• Players will now receive an in-game thank you message if their report of cheating resulted in an action.
• Added buttons for the transporters in the starting area on control maps that allow players to reset the basketballs.
• Game Highlight: Some factors in scoring have been reworked to emphasize active participation in battles.

Updates to ranked matches

• – Season 3 of Competitive Deathmatches has begun! Until June 10, 2020, you can rank up and earn rewards in 8-player FFA Deathmatch ranked mode.

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Ana

Biotic Rifle

• Healing reduced from 75 to 70.

Ashe

Secondary fire mode

• Now reaches maximum zoom halfway through aiming instead of after completion when using scope.

Bastion

Configuration: Gun

• Spread reduced by 10%.
• Maximum spread is now reached after 40 shots (from 60).

self repair

• Resource consumption rate increased by 20%.
• Healing per second increased from 75 to 90.

D.Va

• Restored a functionality where D.Va maintains its current aiming angle when exiting the mech.

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Seismic Strike

• Players can now hold down the button for Ability 2 to use Seismic Strike once it becomes available (and usable if airborne).
• When Doomfist lands in close proximity to or on top of enemies, they will be knocked a short distance in front of or away from Doomfist, instead of sometimes landing right next to or behind Doomfist.
• Seismic Strike no longer has a slight acceleration in mid-air, allowing it to determine the landing point with greater accuracy.

Echo

• Reduced the height of Echo’s head hit zone.

Junkrat

Grenade Launcher – Primary fire mode

• Projectiles now retain slightly more of their velocity when ricocheting.

Remote detonated mine

• Projectile speed increased from 20 to 25.
• Significantly reduced the distance projectiles travel after ricocheting off enemies.

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• Bomb detonation time reduced from 1s to 0.7s.
• Bomb spread increased by 50%.

Mei

Kryostase

• Now works like Mei’s Ice Wall for interactions: Cryostasis now blocks field of view and restricts movement.

Mercy

Caduceus – Primary fire mode

• Healing per second increased from 50 to 55.

Moira

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• Damage radius reduced from 5 to 4 meters.
• Projectile speed increased from 16 to 20.
• Projectile duration reduced from 10 to 7 seconds.

Reinhardt

• Reinhardt’s head hit zone height has been reduced, making it harder to hit him from the back of the head.

Zenyatta

Sphere of Discord

• Now increases damage taken by 30% (from 25%).

Updates for the workshop

New features for the workshop

• Strings can now be stored as variables
• New evaluation of strings in [Create HUD Text], [Create In-World Text] and [Set Objective Description] can now be forbidden.
• Added [Player Dealt Knockback] and [Player Received Knockback] events
• Conditions and actions are now displayed using C language-style syntax. The new syntax is now used when copying to text. Both syntaxes are supported for pasting from text.
• If a value of a string or custom string ends in null, this is no longer displayed (and no longer required when copying from text).
• Adjusted syntax coloring for conditions and actions to make them more consistent.
• Type restrictions have been relaxed. Boolean values ​​(like Compare) are now allowed in places where numbers are expected, and vice versa.
• The new communication types are now supported by corresponding actions and values.
• Added night versions of the Workshop Island and Workshop Area maps.

New actions for the workshop

• Break
• Continue
• Set Crouch Enabled
• Set Melee Enabled
• Set Jump Enabled
• Declare Round Draw
• Set Ability Cooldown
• Cancel Primary Action

New values ​​for the workshop

• Is Meleeing
• Is Jumping
• Event Direction
• Button
• Event Ability
• Ability Cooldown
• Ability Icon String
• Array
• If-Then-Else

Fixed bugs

• Fixed an issue where enemy team chants could be heard on the hero select screen on certain maps.
• Fixed an issue where stats were not being tracked or displayed properly in some Arcade game modes.
• Custom Games Filter – The “Only show games with room for group” filter has been changed in two ways:
• Reworded options for clarity: “On” is now “In-Game Seat” and “Incl. Queue” is now “Lobby Seat”. “Off” remains unchanged.
• The filter’s default setting has been changed from “Off” to “Slot in Game” (was “On”).
• Fixed an issue where hero-specific player outline settings were sometimes not applying as intended.
• Fixed several hero specific bugs on various maps.

OVERWATCH 2 – A VISUAL EVOLUTION

Overwatch 2 takes the world and gameplay to a new level: the environments are more dynamic, the battles are more comprehensive, improved effects and shadows enrich the atmosphere in the game. You will be immersed in the story of Overwatch in gripping events. All heroes will get a completely new, even more detailed and authentic look in Overwatch 2.

The five best Overwatch skins

As really cool – so you could title the new Overwatch skins. Because Blizzard Entertainment has really put a lot of effort this time and gifted the community with new cosmetics.

The OverwatchEcent Archives is in full swing. And once again, it takes us back to the original Overwatch team that used to fight in the streets of King’s Row against the rebellion started by the Null Sector. We also remember eight years ago when we took control of Blackwatch, a terrorist organization bent on destruction. But besides all the nostalgia, there’s something else that makes this event: the Archives skins. Here comes the top 5 of the best Cosmetics.

5th Place: Zarya’s “Workout.”

Giving us a bit of workout reality is Zarya’s “Workout” skin at #5. At a young age, Zarya identified a lot with athletics and here she shows that she’s a tough woman. But we honestly expected something more from the professional weightlifter. Still, the skin turned out quite nice.

4th Place: Roadhog’s “Militia” Look

Blizzard has done a good job of mixing the scout and military outfits, so Roadhog’s “Militia” skin lands in 4th place. We especially love the patches attached to the dungarees, but this skin isn’t as colorful and fancy as, say, other skins in the ranking. For that, it gets a solid 4th place.

3rd place: Junkrats “King Jamison

Majestic and bold in 3rd place is Junkat’s “King Jamison” skin. After being banished from Junkertown by the queen, he’s back and presents himself as a real eye-catcher that the queen would be jealous of. We were taken with the golden leg, but so much potential was lost with the rather plain shirt. That’s why Junkrat only makes it to number 3.

2nd place: Pharah’s “Aviator” style

Lieutenant Fareeha “Pharah” comes flying in at number two, in a stunning look that should wow anyone. The aviator sunglasses plus jetpack give her a thematically badass appearance that still makes her look cool and beautiful.

1st Place: Ana’s “Sniper” Skin.

Ana breathes new life into us with her “Sniper” skin and is unrivaled our No. 1 spot. During the Omnic crisis in her earlier years, Ana slayed the Omnics in this color stunning outfit. Her red scarf, headset and many other smaller accessories add the finishing touches to the skin that have us excited.

We’re excited to see when and with which skins Blizzard will wow us again. For more info on Overwatch and everything else about the world of Esports and gaming, check out Early Game.

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