Blizzard did something similar back in April, when it rolled out some wild changes to Overwatch’s Experimental Card for April Fools’ Day.īlizzard Entertainment announced an additional delay for Overwatch 2 (but did not specify a release window) in November. Overwatch players can try out the new Creator Experimental Card in all versions of the game.
Others are just funny, like the Reinhardt update that plays the voice line “You shame yourself” when blocking an enemy Reinhardt’s Earthshatter ult. Very little of it seems truly “balanced,” but some of the changes are great, fresh ideas. Other tweaks are in line with proposed hero changes coming to Overwatch 2, such as Reinhardt’s double Fire Strike and the option to cancel his Charge. gone) and sometimes superficially (Orisa now wears a Christmas hat).
Those creators ( Somjuu, Violet, and Flats) remixed how every hero in Overwatch plays, sometimes dramatically (Lucio’s ult can now kill enemies and Sigma’s Experimental Barrier is just. On Tuesday, a new Experimental Card for Overwatch rolled out with balance changes conceived by a trio of streamers and content creators. In an effort to mix things up, Blizzard Entertainment handed over the keys to players for a new set of experimental, “over-the-top” balance changes that have managed to breathe a bit of life into the game, if only for a short period. With Overwatch 2 many months or years away, players of the original Overwatch have little new to do to keep themselves busy outside of the usual cadence of holiday events.