Overwatch Spotlight 2026: Everything Announced (Updating Live)

Blizzard Entertainment is conscionable minutes distant from showcasing the aboriginal of Overwatch with its large Spotlight event, and we’re present to interruption down each past reveal.

The squad says today’s show, which is scheduled to statesman connected Twitch and YouTube astatine 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET, volition footwear disconnected “the adjacent section of Overwatch” – but what does Talon person to bash with it? Players person spent the past week swimming successful rumors of rubric changes, caller heroes, and communicative updates arsenic the once-controversial leader shooter continues to claw its mode backmost to greatness. It’s each conscionable speech for now, but we won’t person to hold overmuch longer to find retired if this make-or-break infinitesimal is capable to support longtime fans – and possibly adjacent newcomers – showing up passim 2026.

We’ll beryllium listing each of the biggest announcements for you here, truthful beryllium definite to support refreshing this leafage for everything Blizzard has to show. If the presumption has adjacent fractional the fig of announcements revealed astatine the Overwatch 2 2025 Spotlight, you’re decidedly going to privation to tune in.

Yes, Overwatch Is Dropping the 2

The Overwatch squad caught a batch of flak erstwhile Overwatch 2 launched a fewer years agone and failed to present connected immoderate of the promises it made astatine launch. That each changes adjacent week, arsenic Blizzard has decided to crook backmost the timepiece and region the 2 successful its name, leaving lone the sanction is started with backmost successful 2016: Overwatch.

Blizzard Stars the Show With the First Proper Overwatch Cinematic successful Years

Season 20 quality Vendetta was the absorption for the opening of today's amusement successful what is the archetypal due Overwatch cinematic successful years. The video sees her instrumentality down Doomfist successful beforehand of Reaper, Sombra, Moira, and much arsenic she ushers successful a caller epoch for Overwatch – and Talon.

The Reign of Talon Is Here

As teased by a astonishment update past week, Overwatch is launching into a caller yearly communicative lawsuit called The Reign of Talon. The communicative arc volition unfold passim 2026, opening with Season 1 connected February 10. Director Aaron Keller says the communicative volition diagnostic comics, animated leader trailers, and more, with everything afloat integrated in-game. Then, arsenic the communicative reaches its extremity aboriginal this year, a caller Season 1 volition statesman a caller section successful 2027.

A whopping 10 heroes volition motorboat betwixt present and the extremity of the year, promising to marque Overwatch successful 2026 the leader shooter's biggest twelvemonth yet.

Meet Your New Overwatch Launch Heroes

As Blizzard kicks disconnected a caller section for Overwatch, it's giving players an unprecendented 5 caller playable quality to power – and they motorboat adjacent week. Starting with Season 1 connected February 10, players volition person entree to the pursuing 3 Talon members and 2 Overwatch heroes:

• Domina (Talon/Tank)
• Emre (Talon/Damage)
• Mizuki (Talon/Support)
• Anran (Talon/Damage)
• Jetpack Cat (Talon/Support)

Domina is the archetypal caller quality we get to meet, and she's besides the archetypal Poke Tank since Sigma. Using medium-range beams and abilities that recharge shields, she'll beryllium a monolithic payment to immoderate squad and 1 of the much almighty members of Talon.

Emre, the long-rumored erstwhile Overwatch member, is officially with Talon. Blizzard describes him arsenic a fast-paced hero-turned-villain with an eventual that transforms him into a surviving weapon.

Overwatch Season 1 Features Valentine's Day and Rainy Day Skins

The Overwatch Spotlight featured a little look astatine immoderate of the caller Valentine's Day skins and Rainy Day outfits coming successful Season 1.

Hello Kitty Comes to Overwatch

Overwatch 2 took a interruption from collabs for the past fewer seasons, but crossover skins are yet coming backmost with a cute caller acceptable with a Hello Kitty theme. Some of the cosmetics featured successful today's trailer showed disconnected caller looks for Lucio, Juno, Mercy, Kiriko, Widowmaker, and D.Va.

Overwatch Is Getting a Proper Nintendo Switch 2 Update

Overwatch came to Nintendo Switch successful 2019 but method issues person kept it from being a coagulated level prime for fans. That whitethorn alteration successful Season 2 erstwhile Overwatch gets its Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade erstwhile Season 2 yet launches.

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