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Blizzard confirms the launch heroes for Overwatch 2's Stadium mode

The new mode debuts in Season 16 and will feature 17 characters to play to begin with.
Ben Lyons Senior Editor 15 April 2025

As for whom these are, there will only be six damage, six support, and five tanks, and there are:

A couple of months ago, Blizzard announced its plans for the next year of Overwatch 2, a big blowout of news that showed that 2025 could be the hero-shooter's best to date. As part of that, it was confirmed that Season 16 would see the introduction of a new mode known as Stadium, with this being a way for fans to battle it out in a series-like structure that spanned a best-of-seven format. With that becoming available to fans soon, Blizzard has now shared a bunch of information about Stadium's arrival.

The mode will offer 5v5 action and will utilise role queue systems only. Three game modes will be present, including push, control, and clash with these spanning nine maps, and on top of offering a new third-person perspective to play from and ranked leagues to conquer, the mode will also feature 17 launch heroes.

  • D.Va
  • Junker Queen
  • Orisa
  • Reinhardt
  • Zarya
  • Ashe
  • Cassidy
  • Genji
  • Mei
  • Reaper
  • Soldier 76
  • Ana
  • Juno
  • Kiriko
  • Lucio
  • Mercy
  • Moira

We're expecting to learn more about Stadium throughout the rest of this week, all ahead of its arrival in line with Season 16 on April 22.

Senior Editor Ben was a Senior Editor at Gamereactor UK. When he wasn’t writing, editing or filming for Gamereactor, he could usually be found playing an FPS or getting lost in a sprawling RPG.
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