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Overwatch's second season and new map is live

The anticipated update has launched early.
Eirik Hyldbakk Furu Editor-in-Chief Norway 2 September 2016

The next Overwatch update was supposed to land September 6, but plans have changed. It's already available on PC and Xbox One, with the PS4 version ready to go in a matter of hours at the time of writing.

This means that the second season of Competitive Play has started, and with it a lot of changes. As if that wasn't enough it also includes the new Eichenwalde, which we had a lot of fun with when we played it last week.

Then there's the expected hero balance changes, the biggest of which are nerfs of Genji and Zenyatta and buffs Mercy and Mei. Other heroes have also gotten minor tweaks, so it'll be interesting to see how this affects the matches.

Editor-in-Chief Norway Eirik Hyldbakk Furu wrote for Gamereactor from around 2015 to 2026, first as news editor and from 2022 as editor-in-chief of the Norwegian edition. He covered video games across news, previews and reviews for both the Norwegian and international sites.
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