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When I flew down to Blizzard HQ last week to see what the Overwatch 2 team had been cooking for the last few years, I expected a couple of new heroes and an animated cinematic. What I saw was way more than I ever could've imagined, to the point the words "soft reboot" came to mind. It isn't quite that, mind you, but it's easily the biggest update the game has ever had and a marked shift in the vision of what it could be.

Starting next week on February 10, Overwatch 2 will drop the 2 and launch the first season of a year-long storyline called The Reign of Talon. Vendetta, the gladiator woman who was recently released as a hero, has taken over the terrorist organization at the heart of Overwatch's near-future story, and the rest of 2026 will explore the fallout of her coup.

To tell that story, Blizzard has five (five!) new heroes ready to go: Tank hero Domina, damage heroes Anran and Emre, and support heroes Jetpack Cat and Mizuki. Another five heroes are coming before the end of the year at a rate of one per season. All of them will figure in the narrative—via in-game events, short stories, comics, and cinematics—before the arc wraps up and a new storyline begins in 2027.

Source: PC Gamer