We are a few days away from the start of Overwatch 2 Season 12 and the launch trailer has finally arrived. This not only highlights all the expected additions for this season but also reveals a few surprises that are coming along the way.
We have gathered all the important details announced about the season so you can read about it and prepare accordingly.
Release date
Overwatch 2 Season 12 is set to begin on Tuesday, August 20 at 11:00 am PT (7:00 pm BST), a week earlier than originally anticipated.
PC players will be able to preload the update one or two days before its release through the Battle.net app or Steam. If the usual format remains, the season should be available for around eight weeks before jumping to a new one.
Trailer
Here is the official launch trailer for Season 12, which gives us a look at the major additions coming to Overwatch 2 this time:
Juno
One of the biggest additions of this new season will be a new support hero named Juno. She is the 51st playable character in the game and was made available for a few days during a playtest in Season 11.
Not much is known about the lore of the character, other than it could be related to a friend of Mei. If you missed the playtest but want to get familiar with her abilities, visit this article to read more about it.
Clash and two maps
As expected, the game mode Clash is finally being permanently added to the rotation. This was briefly tested back in Season 10 and now it will drop along with two maps: Hanaoka and Throne of Anubis.
Just like Hanaoka is based on the Attack map Hanamura from the first title, Throne of Anubis is directly based on the Temple of Anubis.
WoW crossover
At the end of the trailer, we can see Reinhardt's hammer with a skin that makes it look like Frostmourne, the longsword of the Lich King from World of Warcraft.
This indicates that a WoW event is coming at some point in the season. Knowing that The War Within expansion is dropping pretty soon in the popular Blizzard title, we believe this is not that far away.
The WoW event could follow the footsteps of the Diablo 4 crossover seen in Season 7, where some heroes received skins that made them look like characters from the RPG.
Other details
Here are other minor details and rumors about the next season as we wait for more news from official sources:
- Anubis Reaper will be the mythic skin for this season.
- There will be a mid-year rank reset for all players, meaning everyone will have to do their placement matches again when playing Competitive.
- Moira's mythic skin will be available to purchase in the mythic store.
- Ana will receive a mythic weapon, with some speculating this might drop around the mid-season update.
- Juno will be available in the Competitive playlist from day one.
- The avoid list for the Competitive playlist will updated with 10 slots and other changes announced a few seasons ago.
- The Overwatch 2 Anniversary event will bring back limited-time modes like Mirrorwatch or the April Fools changes.
- From September 17 to October 21, all Xbox Game Pass users will be able to claim a one-time reward consisting of 50 Mythic Prisms and the following skins:
- Cardboard Reinhardt
- Turtleship D.Va
- Cyberdragon Hanzo
- Street Runner Genji
- Bee Mercy
- Cleric Lifeweaver
While you wait for the season to begin, you can check out our heroes' tier list to see which characters are the current meta.
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