Blizzard Entertainment has released the Overwatch update 2.23 patch this January 25, and this brings the Year of the Tiger event into the fray, as well as a few character changes and bug fixes! Read on for the Overwatch January 25 patch notes, as well as Year of the Tiger skins, challenges and more below.
Overwatch Update 2.23 Patch Notes | Overwatch Year of the Tiger Skins & Challenges:
HERO UPDATES:
Mercy
Resurrect
- Mercy can now attempt to resurrect teammates who die in environmental death pits
- When resurrecting, the resurrect marker will now freeze in place for the duration of the resurrection.
- Dev Note: Previously, if a teammate died over a death pit their resurrect marker was hidden and fell into the pit. Now, Mercy will see their resurrect market and can resurrect before it falls to the bottom.
- Holding the ability button for resurrect while it’s on cooldown will now attempt the resurrect once the cooldown finishes
BUG FIXES:
GENERAL
- Fixed an issue where Season 32 open queue stats were not appearing in career profile
MAPS
- Addressed a geometry exploit on Watchpoint: Gibraltar
HEROES
Ana
- Fixed a bug that caused Ana’s Scope to activate when cancelling Nano Boost target confirmation
- Fixed a bug that caused the parrot on Ana’s Corsair skin to disappear in hero select
Symmetra
- Fixed a bug that caused Symmetra’s name plate to appear in the middle of her model
- Addressed an audio issue during Symmetra’s “Have a seat” emote.
Check out the Year of the Tiger trailer, and info straight from the press release!
EVENT BRAWLS
- Bounty Hunter
- Player who scores the first kill of the match becomes a Target; everyone else becomes a Bounty Hunter
- When the Target is killed, the player who dealt the final blow becomes the new Target
- Capture the Flag Blitz
- CTF Blitz is a modified version of Capture the Flag. The flags are much closer than before – they are at the locations that overtime games typically go to.
- Instead of 3 captures, you need 6 to win!
- Capture the Flag
WEEKLY CHALLENGES
- Weekly Challenges are back for Lunar New Year, allowing you to unlock limited-time rewards by playing at least nine games each week.
- Rewards include an array of player icons, sprays, and Epic skins!
- Week 1: Prosperity Ashe
- Week 2: Auspicious Soldier:76
- Week 3: Porcelain Wrecking Ball
NEW COSMETICS
- Seolbim Mercy (Legendary)
- Nezha Tracer (Legendary)
- Prosperity Ashe (Epic)
- Auspicious Soldier:76 (Epic)
- Porcelain Wrecking Ball (Epic)
- Player Icons, Sprays