One of the biggest growing pains for Overwatch 2 was getting players on board with new heroes being locked behind either payments or battle pass progress. For those players who yearn for the old days of Overwatch, there’s good news: All new heroes will be free starting in season 10.
The free hero news is the headliner of today’s developer update from director Aaron Keller. Beginning in season 10, new characters Blizzard introduces to the hero shooter will automatically be unlocked for players at launch. In addition, any and all Overwatch 2 heroes players still don’t have unlocked will also become available, effectively reverting the hero unlock progression/monetization that’s been in place since the sequel update originally launched.
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It’s great to see Blizzard making this change and listening to player feedback. Having all new heroes automatically unlocked at launch will definitely shake up the meta and keep things fresh in Overwatch 2. Excited to see how this impacts gameplay moving forward!