Summary
Overwatch 2is celebrating Pride in a big way this year, with a free Soldier: 76 skin and emote available in the game, a new short story featuring the old soldier, and even an in-person fan art display on the Blizzard campus. Players can enjoy Pride inOverwatch 2both in and out of the game from May 30 until June 30.
Pride is a month-long celebration in June that honors LGBTQ+ people and movements, highlighting the struggles that got them to where they are today.Overwatch 2has celebrated Pridein years past, as many developers and playable heroes alike are a part of the queer community.
This year, Pride is coming back to Future Earth with a heavy focus on Jack Morrison, better known as Soldier: 76 – one of theoriginal LGBTQ+ heroes inOverwatch 2. Fans who log in to the game any time from May 30 to June 30 will earn the brand-new Resilient Rare skin for Soldier: 76, along with a rainbow smoke bomb emote. During this time, the Midtown map will once again display Pride parade decorations, featuring confetti, rainbow crosswalks, and other colorful flourishes often found at such events in real life.
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Beyond these in-game celebrations, players can enjoy anewOverwatch 2Pride short storycalled “Futures Past.” Starring Soldier: 76 and Illari as they work to protect the legacy of the Inti Warriors in Runasapi, the old soldier is forced to confront his past with Vincent, Morrison’s former lover. Complete with emotional illustrations of the couple when they were young, this story of love, sacrifice, and healing in theaftermath of Overwatch’s fall fleshes out Soldier: 76in an interesting way.
In the real world, Blizzard is preparing a special Pride-themedOverwatch 2art collage. Until the end of June, fans can send digital or physicalOverwatch 2art to the community team, which will then select their favorite pieces to display on the actual Blizzard campus in Irvine, California. It also sharedthree coloring book pagesfor players to enjoy, featuring Jack and Vincent, Tracer and Emily, and Venture.
Though not explicitly a part of its Pride celebration, Season 17 begins on June 24, bringing with it a Mythic skin for D.Va, a Mythic Weapon skin for Reaper, and theAatlis map for Flashpoint in normalOverwatch 2, along with new updates for Stadium. Until then, fans still have time to complete the Stadium: Initiation in-game event, which now awards a free Epic Loot Box for gamers who play a couple of Stadium matches while in a group.
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Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. Power up your railgun and disrupt the battlefield as Sojourn, or yield your axe and command attention as Junker Queen. Battle to take control of a robot and move it toward the enemy base in the new Push Mode. Bring the fight to new destinations across the globe in iconic locations like New York, Rome, Monte Carlo and Rio. Daily challenges and frequent updates mean there is always something new to play.
