Overwatch updates – what to expect from the next Overwatch update

Overwatch updates come thick and fast from Blizzard, with minor patches, occurring on a near-weekly basis and more substantial changes arriving in the form of new hero announcements, additional maps, and seasonal events. In case you’re new to Overwatch, updates are spread between main servers and test servers, with the latter only available on PC and used for testing new content before it’s rolled out to the rest of the game. Any significant balancing change or content update will always hit the Public Test Realm, or PTR, before it goes to the main build of the game. It usually takes between one to three weeks for new content to go from the PTR to main game, but it’s always possible that Blizzard will decide its latest update needs more time in the oven. Below you’ll find a quick summary of both the latest major updates to hit the main game and the most recent PTR patch. We’ll link out to full patch notes in case there’s a bug you particularly want to see squashed, but the main aim is to highlight the key changes to catch you up as fast as possible.