Are you one of the millions of Overwatch fans? This multiplayer first-person shooter game was originally release for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One on May 2016 and for Nintendo Switch on October 2019. Since then, the game has enjoyed popularity among those who enjoy its unique style of play.
Recently, Blizzard Entertainment released the Overwatch 3.00 Patch notes and here’s everything you need to know about it:
New feature: Priority re-queue for collapsed games
This is the newest feature added to Overwatch through the new update. This means that you are already granted a priority requeue the next time you queue to play if a competitive game collapses due to a player leaving the game early. This feature can be seen on through a small icon on the interface and it’s especially beneficial in lowering your waiting times on queue.
Hero updates: ECHO, GENJI, HANZO, ORISA
You’re probably one of many players looking forward to hero updates on the Overwatch 3.00 Patch Notes and this time, it’s for ECHO, GENJI, HANZO AND ORISA. With ECHO, the focusing beam has been updated and its range reduces from 20 to 16 meters.
GENJI has been updated to be more efficient in close-range combat, its damage increased from 28 to 30, it spread reduced from 12 to 9 and its duration increased rom 1.5 to 2 seconds.
With HANZO, the creators has reverted the Storm Arrow damage back to its previous value to fix the issues caused by the changes to the latter. Its damage was also increased from 60 to 70. Finally, ORSA now has the halt! Feature and increased sound effects volume.
Bug fixes
Several bugs have been fixed in the new Overwatch 3.00 Patch Notes. These include:
- A bug that caused an improper transition of the end of round flow music in death match.
- A bug that caused the custom game settings to sometimes be reverted to default between rounds of a Control map or while the Respawn as Random Hero is active to cause one’s own death.
- A bug where importing a share code resulted to the custom game lobby privacy settings being reset.
- A bug where custom games tend to shut down due to server load issues while using Mei’s primary fire with 0% freeze rate.
- A bug that caused Echo to lose her ultimate charge if she dies with her ultimate target confirmation active
- A bug that caused Echo to be stuck in her Focusing Beam animation
- A bug that caused Mei’s hat to fall off when using Cryo-Freeze while wearing Mei-rry skin
- A bug that resulted in incorrect behavior when using a chased variable for the rate or destination of the Chase action that was modifying it
- A bug that caused an improper function of the Stop Transforming Throttle action
Overwatch updates
With a growing number of fans, Blizzard Entertainment is expected to perform more updates on Overwatch to make it more enjoyable for gamers both new and old.
