Overwatch 2
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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Blizzard Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 4, 2022 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Free-to-play |
Microtransactions | Boost, Cosmetic, Currency, Free-to-grind, Infinite spend, Time-limited, Unlock |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Overwatch |
Overwatch | |
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Overwatch | 2016 |
Overwatch 2 | 2022 |
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Overwatch 2 is a multiplayer first-person shooter game in the Overwatch series.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Battle.net |
- All versions require Battle.net DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.
- All non Overwatch 1 players need a valid phone number attached to Battle.net account to play.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Free-to-play | The game is free-to-play. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Boost | Purchasing the Premium Battle Pass allows the opportunity to pay extra to boost the current level. |
Cosmetic | Cosmetics can be purchased from the in-game shop and acquired after purchase of the Premium Battle Pass. |
Currency | Overwatch Coins can be purchased to spend in-game, with an exchange rate of $1 USD to 100 Overwatch Coins. |
Free-to-grind | Hero characters that might be unlocked immediately on the Premium Battle Pass can be unlocked at higher tiers of the free Battle Pass. |
Infinite spend | There is no limit on the amount of Overwatch Coins that can be purchased |
Time-limited | Battle Pass and in-game shop contents rotate after set time periods. |
Unlock | Purchasing the Premium Battle Pass gives immediate unlock to new hero characters. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Overwatch\Settings\Settings_v0.ini |
- Progress, stats, and controls are saved automatically by Battle.net servers.
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Common ultrawide resolutions are pillarboxed to 21:9, which introduces small black bars even at the common resolutions marketed as 21:9. Only works in borderless windowed mode. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 80 - 103 | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Off, FXAA, SMAA | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | FSR 1.0 |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Supported everywhere but prior to the main menu when loading the game. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Independent X- and Y-axis sensitivity. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Keyboard/mouse prompts can be forced to always display. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | Xbox prompts show when using a DualShock 4. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Toggleable. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Compatible with analog keyboards |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | "Master", "Sound effects", "Music", "In-game voice", "Voice chat", and "Voice chat mic". Playback Device can be set to any playback device. Voice Chat Devices can be set to either "Default" or "Comms". | |
Surround sound | Supports spatial audio features Dolby Atmos for Headphones and Windows Spatial Audio (set to "System settings" for the latter). | |
Subtitles | "None", "Critical gameplay", "Critical gameplay + Conversations", or "Everything". On by default in the Tutorial. Video subtitles were added on October 25, 2022. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Toggleable. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play | Versus, Co-op Cross-platform play and progression with console versions. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Vivox | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 AMD Phenom X3 8650 |
Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5 |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 600 series AMD Radeon HD 7000 series | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon R9 380 AMD Radeon RX 6400 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.