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Revision as of 05:46, 25 November 2022

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Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2 cover
Developers
Blizzard Entertainment
Release dates
Windows Early access
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 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Overwatch 2 on MobyGames
Overwatch 2 on Wikipedia
Overwatch
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
Battle.net
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
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
Free-to-play The game is free-to-play.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
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
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
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, FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
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
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Keyboard/mouse prompts can be forced to always display.
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
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
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Toggleable.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Compatible with analog keyboards

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
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
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Versus, Co-op
Cross-platform play and progression with console versions.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Vivox
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
AMD Phenom X3 8650
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 600 series
AMD Radeon HD 7000 series
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References