Overwatch 2.62 Update Patch Notes (Overwatch 1.35)

The Overwatch 2.62 update patch notes (or Overwatch 1.35 if you’re on PC) mean it’s that time of the year again. It’s the time Blizzard shows Overwatch players more story and lore in its annual Archives event. This year’s event is called Storm Rising and features Genji, Tracer, Winston, and Mercy. But this patch also brings some balance updates as well. It’s a hefty patch on PS4 (24.792GB) and looks like it. On PC, it looks like it is only 3.65GB.

Overwatch 2.62 Update Patch Notes (Overwatch 1.35) | Storm Rising event

Overwatch 2.62 Update Patch Notes (Overwatch 1.35)

The Storm Rising Archives event is the biggest part of the Overwatch 2.62 update patch notes. It brings a new cooperative mission “to extract a high-ranking member of the Talon organization and unlock pieces of the past.” The trailer featured the four as they tried to capture Maximilien, a wealthy omnic and member of the Talon inner council. He rose after Reaper killed Antonio, who was the main bad guy in last year’s Archives event.

This event will have plenty of cosmetics, which you can see below. It also takes place in Havana, Cuba, which means Blizzard might release a Cuban map one day. And even though the mission stars Genji, Mercy, Winston, and Tracer, it’ll have a mode where players can pick whatever hero they want. People can also go and play the last two year’s worth of Archive events too. It ends on May 6.

Overwatch 2.62 Update Patch Notes (Overwatch 1.35) | Storm Rising skins

There are nine new skins as well as a few highlight intros, emotes, victory poses, and sprays. You can see the skins below. They are Socialite Ashe, Gwishin Bastion, Formal 76, Deadlock McCree, Scientist Moira, and Talon Baptiste, which are all legendary. The epic skins are Racer Zarya, High Roller Wrecking Ball, and Circus Junkrat.

Overwatch 2.62 Update Patch Notes (Overwatch 1.35) | Balance changes

There aren’t as many changes as the last patch, but there are still some balance tweaks in this update for Reaper, Junkrat, and Symmetra.

Reaper can now use his Shadow Step ability in the air. It now recovers in half a second (instead of a full second), he’s invisible throughout the whole thing, and can no teleport through breakable objects like railings. The cooldown is also no six seconds instead of seven. This buff is to make the universally panned ability a bit faster and less situational. Blizzard even said it had been a tool for disengaging but these changes will make it less of a niche ability. He also can’t use this ability while caught in Zarya’s Graviton Surge.

Symmetra did not get as big of a buff but she can now similarly place her teleporter past break objects like railings. Previously, these metal bars made placing objects like a teleporter extremely finicky. Mei’s Ice Wall is also a bit easier to place on thin surfaces and “appears less jittery.” Doomfist can also Seismic Slam through railings. Railings have taken a huge nerf in this update, which should please players.

Junkrat also got a small buff. His grenade velocity has been sped up (from 20 to 25) and now bounce less and explode sooner. Blizzard said this will reduce grenade spam and allow players to more deliberately aim. Essentially, it will feel a bit less random and cheap to play as and against him.

And while not quite a buff and buried within the bugs, a popular post on the subreddit must have shown Blizzard the inconsistencies of healing Mei while she is in her CryoFreeze block. Some healers could not heal her in her block and some could not. Now, all the healers can heal her while she uses that ability.

You can also now set a random victory pose and allow people in your current group to see your profile. There are also a ton of bug fixes, which you can read below.

Storm Rising: Experience a decisive moment in Overwatch’s history during the Overwatch Archives event! Get ready to travel back in time and visit beautiful Havana, Cuba where Overwatch agents are hot on the trail of the notorious businessman and Talon associate Maximilien.

Team up with your friends to capture and interrogate Maximilien—whose knowledge could shape the future of Overwatch. Relive the action of previous Archives events, where you’ll fight off hordes of Talon agents while escaping Rialto and stop an Omnic insurrection in King’s Row. You’ll earn Archives Loot Boxes as you play, unlocking cosmetics from Overwatch’s past, including Legendary skins like Deadlock McCree, Scientist Moira, Talon Baptiste, Socialite Ashe, and many more!

Junkrat:

Developer Comments: With this change, we’re looking to slightly increase the range at which Junkrat can land direct hits. The speed of his bombs has increased, but we tuned it so this wouldn’t affect the arc of his projectile. This means that aiming with it will feel the same. The grenades bounce less and explode sooner, which will allow Junkrat to aim them more deliberately. This will reduce the amount of rolling grenade spam when playing against him.

FRAG LAUNCHER

Projectile speed increased from 20 to 25
Grenades now bounce less but explode sooner

Fixed a bug that caused the player’s view to become jittery while standing on certain objects
Fixed an issue where the camera would be offset slightly when changing rapidly into third person view
Fixed an issue where players were able to shoot through unintended small gaps on the Ilios, Nepal, and Temple of Anubis maps
Fixed a bug where your view would become level with the horizon after using Symmetra’s Teleporter

Reaper:

Developer Comments: Shadow Step was originally intended to be purely an out-of-combat mobility tool to traverse the map, since Wraith Form was already a great tool for disengaging. However, this made Shadow Step very situational, so we’re increasing its flexibility to make it a better, less niche ability. This will enable Reaper to use Shadow Step in more offensive situations.

SHADOW STEP

Cooldown reduced from 7 to 6 seconds
Can now be used in air
Time to exit Shadow Step reduced from 1.0 second to 0.5 of a second
Reaper is now invisible for the entire time it takes to exit shadow step
Railings and other breakable objects no longer block teleporting
Disabled by Zarya’s Graviton Surge and Junkrat’s Steel Trap

Symmetra:

TELEPORTER

Railings and other breakable objects no longer block teleporter placement and teleporting

Misc:

Hero Gallery

You can now set your Victory Pose choice to random

Social

There is now an option to set your profile so only your current group can view it

Ana

Fixed an issue with the steam not rising correctly from Ana’s cup in the Tea Time emote
Fixed a bug where Ana didn’t receive audio or visual cues when a hero she boosted landed a shot

Ashe

Fixed a bug where the Orb of Discord sound effect would play when Bob was affected by Zenyatta’s Orb of Discord
Fixed an issue where Bob wouldn’t consistently stop and damage large objects deployed by heroes, like Junkrat’s RIP-Tire or Orisa’s Supercharger, if he encountered them while running

Baptiste

Fixed a bug where Immortality Field wasn’t immediately destroyed when it is hit by the payload

Bastion

Fixed a bug where Bastion would take damage while in Sentry Mode if it was hit into a wall by Doomfist’s Rocket Punch

Doomfist

Fixed a bug where enemies would not collide with walls while being knocked back by Rocket Punch
Fixed a bug where Seismic Slam wouldn’t break objects that should break
Fixed an issue where Rocket Punch would knock back Orisa even if she was using Fortify

Mei

Fixed a bug where Mei could not be healed by other heroes while using Cryo-Freeze

Mercy

Fixed a bug where Mercy didn’t receive audio or visual cues when a hero she boosted landed a shot
Fixed a bug where Mercy didn’t receive defensive assist credit from healing beams when using Valkyrie

Orisa

Fixed a bug where Orisa would take damage while using Fortify if she was hit into a wall by Doomfist’s Rocket Punch

Reinhardt

Fixed a bug where Reinhardt was unable to raise his shield properly while looking upwards if he had opened his shield while looking downwards

Soldier: 76

Fixed a bug where his Heroic victory pose didn’t loop properly

Symmetra

Fixed a bug where Symmetra would gain ultimate charge when her Sentry Turrets were attacking objects deployed by other heroes (Wrecking Ball’s Minefield, Torbjörn’s Deploy Turret, etc.)

Torbjörn

Fixed a bug where Torbjörn would gain ultimate charge when his Deploy Turret was attacking objects deployed by other heroes (Wrecking Ball’s Minefield, Symmetra’s Sentry Turrets, etc.)

Widowmaker

Fixed a bug where Widowmaker’s rifle goes into her head and shoulders while walking and aiming her scope, when wearing the Biathalon skin
Fixed a bug where dying did not cancel Infra-Sight

Black Forest

Fixed a bug where flying heroes could get stuck on trees and wall climbing heroes could get stuck on birds’ nests

Busan

Fixed a bug where flying heroes could get stuck on trees
Fixed a bug on the Sanctuary map where heroes would bounce when standing on the edge of the first capture point

Castillo

Fixed a bug where Reaper could Shadow Step to unintended places

Dorado

Fixed a bug where the spectator camera started at the incorrect position

Horizon Lunar Colony

Fixed a bug where players could get stuck on top of a worktable

King’s Row

Fixed a bug where Junkrat’s RIP-Tire could get stuck in the grates on the ground in King’s Row

Oasis

Fixed a bug on the University map where a hero that touches the enemy team’s spawn room doors will take significant damage

Numbani

Fixed a bug where D.Va would get stuck behind a desk when using Call Mech
Fixed a bug where ivy on walls was preventing certain abilities from impacting enemies, like Winston’s Tesla Cannon and Doomfist’s Meteor Strike

Rialto

Fixed a bug where players killed on a specific bridge would fall through the bridge
Fixed an issue where players could become stuck between a dolly, the wall, and a counter

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

Fixed a bug where Wrecking Ball would get stuck on ventilation ducts

Overwatch Storm Rising Skins

Overwatch Storm Rising Ashe
Overwatch Storm Rising Baptiste
Overwatch Storm Rising Bastion
Overwatch Storm Rising Junkrat
Overwatch Storm Rising Mccree
Overwatch Storm Rising Moira
Overwatch Storm Rising Soldier 76
Overwatch Storm Rising Wrecking Ball
Overwatch Storm Rising Zarya

New Overwatch game modes that Blizzard NEEDS to make

New Overwatch game modes that Blizzard NEEDS to make

It's been just about two years since Overwatch added in any new game modes. Blizzard's FPS already has a pretty large collection, from Low Gravity to the ever-popular Mystery Heroes. However, there are still plenty of FPS staples that could use the old Overwatch touch.
Assault

Sometimes known as Reverse CTF, this mode tasks a team with bringing a bomb into a base defended by an opponent. Overwatch has a shaky relationship with CTF as is, but the maps Blizzard has created could work if the focus is placed on the offense/defense dynamic that already exists in the base game.
Crazy King

Overwatch is all about controlling points, but what if the points weren't so straightforward? Instead of pushing forward, what if the hill moved around a more arena-esque map? Having a control point that jumps around could let some heroes shine in places where they otherwise don't.
Kill Confirmed

Overwatch does finally have a collection of deathmatch modes, but it's still primarily focused on objectives. What if one map had a new objective that combined the two? Originating in Call of Duty, Kill Confirmed has you grabbing "dogtags" from killed players and recovering your teammates to denying their score.
Medieval Mode

Taken from Team Fortress 2, what if you only had access to a specific subset of your weapons? No firearms, no tech, just scrapping with melee weapons. While this might require adding some new tools to the game to fill out the roster, even a game full of Reinhardts swinging hammers could be fun.
Singles Deathmatch

Speaking of, what if deathmatch was tweaked a bit? What if everyone had to make do with a single style of character each round? We could see grenade spam parties with Junkrat, long-range Bastion fights, or just straight up shooter warfare with Soldier: 76
Singles Mystery Heroes

If that's too extreme, what about combining the idea with the best mode in Overwatch? Singles Mystery Heroes would automatically compose two random teams and set them off. No switching, no complaining, you just have to make due and devise a strategy with your teammates on the fly.
Total Mayhem CTF

Another favorite in the arcade is Total Mayhem, a playlist where every power is popping off at all times. What if we brought that mayhem into other objectives? In CTF, we could really see crazy movement capabilities take center stage. It might even be broken, but that's why it's in the Arcade.
VIP

Another mode from the history of Team Fortress, this is basically Payload but with a human player instead of a point. The VIP is a weak player who's barely able to defend themselves, so you need to do it for them. It would solve the issue of heroes not camping on the cart and potentially add another character or two into the game's lore.
Horde Mode

This one is a bit of a cheat, as Overwatch has already had several Horde-type experiences during events. However, there's no regular way to take down waves of robots with friends. A regular horde mode with a few new or recycled maps could even be a third way to rack up weekly loot boxes.
Campaign

The ultimate addition that Blizzard could add to Overwatch is a story campaign. Several years into its life, the players who remain are diehards who can name every minor character in every trailer. Blizzard is full of master storytellers, and the two PvE events it has run more than prove that a full campaign could be amazing.