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Overwatch Patch 1.25 is Now Live

Overwatch Patch 1.25 is Now Live

The latest Overwatch Patch is live, bringing new updates to a lot of the familiar content that Overwatch has to offer. The new Symmetra is live, changing her from a support to a damage hero. (There’s also a new “damage” category that replaces “attack” and “defense,” merging all of the offensive heroes into one broad group.)

Highlights of the patch

First, our Endorsement system. Endorsements give you a way to acknowledge other players for having a positive impact on your gaming experience. We have ways to report people for poor conduct, but now, if you have teammates who coordinated well, a leader who gave great direction, or even someone who was just being positive you can now let them know how much you appreciated it with an endorsement!

Second is Looking for Group. A long-awaited feature that we’ve being dying to get in the game. Looking for group allows you to find like-minded players before you queue to make sure you have the kind of Overwatch experience you want! Things like specifying what game mode want to play, preferring voice chat, and knowing that a player wants to play a certain role before you go into battle together goes a long way toward solid hero compositions and team work. One small tip: Once you have created a LFG group you can browse the list and search for groups that meet your needs and invite them to join up! This is a more proactive approach to getting a group together faster.

GENERAL UPDATES

Developer Comments:

“Since the line between Offense and Defense heroes has become increasingly blurred, we’ve decided to group all those heroes into a single new “Damage” category. We believe that the term more closely matches the role name that is now being used in Overwatch League and across most of the game’s community.”

  • All heroes in the Defense and Offense categories have been merged into a new category: Damage
  • Combat can now be heard 25% further away
  • Changed the name of the Varok spray to Saurfang
  • [PC] Players must have Blizzard SMS Protect enabled on their account to be eligible for the Top 500
  • The Acknowledge and Interact buttons are now separate input bindings

CAREER PROFILE

  • Added an Inspire Uptime Percentage statistic for Brigitte on the Career Profile
  • Removed some statistics for Symmetra on the Career Profile
  • Added a Scoped Critical Hit Accuracy statistic for Widowmaker on the Career Profile
  • Career Profiles will no longer be public by default (now defaults to Friends Only). An option to make Career Profiles visible has been added under Options > Social > Profile Visibility”

For more information on Overwatch’s Patch 1.25, visit its official website. For more gaming news, visit our website.

Paúl Ordóñez

The Freddy Fazbear of Gaming Instincts, Paul was brought in by the editor in chief Luis to contribute with the news portion of the website along with Manuel, and together, they are bringing the daily news and content relevant to gaming for the viewers to enjoy. Paul is an avid Monster Hunter Fan, and an insanely commited gamer with lots of great insights and very open minded about new forms of games as well.

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