Stadium roadmap & new heroes – Overwatch 2

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Blizzard unveiled a comprehensive plan for the Overwatch 2 Stadium, which was released to celebrate the debut week of the new game mode. Additionally, they provided some statistics demonstrating its popularity among players. To put it simply, it has been extremely successful, but if you’d like more details, the information is quite intriguing.

In our Overwatch 2 Stadium plan, we have compiled details about upcoming heroes that will join the game mode, along with their anticipated release dates.

Overwatch 2 Stadium: First week stats

During Stadium’s initial release week, there were approximately 2.3 million games played and a total of 7.8 million hours enjoyed, which is over twice as much as the most popular mode in Overwatch (Classic) during its launch week. This essentially means that more than half the total playtime in Overwatch 2 was dedicated to Stadium.

Regarding other statistics, Lucio is currently the character who wins most frequently, which might seem surprising as he’s also the least chosen hero at this time. In total, players accumulated over 900 billion Stadium Cash and spent it on over 206 million items from the Stadium armory throughout multiple rounds.

Keller mentioned that the team plans to utilize this data to guide decisions on balance adjustments for the mid-season update or earlier if urgent modifications are necessary. Moreover, the mid-season update will introduce Freja, the latest character added to Overwatch 2’s roster and the first new damage-class hero since Venture in April 2024, to Stadium.

Overwatch 2 Stadium roadmap for Season 17: New heroes, crossplay, and more

In June 2025, around the end of that month, Season 17 is set to debut with three new characters joining the Stadium mode, accompanied by numerous new features and enhancements. Among these upgrades are:

  • Unranked crossplay
  • Custom games
  • Build save and share feature, including the option to select a community build
  • More example builds picked by the Overwatch 2 design team

Overwatch 2 Stadium Season 17 heroes and maps

Three heroes are joining in Season 17, one for each role.

  • Zenyatta
  • Sigma
  • Junkrat

Two more maps will join the mix as well.

  • Esperanca (Push)
  • Samoa (Control)

Overwatch 2 Stadium roadmap for Season 18: New mode and rewards

In the latest Season 18 update, we’re welcoming three fresh heroes to our team lineup and a completely novel game mode called Payload Race. Although Blizzard remains tight-lipped about the specifics of this new feature, Keller hinted that it will debut with two unique maps upon release. Additionally, there’s exciting work in progress on a ‘quest’ system where you can accomplish certain tasks within a match to collect rewards, which may include Stadium Cash or other prizes. The upcoming season is also set to introduce enticing All-Star Rewards.

Beyond mentioning Stadium Trials, Blizzard has not disclosed any further details regarding whatever they referred to by that name.

Overwatch 2 Stadium Season 18 heroes and maps

The new Stadium heroes for Season 18 are:

  • Winston
  • Sojourn
  • Brigitte

And the new maps are:

  • London
  • Route 66

Overwatch 2 Stadium roadmap for Season 19: New map and items

In Season 19, Blizzard wasn’t clear about the specific characters we might see, but they did reveal a new map from China, along with in-game items and a draft mode. Additional heroes will be included too, although Blizzard hasn’t specified which ones or how many.

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2025-05-02 01:28