We’re steadily making progress on server issues and stability, as well as working through a second DDoS attack. We’re all hands on deck and will continue to work throughout the night. Thank you for your patience - we’ll share more info as it becomes available.
Aaron Keller
388 posts
Game Director, Overwatch
Orange County, California
Joined December 2016
- Lifeweaver controls update next week! New controls: • Alt fire will now fire Thorn Volley • Platform replacing Dash on ability 1 • Platform also cancelable with the same button • Dash moved to double jump • Auto-reload of Thorns slowed to compensate (1/2)
- The team is looking into alternative control methods for Lifeweaver's dash and weapon swap in order to make the transition from healing to damage smoother. Additional details and timing coming soon.
- Hey all! Quick update on some changes coming to Season 2. After reviewing data for Season 1, we're moving Ramattra in to Tier 45 of the Battle Pass and making a few more weekly challenges easier to complete. Excited for you all to see everything new in Season 2 starting tomorrow!
- Hey all. Still working on the 6v6 Director's Take. It's uhhh... going to be pretty long. Even longer than a @jakeow tweet! I'll need a few more days of writing and about a week to localize it for all regions.
- Hey all! 😊 Live balance is feeling pretty good so our midseason balance patch will be fairly minor. We’ll be looking at small number tweaks to heroes like Zarya, Genji and Dva, as well as a focus on Sombra and her hack. More details, as well as timing, coming soon.
- Hi everyone. For our current PC players, the pre download for Overwatch 2 should be online shortly. Our current estimates are that it should be available within the next few hours. Thanks for your patience and we can’t wait for launch next Tuesday! 😊
- Hey everyone! We've just disabled the mirrored Hero restriction in Stadium Draft . You'll be able to draft any Hero you'd like, even if the enemy team has already selected them. 1/4
- Cancel your plans, put on your thickest socks and settle in to your cozy spot... you know the one. The 6v6 Director's Take is live now.
- We're extending the 6v6 playtest due to continued player interest and excitement for the mode🥳 Starting tomorrow the 6v6 card will move to the Arcade. It will be available until midseason, then transition to a 6v6 Open Queue format - Min 1, Max 3.
- With Overwatch Classic's first run over, I wanted to give a glimpse of how it did - and give a framework for analyzing upcoming 6v6 tests. We look at player engagement in different ways, two of the bigger ones are the % of our audience and the % of hours played in a mode.
- Quick update on Junkenstein's Lab. The event has been incredibly popular! Two weeks after launch, 15% of our daily players are still jumping into the mode. To help support it, we're going to put out a small balance patch for it tomorrow. Have fun!
- Wishing Jared the best of luck as he Pursues nEw adventuRes. ❤️ Hoping you can still be the tanK in our duoS for years to come… no matter what the leaderboards say!


