Overwatch Update Version 2.52 The terror of Halloween [Patch Notes]

The Halloween event of Overwatch is live with the update to version 2.52 on PS4, in addition to PC and Xbox One. The official October 9 update is Halloween Terror and features many new skins.

Overwatch: Origins Edition is available for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Like all October updates since their release, this month is another Halloween themed event that adds new skins and content to the game.

Overwatch Update Version 2.52 The terror of Halloween [Patch Notes] – PC, PS4 and Xbox One

GENERAL

• Updated audio mix to add clarity and dynamics to all sounds in the game

Developer Feedback: We've added more heroes and features to the game. The audio mix has become more complex, which has forced us to rebalance the sounds in the game. In this update we've expanded the range of third-person weapon sounds, increased the range of first-person weapon impacts in the world and, generally, third-person footsteps and balanced ability sounds.

GENERAL

• Updated visuals for all shields and barriers to improve readability
• Health bars of enemies will now be visible to players if an entity creates damage to an enemy.

BRIGITTE

Developer Feedback: The health of Brigitte's barrier was extremely difficult for most heroes to deal with, especially as she was getting closer to her targets. This change still allows Brigitte to survive in a substantial way, but should also be more rewarding for the opponents who put her under pressure.

BARRIER SHIELD

• Shield health reduced from 600 to 500

DOOMFIST

Developer's comment: Doomfist wants to get closer to his enemies, but the gap between his Hand Cannon was small enough to cause surprising damage at great distances, especially against bigger targets. This change aligns his weapon with other shotgun type weapons by reducing his damage beyond 15 meters.

HAND GUN

• The damage starts now at 15 meters

McCree

Developer Feedback: Previously, McCree's Combat Roll's cooldown was too restrictive, which sometimes prohibited players from using it. The new, faster recharge time offers more flexibility to choose between using it for mobility or instant recharging.

COMBAT ROLL

• Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds

Pharah

Developer Comments: We wanted to increase the responsiveness of our Pharah rocket launcher, as one second of full recovery between shots made it slow. To balance the improved recovery time, we transferred some damage from the rocket explosion to the direct impact damage. The overall damage potential is now increased when landing direct hits and slightly decreased if it is only explosive damage. We reduced the recoil caused by each explosion because it was very difficult to target Pharah with rockets arriving at a faster pace. Concussion blast cooldown reduction should allow for closer synchronization with Jump Jet cooldown when used for mobility.

CONCUSSIVE BLASSE

• Charging time reduced from 12 to 9 seconds

ROCKET LAUNCH

• Increased attack speed
• Reduced recovery time between shots from 0.9 to 0.75 seconds
• Redistributed damage between explosion and impact
• Reduced explosion damage from 80 to 65
• Impact damage is increased from 40 to 55
• Decline of the explosion reduced by 20%
• Automatic reversal increased by 25%

MEI

GENERAL

• Visual effects updated for all abilities

Orisa

Developer's comment: Orisa spends a lot of time firing her Fusion Driver from a relatively immobile place. The value of the weapon's spread gave him the impression that he was too random to target targets from a distance, given the time the projectiles traveled. We narrowed the gap slightly, which should leave him with almost unchanged damage potential, while giving him a better feel of hitting more distant targets.

FUSION DRIVER

• Maximum spread reduced by 20%

SOLDIER: 76

Developer's Comments: Soldier: The damage dealt by 76 is a little weak, but not too far from what we feel we should be. Having it take a few more shots to reach maximum spread smooths the weapon's spread curve and should make its damage more consistent.

HEAVY PULSE RIFLE

• The number of hits until reaching the maximum spread has gone from 6 to 9

TORBJÖRN

Developer Comments: Torbjörn was originally designed to be a specialized hero, intended to be a strong defensive option because of his abilities to generate armor and his ability to control areas with his turret. However, scrap collection and Armor Pack mechanisms have posed gambling problems because of their nature, their feast or their famine. To make it more flexible in a wide variety of situations, we've removed the recovery system, simplified turret deployment, replaced the Armor Pack capability with Overload, a powerful auto-buff, and turned the Molten Core into a powerful new denial zone ultimate ability.

GENERAL

• 10% reduction in the volume of strikes in Torbjörn's head

RIVET GUN

• Primary fire
• The projectile's speed increased from 60 to 70 per second
• Reload time reduced from 2.2 to 2 seconds
• The turret targets the enemy hit by a primary fire
• Alternate shooting
• Reduced recovery from 0.8 to 0.6 seconds
• Damage per shot reduced from 150 to 125
• Reload time reduced from 2.2 to 2 seconds
• Randomized randomization spread

FORGE HAMMER

• Raised radius to align with the fast scrum

DEPLOY TURRET

• The turret is now a launched projectile
• Built automatically in three seconds
• No longer has different levels
• Same damage as previous level 2 turret
• Maximum health reduced from 300 to 250
• Now runs a 5 second cooldown when it is deployed
• Now runs a 10 second cooldown when he is destroyed in battle
• Unable to deploy a new turret if it is in combat
• While the turret is pulling
• If the turret suffered damage within three seconds
• Can now be destroyed with the help of Interact input
• Complete self-build once deployed, even if Torbjörn is eliminated

NEW CAPACITY: OVERLOAD

• Replaces the armor pack
• Lasts 5 seconds
• The cooldown is 12 seconds
• Temporarily grants 150 armor
• Increases attack, move and reload speeds by 30%

NEW ULTIMATE: MOLTEN CORE

• Switches the gun from rivet gun to his claw arm
• Lasts 6 seconds
• Shoot up to 10 molten globules that create puddles of damage where they land for 10 seconds
• The globules bounce off the walls and ceilings until they hit the ground. The damage of the base is 130
• Damage increases from 130 to 190 against enemies in armor
• Heroes Affected by Armor: Bastion, Brigitte, D.Va, Orisa, Reinhardt, Torbjorn, Winston, Wrecking Ball
• Heroes who can give armor to their allies: Brigitte

Please note that Torbjörn will not be available for competitive play for two weeks.

General

• Reduced Assault, Escort and Assault / Escort card setup time from 1 minute to 45 seconds
• The assembly time of your team has gone from 10 to 25 seconds in the second round on the assault, assault / escort and escort cards.

General

• A cursor to change the player's edge strength has been added under Options> Gameplay

HERO

Bastion

• Fixed a bug due to which the safety bar of the Bastion's Dune Buggy skin obscured his view during a backup or a shot in the tank's configuration.

D.Va

• Fixed a bug that prevented the appearance of light effects on the skin of D.Va's Nano Cola
• Fixed a bug that prevented D.Va from appearing fully when viewing his MEKA intro enabled in the Heroes Gallery.

Hanzo

• Fixed a bug that caused Hanzo's Storm Bow Reticle to be visible when he was emoting

Mei

• Fixed a bug that prevented Mei's blizzard from freezing enemies when it was launched in low ceiling areas

Reinhardt

• Fixed a bug that caused the player's reticle to climb after using Earthshatter
• Fixed a bug that caused Reinhardt's Earthshatter animations to be read if they were used while he was being juggled in the air by recoil abilities.
• Fixed a bug that caused Reinhardt's rocket rocket to fend off enemies farther than expected
• Fixed a bug that sometimes made Reinhardt's Charge hit the target instead of pinching it
• Fixed a bug that allowed Reinhardt to immediately pin an enemy after recoiling near a wall
• Fixed a bug that allowed the area to affect the abilities to hit the Reinhardt barrier field further than intended (eg, Reinhardt's Rocket Hammer and Junkrat's Concussion Mines)

Sombra

• Fixed a problem that caused Sombra to change the direction she was in when she used her Translocator to teleport.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes allowed the Sombra translator to reach unexpected places
• Fixed a bug that prevented some skills from destroying the Sombra Translocator if it was placed in certain places

Symmetra

• Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra to play inaccurate voice lines when placing turrets
• Fixed a bug that caused Symmetra's alternative shots to explode after missing a target

Torbjörn

• Fixed a bug that prevented Torbjörn's medal from appearing in his victory pose for the medal

Zarya

• Fixed a bug that made Zarya's Particle Cannon visible on the show

PLANS

Busan

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to stand on some forbidden rooftops in downtown
• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of MEKA Base window sprays

Volskaya Industries

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving capture credits that they were falling out of on one of the moving platforms.

GAME BROWSER AND CUSTOM GAMES

Death Match

• Fixed a bug that prevented vocal lines "your team lost" or "your team took the lead" to play when the scoring exchange occurs as a result of self-inflicted deaths

VS AI

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving an "impossible to join" error message when they were trying to watch a player match against artificial intelligence while all spectator slots were full.

Overwatch: Origins Edition is now available for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The game was developed and released by Activision Blizzard.