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Everything new in Overwatch 2 Season 17: maps, skins, GI Joe and more

Exciting new features and collaborations are coming with the new season of Blizzard’s shooter.

Update: Jul 1st, 2025 02:50 CEST

Overwatch 2 Season 17 is now available for all players of Blizzard’s team-based multiplayer title. After a season that introduced us to one of the newest game modes, Stadium, we are now preparing for new rewards, skins, and new features coming with this new season.

Everything coming in Overwatch 2 Season 17

Stadium Changes

The season kicks off with several tweaks and improvements to Stadium. Three new characters join the mode: Zenyatta, Sigma and Junkrat, along with two additional maps: Esperança and Samoa. In addition, Forge, a tool that allows players to create, save and share their own custom games, is introduced. Rank reset has also been implemented.

Maps

One of the most requested features is finally available: map voting. In both Quick Match and Competitive Play, players will be able to choose between three random options before each game. As in a good democracy, the vote will be free and secret, and the results will not be shown during the voting. However, penalties for abandonment will apply from the beginning of the voting process.

On the other hand, Aatlis, a new map for the Flashpoint mode, is incorporated, which transports the action to Morocco, thus expanding the world of Overwatch.

Everything new in Overwatch 2 Season 17: maps, skins, GI Joe and more

Battle pass and skins

For the battle pass, we will have a varied style, with characters in 8-bit style to Overwatch Academy teachers. Also noteworthy are the Mythic Horang D.Va Hero Skin, Mythic Steel Death Reaper Weapon Skin.

GI Joe is on the way

As usual, Overwatch 2 continues to add collaborations. On this occasion, an alliance with one of the icons of the 80s: GI Joe. In this collaboration, we will see Genji as Snake Eyes and Reaper as Cobra Commander, among others. A collection of nostalgic aspects that no fan will want to miss.