Overwatch 2's April Fools Update Had a Hilarious Impact on PvE

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Overwatch 2 released a special April Fools' Day update, giving players access to a wacky game mode in the Arcade as well as adding Googly eyes to the characters, though it appears this update also impacted NPC characters as well. For many fans, April Fools' Day can be a double edged sword, as many companies come up with some elaborate pranks that many only wish were true. For example, CD Projekt RED revealed a fake special Limited Floppy Edition of Cyberpunk 2077, putting the game on 97,619 3.5in diskettes.

However, on occasion, some of these announcements do turn out to be true, with many live service games like Call of Duty: Warzone, Pokemon GO, and plenty of others using it as a way to introduce some outlandish style content. Blizzard has a long history with April Fools' Day and this year was no exception for Overwatch 2, introducing a new game in the Arcade mode under «Balanced Overwatch». The game mode brought wild changes to many of the characters, including a tiny Mauga, as well as bringing back the popular googly eyes look as well. However, much to the surprise of many players, the April Fools' Day update also seems to have impacted the PvE side of the game as well.

While playing through the Invasions PvE missions, a player named StarZax noticed that the April Fools' Update for Overwatch 2 also had an impact on the NPC characters found moving throughout the stages. In a post on the Overwatch subreddit, StarZax posted an image of the civilians running past, remarking that the googly eyes have also been applied to them as well, giving them a slightly hilarious and goofy look during some of the more serious and tense moments of these missions.

Naturally, the discovery prompted plenty of snarky and hilarious comments from other users checking out the thread. With rumors circulating that the PvE side of Overwatch 2 has been effectively canceled due to some of the layoffs that recently impacted the industry, many took the opportunity to remark that the added NPC