Overwatch2’s transition from a premium game (the original Overwatch) to a free-to-play one will bring a long list of in-game purchases, including a seasonal battle pass, as well as à la carte skins and other cosmetic items. Blizzard plans to introduce a new battle pass about every nine weeks, with skins, sprays, animations, and bundles of digital goods rotating through the store on a faster cadence.
The season 1 paid battle pass includes a variety of legendary- and epic-tier skins, as well as the first mythic skin, a customizable look for Genji called Cyber Ninja. The pass also includes a variety of sprays, voice lines, player icons, emotes, and two new cosmetic types: weapon charms and souvenirs.
Here’s a look at what’s in the 80-tier Overwatch 2 battle pass for season 1.
While fans of first-person shooters like Overwatch are likely familiar with the concept of weapons charms — tiny, dangling accoutrements that hang off of weapons and armor — the purpose of Overwatch 2’s souvenirs may not be as evident.
Souvenirs in Overwatch 2 can be earned through a battle pass or purchased in the in-game store, and they include things like a miniaturized model of the payload from the King’s Row map, a slice of pineapple pizza, a cartoon heart, and an oversized salt shaker (used to convey the opposing team’s saltiness, of course). If players earn a souvenir, they can equip it from the hero gallery, and an associated emote will then be equippable from the list of owned emotes.
Check out the gallery below to see the heroes of Overwatch 2 presenting the list of existing souvenirs.
The list of available cosmetics doesn’t stop there: Blizzard is selling a bunch of skins (some bundled with voice lines, sprays, and highlight intros) through
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