Overwatch: you can check out Blizzard World on the PTR right now
The next new map for Overwatch has made its way to the Public Test Realm.
Blizzard World, which was announced during Blizzcon, is a hybrid assault/escort map set within an amusement park full of Blizzard iconography.
Blizzard World lifts elements from all of Blizzard's current franchises - World of Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft, Hearthstone - but it will also contain nods towards their older games, like The Lost Vikings (a series that remains overdue for a reboot, by the way). You can see them for yourself if you have the game on PC, by jumping into the PTR.
It's been a big week for Overwatch - the game's latest hero, Moira, was just released, and the game's latest free weekend has just wrapped up. There's a possibility of an influx of new players on the back of these tweaks and changes.
The standard procedure for Blizzard is to put these changes onto the PTR for a little while before fitting them into the full game, but we probably won't have to wait long for Blizzard World now.
A few other tweaks have been made on the PTR too:
- An option to “Remove All A.I.” in the custom game lobby can be accessed by Right Click > Remove All Bots
- Fixed an issue that caused the arcade card for Limited Duel and Mystery Duel to not list all currently disabled characters
- Fixed an issue that prevented certain sound effects from playing when navigating the Options menu with a controller
- Fixed a visual bug that caused Ana’s Biotic Rifle ammo clip to detach when her Captain Amari skin was equipped
- Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Slam to create performance drops when repeatedly used with no cooldown
- Fixed a bug that prevented Mei’s Cryo-freeze from clearing the healing debuff caused by Ana’s Biotic Grenade
- Fixed a visual bug with Moira’s Biotic Orb that sometimes caused Biotic Grasp’s healing spray effects to display instead
- Fixed a bug that prevented Moira from being able to pass through enemies when using Fade
- Fixed a bug that caused Moira’s eyelashes to detach from her face during her Heroic highlight intro
- Fixed a visual issue with Moira’s Oasis skin that caused her knees to clip through her knee guards while crouched
- Fixed a bug that caused Reaper’s shotguns to animate incorrectly when discarded on the ground
- Fixed an issue that prevented highlights captured by Zenyatta players from recording correctly when the Cultist skin was equipped
- Fixed a bug that caused a performance drop when players shot at the gold coin piles in the last Defender spawn of Junkertown
We'll let you know when Blizzard World is freely available for everyone.