{"id":188625,"date":"2024-08-14T12:45:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=188625"},"modified":"2024-08-15T00:35:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T05:35:17","slug":"overwatch-2-season-12-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/08\/14\/overwatch-2-season-12-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 Season 12 is starting August 20, adding support hero Juno to the roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Overwatch 2<\/em> is blasting off into season 12 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/overwatch.blizzard.com\/en-us\/news\/24116736\/\">New Frontiers<\/a> &#8212; on <strong>August 20<\/strong>, with a preview video showcasing what we can expect, especially astronaut-themed support hero <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/07\/22\/introducing-juno-new-support-hero-overwatch-2\/\">Juno<\/a>. We also get a taste of other fun stuff, like the new Clash map mode, flagship cosmetics featured in the battle pass, and the events and game modes we can expect for a limited time through this season, which we&#8217;ll expect to end just before Halloween.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-44vfe7d6gkq66dfc9216d7d9062396954\" style=\"max-width:900px;\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 500 \/ 281\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-44vfe7d6gkq66dfc9216d7d9062396954\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/44vfe7D6GkQ?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/44vfe7D6GkQ?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blizzardwatch.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/14\\\/overwatch-2-season-12-august-20\\\/#arve-youtube-44vfe7d6gkq66dfc9216d7d9062396954\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/44vfe7D6GkQ?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Besides Juno, the banner addition for this season is the new <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2023\/11\/04\/overwatch-2-clash-mode\/\">Clash game mode<\/a>. Initially announced &#8212; and explained &#8212; at <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/tag\/blizzcon-2023\/\">BlizzCon 2023<\/a>, Clash is a spiritual successor to the old <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2016\/04\/19\/overwatch-assault-game-mode\/\">Assault map type<\/a>, and it has revived two old maps from that mode we haven&#8217;t seen since they added the two to the title. While Hanaoka isn&#8217;t Hanamura, and Throne of Anubis isn&#8217;t Temple of Anubis, they&#8217;re close enough to hit us square in the nostalgia for the bygone era that was 2016. This season will also see the return of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/05\/14\/overwatch-anniversary-2024\/\"><em>Overwatch 2<\/em> Anniversary event<\/a>, where we usually get a chance to play a whole slew of limited-time Arcade modes and some truly imaginative cosmetics in the shop, likely toward the end of the season, celebrating <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/05\/14\/overwatch-anniversary-2024\/\">Overwatch 2<\/a><\/em>&#8216;s second birthday October 4.<\/p>\n<p>This season will also see a reset of the ranking system, which will make for some interesting matchmaking early on, but hopefully a fairer-feeling ranking later in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we knew much of this already, so while it&#8217;s nice to see the showcase, it&#8217;s nothing to grip your pearls over. On the other hand, at the very end of the teaser, we see a brief shot of Frostmourne, while a short clip of the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3m51oKG3BKA\">Arthas, My Son track<\/a> plays in the background. Instantly, my interest went from, &#8220;that&#8217;s nice, dear,&#8221; to &#8220;wait <strong><em>what<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; so if you have any inside tips on this please let me know. The suspense is killing me, and I&#8217;m too busy have my soul trapped in a runeblade at this point in the patch cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwatch 2 is blasting off into season 12 &#8212; New Frontiers &#8212; on August 20, with a preview video showcasing what we can expect, especially astronaut-themed support hero Juno. We also get a taste of other fun stuff, like the new Clash map mode, flagship cosmetics featured in the battle pass, and the events and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":188626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[275],"tags":[78836,76349,78835,77652,8133,3694,20613],"yst_prominent_words":[25780,11136,12408,8593,8214,24304,10067,9000],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188689,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188625\/revisions\/188689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188625"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=188625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}