Overwatch January 2022 Patch Notes

JANUARY 27, 2022

BUG FIXES

Mercy

Fixed issue where allies being resurrected mid-air were falling earlier and faster than intended
Fixed issue where resurrect markers were not properly showing for allies that died over environmental death pits

JANUARY 25, 2022

A new patch is now live on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. Read below to learn more about the latest changes.

SEASONAL EVENT: LUNAR NEW YEAR 2022

Seasonal Event: LUNAR 2022 – YEAR OF THE TIGER Celebrating Lunar New Year with luminous new seasonal items, including legendary skins Nezha Tracer and Seolbim Mercy! Additionally, this event launches the fifth competitive season of Capture the Flag, and the Bounty Hunter mode has returned!

HERO UPDATES

MERCY

Resurrect

Previously, if a teammate died over a death pit their resurrect marker was hidden and fell into the pit. Now, Mercy will see their resurrect marker and can resurrect before it falls to the bottom.

Mercy can now attempt to resurrect teammates who die over environmental death pits
When resurrecting, the resurrect marker will now freeze in place for the duration of the resurrection
Holding the ability button for resurrect while it's on cooldown will now attempt the resurrect once the cooldown finishes

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

Fixed an issue where Season 32 open queue stats were not appearing in career profile

MAPS

Addressed a geometry exploit on Watchpoint: Gibraltar

HEROES

Ana

Fixed a bug that caused Ana’s Scope to activate when cancelling Nano Boost target confirmation
Fixed a bug that caused the parrot on Ana’s Corsair skin to disappear in hero select

Symmetra