Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of Overwatch, recently released a new update that revolves around the Year of the Ox. This update brings you new seasonal skins like Bull Demon Orisa and Dragonfire Bastion. It also adds a new game mode called Bounty Hunter Brawl, where the objective is to claim as many points as possible while being the target.
The developer team introduced an option to the replay system that allows players to toggle between default playback and fine-grained playback. The fine-grained playback lets the player increase or decrease playback speed, which is pretty useful for watching VODs.
Overwatch Update
General Updates
Feature Update: Replay Viewer Fine-Grained Playback Controls
- We've introduced a new option that allows you to toggle between two different playback controls, the default playback controls and the "fine-grained" playback controls.
- These "fine-grained" controls will allow you to increase and decrease the replay playback speed in smaller increments than 0.25x, from 0.10x to 1.00x. You can also hold your "Move Slow" binding while increasing or decreasing speeds to change the playback speed acceleration. This can help you capture cool slow-motion shots and more!
General
- Added a "New" Ownership Filter to the Player Icon tab in the career profile
- Reorganized the layout of the escape menu while you are in a custom game
- Adjusted sound for boosted hit indicators to increase clarity
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed a bug that would rarely cause enemy footstep sounds to not be heard
- Fixed a bug that caused the chat feed to not properly indicate that a real ID friend request has been accepted
- Fixed a bug that caused Sombra's low health material effect to be seen on allies during a replay playback
Maps
Kanezaka
- Fixed a bug with missing collision inside of the Pachimari arcade
- Fixed a bug with the map geometry that produced a gap between buildings
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to stand on top of specific door frames
- Fixed a bug with missing collision on the pottery wheels
- Fixed a bug with missing collision between vending machines
Route 66
- Fixed a bug with the map geometry that produced a gap in the Deadlock hideout interior
Heroes
Brigitte
- Fixed bug where her Barrier would not scale properly using Workshop settings
Baptiste
- Fixed bug where the Deaths Prevented stat would not track correctly
Reaper
- Fixed a bug with his hit volume becoming out of sync if frozen during his ultimate ability
Reinhardt
- Fixed a bug causing his lean animation to be less responsive than expected
Sombra
- Fixed a bug where the low health effect would sometimes show incorrectly in replays
- Fixed a bug that caused an invisible Sombra to reveal her location if her model was still loading into the match
Symmetra
- Fixed a bug that could cause her to be killed while traveling between teleporter locations
Wrecking Ball
- Fixed a bug that allowed him to use Piledriver while on the ground in rare circumstances
Zenyatta
- Fixed a bug with his Toybot skin that caused an animation issue to occur when casting orbs
- Fixed a bug where sounds and effects would stop during the Meditate emote
You can read more about the update here.
