Overwatch 2 Season 9 Champions now live!

Amy Chen

Amy Chen

Here’s everything to know about the brand-new season!

A brand-new season of Overwatch 2 is now live! Overwatch 2 Season 9 Champions not only boasts a reworked competitive system, but lots of Battle Pass items, the Cosmic Crisis co-op event, and more. Here's everything to know about the new season!

Overwatch 2 Season 9 Champions screenshot (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Overwatch 2 Season 9 Champions screenshot (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Overwatch 2 Season 9 Champions explained

Over the past few months, the Overwatch 2 team has been hyping up the game's ranked rework. Season 9 now features a rank reset plus changes to the competitive progression system. There's now more transparency than even when it comes to how you can rank up. We've created a guide on how it all works as well.

Overwatch 2's new ranked system explained (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Overwatch 2's new ranked system explained (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

There's also a lot to uncover with the new gameplay updates. These include increased health pools, projectile size changes, plus new and updated class passives.

Overwatch 2 gameplay updates (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Overwatch 2 gameplay updates (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Overwatch 2 Season 9 Battle Pass skins

Don't forget about the all-new Battle Pass, either. This season, it's all about the eldritch theme. In addition to the Mythic Moira skin at tier 80, other Season 9 Battle Pass skins include the handsome Survivor: 76, Shadowchild Illari, Rikimaru Ramen Bastion, Tentacle Horror Torbjorn, Cursed Seer Mei, Horror Hog Roadhog, Ringmaster Winston, and Endless Sight Widowmaker.

Mythic Moira skin in the Overwatch 2 Season 9 Battle Pass (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Mythic Moira skin in the Overwatch 2 Season 9 Battle Pass (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Overwatch 2 Cosmic Crisis PvE event

A new co-op event is here as well. The Overwatch 2 Cosmic Crisis event involves four players who must escape Ecopoint: Antarctica. The co-op objectives change between playthroughs as well, and each game lets one player determine their team's fate! Cosmic Crisis also features event modifiers starting Feb. 20.

Cosmic Crisis event information (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Cosmic Crisis event information (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

More Season 9 activities and updates

As for other things to note in Season 9, they include the Hero Mastery Gauntlet that lets you team up and defend towers, new Los Muertos weapon skins, Valentine's Day skins, plus a new collaboration. There are also reworks to the Junkertown map and Pharah.

Overwatch 2 Season 9 roadmap (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Overwatch 2 Season 9 roadmap (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

That's all for now. Are you excited about the new season? Stick around on esports.gg for more news and updates!