Overwatch 2 players won’t have to pay or go through a battle pass to unlock new characters

It’s Blizzard to unlock new characters Overwatch 2. This is big news as players regularly complain about the live serve shooter. Currently, people get new characters by paying and going through a battle pass, buying them outright, or waiting until they become available as a reward for winning a certain number of games. That changes with the upcoming Season 10, as the company will make new and old characters available for free to all players.

This doesn’t just apply to Venture, a new character created for season 10, but also to all of the game’s already released characters, such as Mauga, Illari, Sojourn, and Lifeweaver, among many others. New players will still have to complete the intro, but “after the characters from the original Overwatch roster unlocked, everyone Overwatch 2 characters will also become available.

This will even apply to future characters. The entire list of Overwatch 2 characters will be playable in all game modes when Season 10 officially launches this April.

This is just one change to how the game handles its combat pass, as suggested by director Aaron Keller in a video. Blizzard will also begin selling mythic skins that were previously only available through a paid battle pass, though pricing and availability are still up in the air.

Additionally, Overwatch Coins, the game’s dominant currency, will soon be easier to earn. Currently, people accumulate coins by accessing a premium battle pass, completing weekly challenges, or buying them outright. In Season 10, they will become available in the free songs of the game’s battle pass system. Fans will be able to earn up to 600 coins per season for free, up from 540.

Finally, there is a a new race in the game called the Clash, which was . This team-based PvP mode features five points lined up in a row, and the first team to capture all five points or reach the maximum score wins. It looks like the full Clash mode won’t launch alongside Season 10, but will come later this year and will include two special maps.

Blizzard also previewed Season 11 today, which is due out later this year and will include a new Push map in Peru, as well as a revamped version of the Rome-based Colosseo map.