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Stadium is now Overwatch 2’s most-played mode, roadmap details new additions and improvements for 2025 and beyond
It's official, Stadium mode in Overwatch 2 has been a big hit with players, and Blizzard Entertainment has numbers to back it up. After launching just over a week ago on April 22, Stadium has become the most-played mode in all of OW2, surpassing both Quick Play and Competitive Play, with 2.3 million matches played across 7.8 million hours during its launch week, which is more than double the stats of OW Classic's launch, and Blizzard says this is a big deal. Image via Blizzard Entertainment "While we often see a big spike in play time shortly after a sparkly new event launches, play time in Stadium has been a bit stickier," game director Aaron Keller said. "In its first week, roughly 50 percent of all play hours in Overwatch 2 were devoted to Stadium!" In total, 900 Billion Stadium Cash has been earned by players so far, with 206 million Items chosen between rounds. Meanwhile, Lucio takes the crown as the winningest hero so far while also being the least-picked hero, so figure that one out. And this is just the beginning, says Blizzard, as the company has now confirmed additional content drops coming to Stadium over the course of 2025, including at least six new heroes and four new maps this summer, plus crossplay support, custom games, and the ability to save and share builds. Here are all the details revealed by Blizzard thus far about what's coming to Stadium in OW2 in the near future. Table of contents Overwatch 2 Stadium roadmap Season 17 (June) Season 18 (August) Season 19 (October) and beyond Overwatch 2 Stadium roadmap Image via Blizzard Entertainment Season 17 (June) New heroes Sigma, Junkrat, Zenyatta New maps Esperanca and Samoa New features Crossplay Custom Games Save and Share builds More example Builds Season 18 (August) Image via Blizzard Entertainment New heroes Winston, Sojourn, Brigitte New maps Route 66 and London New game mode: Payload Race, including 2 new maps New All-Star Rewards Stadium Trials Feature Season 19 (October) and beyond Heroes added every season New China map Draft Mode Feature Consumables Item Upgrades In a Director's Take blog to accompany the roadmap, the developers made sure to let players know that while Stadium is awesome, it's not going to take away from the other modes in the game. "I'd like to reiterate the team’s commitment to the Core modes of Overwatch," OW2 director Aaron Keller said. "We’re still pouring as much time, energy and passion into these as we always have. Stadium isn't competing for those resources: it’s giving us more opportunities to deliver Overwatch in a new, exciting way. We can't wait for you to see what's coming there, especially Season 18. It's going to be a banger!" The post Stadium is now Overwatch 2’s most-played mode, roadmap details new additions and improvements for 2025 and beyond appeared first on Destructoid.
It's official, Stadium mode in Overwatch 2 has been a big hit with players, and Blizzard Entertainment has numbers to back it up.
After launching just over a week ago on April 22, Stadium has become the most-played mode in all of OW2, surpassing both Quick Play and Competitive Play, with 2.3 million matches played across 7.8 million hours during its launch week, which is more than double the stats of OW Classic's launch, and Blizzard says this is a big deal.
"While we often see a big spike in play time shortly after a sparkly new event launches, play time in Stadium has been a bit stickier," game director Aaron Keller said. "In its first week, roughly 50 percent of all play hours in Overwatch 2 were devoted to Stadium!"
In total, 900 Billion Stadium Cash has been earned by players so far, with 206 million Items chosen between rounds. Meanwhile, Lucio takes the crown as the winningest hero so far while also being the least-picked hero, so figure that one out.
And this is just the beginning, says Blizzard, as the company has now confirmed additional content drops coming to Stadium over the course of 2025, including at least six new heroes and four new maps this summer, plus crossplay support, custom games, and the ability to save and share builds.
Here are all the details revealed by Blizzard thus far about what's coming to Stadium in OW2 in the near future.
Table of contents
Overwatch 2 Stadium roadmap
Season 17 (June)
- New heroes
- Sigma, Junkrat, Zenyatta
- New maps
- Esperanca and Samoa
- New features
- Crossplay
- Custom Games
- Save and Share builds
- More example Builds
Season 18 (August)
- New heroes
- Winston, Sojourn, Brigitte
- New maps
- Route 66 and London
- New game mode: Payload Race, including 2 new maps
- New All-Star Rewards
- Stadium Trials Feature
Season 19 (October) and beyond
- Heroes added every season
- New China map
- Draft Mode Feature
- Consumables
- Item Upgrades
In a Director's Take blog to accompany the roadmap, the developers made sure to let players know that while Stadium is awesome, it's not going to take away from the other modes in the game.
"I'd like to reiterate the team’s commitment to the Core modes of Overwatch," OW2 director Aaron Keller said. "We’re still pouring as much time, energy and passion into these as we always have. Stadium isn't competing for those resources: it’s giving us more opportunities to deliver Overwatch in a new, exciting way. We can't wait for you to see what's coming there, especially Season 18. It's going to be a banger!"
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