Last season's 2000-2499 Gold Hero SR band is labeled Platinum now. The badge changed. Your positioning, cooldown discipline and habit of staggering into lost fights did not.
Eight teams enter a two-weekend double-elimination bracket with hero bans, official broadcasts and the Raidiant Series title on the line.
Saudi Arabia, Spain, Germany, Sweden, the United States, South Korea, France and Australia survived Busan and now have their quarterfinal matchups.
Spain's 3–0 win left Germany, Spain and Canada tied at 2–1, with map differential sending Germany and Spain to BlizzCon and eliminating Canada.
After investigating slow Season 4 progression and missing Stadium XP, Blizzard announced five tier skips for players who log in during the compensation window.
France handed the host nation its only Group D loss, then finished Busan unbeaten to qualify for BlizzCon as the group winner.
A focused August 20 hotfix prevents Mizuki from reaching unintended map locations, removing an exploit that could bypass normal pathing and combat angles.
Sixteen national teams enter four round-robin groups, with only the top two from each group advancing to the World Cup Finals at BlizzCon.
Blizzard re-enabled Eichenwalde for ranked play and fixed Genji's Mythic voice lines, banked tier skips and unclaimed seasonal rewards.
The August 14 hotfix tightened D.Mon's attack timing and fixed several hitbox problems, while Jetpack Cat lost movement speed and more self-healing from Purr.
World Cup viewers can earn icons, sprays, name cards, three Battle Pass tier skips, six Esports Loot Boxes and the Busan Cow weapon charm from August 20–23.
Blizzard raised D.Mon's damage, made Propulsors dramatically easier to sustain and cut the Fusion Repeater cooldown in the first hotfix after her launch.
D.Mon joins the Tank roster, Emerald rank reshapes Competitive, Team Drives get a date, the combat HUD gets smarter and 21 heroes receive balance or perk changes.
Heroes of Busan launched at 11:00 AM PT with D.Mon, a redesigned reward track, MEKA Mania, three refreshed maps and some of Competitive's biggest structural changes this year.
The first full D.Mon hero trailer puts the new Tank at the center of MEKA's fight with Wrecking Ball and the Junkers, setting up her August 11 arrival in Season 4.
The final ranked push of Season 3 has opened with six checkpoints, Competitive Point rewards and a purple Signature track available for five days.
Eight teams enter a mixed-elimination weekend on August 8 and 9, with every team advancing to the championship but the top four earning the strongest seeds.
Overwatch Esports has corrected the release timing for this year's partner team cosmetics, confirming that the collection will enter the game alongside Season 4.
Korean Battle.net players must connect a qualifying Nexon account to keep playing on PC after the service change, while Steam access, matchmaking and platform use split into separate paths.
A months-long investigation targeted unauthorized peripherals in the Controller Pool, with Blizzard saying accessibility safeguards were part of why accurate detection took time.
Blizzard's first map preview shows a heavy Paraiso rebuild, a targeted Eichenwalde pass and a Junker-occupied Busan tied directly to the next chapter of the story.
The OWCS broadcast stopped short of showing a hero kit, but an empty MEKA bay, an opened dorm door and an August 6 date make the direction difficult to miss.
ZETA swept both playoff rounds before beating Twisted Minds 4-2 in Paris, completing a title run without dropping a match in the single-elimination bracket.
The limited 6v6 test cuts the in-combat healing reduction from 30% to 15%, raises the Tank ultimate-charge penalty and shortens several defensive cooldowns.
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