Summary
Overwatch 2just revealed its Pride plans for June 2024, including some LGBTQ+ content creator highlights, a Venture comic and Twitch drop, and a Blizzard Gear Store charity drive. This June,Overwatch 2is making its support known with plenty of activities both in and out of the game all month long.
Last year,Overwatch 2held its first in-game Pride event. This holiday aimed to celebrate the various LGBTQ+ heroes inOverwatch 2, including Soldier: 76 and Tracer, while also showing support for its queer community and developers. The Midtown map was transformed into a Pride parade ground, and a new short story confirmed Pharah and Baptiste’s sexualities,adding theOverwatch 2heroes to the growing roster of LGBTQ+ characters.
This year,Overwatch 2is bringing back Pride in a big way. On June 7, Venture – thefirst trans and non-binary hero inOverwatch 2– is getting a new comic revolving around their clash with Mauga and Talon in Ilios. On June 8 and 9, Calling All Heroes, a competitive esports series that highlights marginalized individuals, is holding a double-elimination tournament featuring circuit points, cash prizes, and the chance for viewers to earn the non-binary flag-themed Monarch Venture skin as a Twitch drop.
Overwatch 2 Pride Month Schedule for 2024
What’s more,Overwatch 2will be highlighting 10 different LGBTQ+ content creators each day between June 3 and 14. Fans will be able to learn more about these streamers through Twitch, or directly on Battle.net and in the game client, butOverwatch 2also shared the Twitch channels for these creatorson the announcement blog for ease of access.
The changes to the Midtown Hybrid map will also come back all month long, featuring thecolorful Pride decorations that debuted inOverwatch 2last year. On top of that, the Blizzard Pride Collection on the Gear Store features shirts, hoodies, and other clothing inspired by the company’s various IPs, and is available now through the end of June. 100% of the proceeds go to the Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ youths, so fans can support a good cause while showing their true colors.
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Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. Power up your railgun and disrupt the battlefield as Sojourn, or yield your axe and command attention as Junker Queen. Battle to take control of a robot and move it toward the enemy base in the new Push Mode. Bring the fight to new destinations across the globe in iconic locations like New York, Rome, Monte Carlo and Rio. Daily challenges and frequent updates mean there is always something new to play.
