Blizzard hat jetzt Patch 1.5 für Overwatch veröffentlicht. Dieser ergänzt den Ego-Shooter u.a. mit Sombra und einem Arcade-Modus. Außerdem wird jetzt auch die PlayStation 4 Pro unterstützt. Die umfangreichen englischen Patchnotes lesen sich so:

General Updated

General

• [PS4] Added PlayStation 4 Pro support
• Made a number of data format improvements, which should decrease load times and reduce the game’s storage space requirements
• Made several adjustments to the amount of experience needed to level
• The amount of experience needed to reach levels 2 through 13 remains unchanged
• The amount of experience needed to reach levels 14 through 100 has been slightly reduced
• The amount of experience needed to reach levels after 100 is now constant (20,000 XP) and will no longer reset after each promotion
• Quick Play matches are now restricted to one of each hero per team
• Spectating – The number of observer slots in Custom Games has been increased from 6 to 12

Hero Balance Changes

General

• Dealing damage to things other than players (like Torbjörn’s turret or Symmetra’s teleporter) no longer charges ultimate abilities
• Ultimate costs have been increased by 25% for all heroes

Ana – Nano Boost: No longer increases move speed (nerfed)

D. Va (buffed)

• Call Mech: Ultimate cost has been decreased by 20%
• Mech health increased to 200 (formerly 100). Armor remains at 400
• Movement speed while firing has been increased by 25%

Lucio: Amp It Up – Healing per second has been decreased by 10% (nerfed)

Mei – Blizzard – Ultimate cost has been increased by 15% (nerfed)

Mercy – Passive health regeneration now activates when Mercy avoids taking damage for 1 second (formerly 3 seconds) (buffed)

Pharah (buffed)

Rocket Launcher

• Minimum explosion damage has been increased by 13%
• Minimum explosion knockback has been decreased to 0%

Jump Jets: Lift increased by 35%

Soldier 76 (buffed)

Pulse Rifle

• Bullet damage increased from 17 to 20
• Maximum bullet spread increased from 2.2 to 2.4

Torbjörn (changed a bit)

• Scrap is now automatically generated over time
• The amount of scrap collected from a fallen enemy has been decreased by 40%
• Forge Hammer: Swing speed increased by 25%; Damage decreased by 27%

Widowmaker (buffed)

• Venom Mine: Explosion no longer damages the player who placed the mine
• Widow’s Kiss: Charge rate increased by 20%

Zarya (nerfed)

• Particle Barrier: Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%
• Projected Barrier: Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%

User Interface

General:Loading screen now displays the name of the chosen game mode when playing in the Arcade

Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the PC client from closing properly, making the Battle.net application think the game was still running
• Fixed a bug preventing players from receiving credit toward the Most Healing Done commendation
• Fixed a bug that caused the columns on Recent Players to slightly overlap each other
• Fixed a bug preventing the fourth column on the friends list from being displayed properly
• Fixed a navigation error that could occur when attempting to adjust video options using a controller
• Players will now be removed from the Practice Range if they are AFK

AI

• Fixed a bug that caused McCree bots to Combat Roll into the well on Ilios
• Fixed a bug that could cause bots to get stuck in a wall near objective B on Temple of Anubis
• Fixed a bug that prevented bots from moving through certain locations on Volskaya Industries

Competitive Play

• Fixed a bug that could cause overtime to continue indefinitely on Assault maps
• Fixed a bug that could cause matches to begin with only 11 connected players

Heroes

• Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s healing stats from showing up in the Career Profile page
• Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s custom crosshairs from displaying while zoomed
• Fixed a bug causing irregular placement of the pumpkin on Genji’s “Pumpkin Carving” highlight intro with certain skins
• Fixed a bug preventing Mercy’s staff from showing up in the “Guardian Angel” highlight intro with her Cobalt skin equipped
• Fixed a bug preventing Reaper’s “R.I.P.” victory pose from animating correctly when the game client isn’t in focus
• Fixed a bug that allowed Tracer to use Blink while rewinding with Recall
• Fixed a bug preventing some of Tracer’s voice lines from activating with her Punk skin equipped
• Fixed a bug preventing Zarya from gripping her gun’s handle in the “Deadlift” highlight Intro
• Fixed a bug causing Zarya’s Graviton Surge to eject Reinhardt at high velocity

Maps

• Fixed a typo on the bakery blackboard in Eichenwalde
• Fixed a bug that allowed certain heroes to stand on unintended pillars on Ilios
• Fixed a bug on Lijiang Tower that allowed heroes to reach unintended locations
• Fixed a bug allowing Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on Nepal
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to contest the payload from a protected area above the gas station on Route 66
• Fixed a bug that allowed Pharah to reach unintended locations on Volskaya Industries
• Fixed a bug on Watchpoint: Gibraltar that allowed players to reach an unintended location near the final objective

Spectating: Fixed a bug that occasionally produced incorrectly colored health bars when spectating Custom Games