Latest Overwatch Patch Now Live and Addresses a Ton of Player Reported Issues

Liana 'LiLi' Ruppert

01/10/2018 09:43 am EST

Overwatch update 2.28 is now live as hour beloved Mercy continues to be nerfed into oblivion in the Public Test Realm. With the latest changes comes a huge hyperfocus on Doomfist, a ton of bugs that players have been reported, and a means to watch the Overwatch League live. A few console only fixes have been addressed as well, as well as our favourite explosives expert from down under.

In addition to general bug fixes, the UI also received some much needed love. To see what's new and different in the world of Blizzard's hit FPS, check out the full patch notes below:

GENERAL UPDATES

General

Players can now watch the Overwatch League stream via the Overwatch League menu option when games are live
[PS4/XB1] Players can now bind all communication wheel options to a gamepad button
[PS4/XB1] An option to press and hold crouch rather than toggling the ability has been added under Options > Controls > Movement
[PS4/XB1] A slider for "Friendly Aim Assist Strength" has been added to Ana's control options under Options > Controls > Hero. This will make it easier to aim at allies
Weapon accuracy is no longer increased or decreased when shooting at Genji's Deflect or abilities that block projectiles (e.g. Winston's Barrier Projector or Mei's Ice Wall)

USER INTERFACE

Heroes

Zenyatta's Orb of Discord and Orb of Harmony will now display its target's health bar

BUG FIXES

General

Fixed an issue that prevented earned items from being displayed when a Loot Box was opened
Fixed a bug that caused a duplicate "Current Competitive Season" selection to appear in the Career Profile dropdown menu
[PC] Fixed a bug that prevented players from being able to navigate in-game menus with the tab key
Fixed a bug that prevented UI elements for Tracer's Blink from displaying when switching between first- and third-person view in spectator mode
Fixed a bug that prevented the ammo count for Doomfist's Hand Cannon from displaying when switching between first- and third-person view in spectator mode

A.I.

Fixed a bug that prevented the Bastion and Torbjörn bots from pathing to some areas on the first point of Eichenwalde
Fixed a bug that caused the Lúcio bot to fall off the map while navigating King's Row

Competitive Play

Fixed a bug that caused the meters remaining to display twice when players approached the final five meters on Escort and Escort/Assault maps

Game Browser and Custom Games

Fixed a bug that prevented the Ultimate Duration Custom Game modification from properly adjusting Soldier: 76's Ultimate length

Deathmatch

Fixed a bug that caused the Play of the Game highlight and the end-of-match screen to not display for the last player to die in the match

Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist's Rocket Punch from destroying breakable objects
Fixed a bug that could cause Doomfist's Rocket Punch knock back to be inconsistent if he collided with an enemy using a movement ability (e.g. Winston's Leap)
Fixed a latency issue that caused Doomfist's Rocket Punch to travel through an enemy instead of dealing damage
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Doomfist's Rocket Punch's directional movement to be unpredictable
Fixed an issue that allowed enemies to jump over Doomfist's Rocket Punch instead of taking damage
Fixed a bug that caused enemy players hit by Doomfist's Rocket Punch to sometimes move along the wall impacted instead of taking damage
Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist to move along the terrain if he impacted it with Rocket Punch
Fixed an issue that caused enemies hit by Doomfist's Rocket Punch to impact inclines instead of traveling up them
Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist's Rocket Punch to deal wall impact damage to Mercy if she used Valkyrie
Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist's Rocket Punch to activate before intended if he was near Mei's Ice Wall
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Doomfist to fall through the ground if he used Seismic Slam on inclines
Fixed an issue that canceled Doomfist's Seismic Slam when it was unable to reach the targeted location
[PC] Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat's RIP-Tire camera perspective to linger on the target after detonating
[PC] Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat's RIP-Tire to be silent to enemies while traveling on rooftops or when airborne
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Snowball's antenna to stretch out of proportion when Mei's Beekeeper skin was equipped
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Mercy's Resurrect "Reviving" message to remain on the targeted player's screen after the cast was finished
Fixed a bug that caused players targeted by Mercy's Resurrect to no longer see their Respawn timer if her cast was interrupted by an enemy
Fixed a bug that caused players targeted by Mercy's Resurrect to no longer see their Respawn timer if her cast was interrupted by an enemy
Fixed a bug that prevented players from using Moira's Biotic Orb if she used Fade or died while using Biotic Orb
Fixed an issue that caused Moira's "Ultimate almost ready" voiceline to sometimes play when her Coalescence was fully charged
Fixed a bug that caused Reinhardt's Charge to knock back enemies instead of pinning them
Fixed a bug that caused the visual effects of Sombra's EMP to display when the ability was interrupted by an enemy player
Fixed a bug that caused Sombra to face the incorrect direction after she teleported with Translocator
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Torbjörn's turrets to not fully heal when he used Molton Core
Fixed a bug that prevented Carbon Zenyatta's in-game portrait from displaying the correct color

Maps

Fixed a bug on Eichenwalde that caused the "Checkpoint Reached" voiceline to play when the payload reached its final destination
Fixed a bug that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on Horizon Lunar Colony

Overwatch is now available to play on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, with the Overwatch League kicking off today, January 10th.

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