Overwatch developer Blizzard is making big changes to Competitive Season 6, as the Season 5 end date draws near.
Competitive Season 5 ends at 5pm PT on August 28. That’s 1am BST on August 29 if you live in the UK.
With the Competitive Season 6 start date creeping up fast, Blizzard has revealed how it will be different from before.
The biggest change is that the season won’t last anywhere near as long.
In a bid to make the action that little bit more exciting, Competitive Season 6 will only last for two months instead of three.
As game director Jeff Kaplan told fans, this will make it feel like less of a grind. Points will also be adjusted to account for the shorter season.
Blizzard is also addressing the issue some players have with skill decay and skill placement.
After artificially lowering skill placements to create a sense of progression, Blizzard will now place people at the appropriate levels from the start.
Likewise, skill decay won’t be quite so severe in Overwatch Competitive Season 6.
Diamond level players will only need to play five games a week to avoid decay, and the number of points deducted will be reduced from 50 to 25.
On the downside, higher level players might have to wait longer to find games, as Blizzard tries to better balance teams.
Control matches will also be best out of three in order to cut down the number of overtime periods.
Overwatch Competitive Season 6 begins on August 31 at 5pm PST. That’s 1am BST on September 1 if you live in the UK.
It marks the end of a busy week for Overwatch developer Blizzard.
The developer revealed the brand new Junkertown map for Overwatch, as well as two new animated shorts.
The first animated short was used to introduce the Junkertown map, while the second adds to Mei’s back story.