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Now Overwatch 2 is having a nostalgic throwback event, and it'll include the return of 6v6 matches

Fornite is doing it, Apex Legends is doing it, and now Overwatch 2 is looking to tweak nostalgia nubbins by having a no…

Fornite is doing it, Apex Legendsis doing it, and now Overwatch 2 is looking to tweak nostalgia nubbins by having a nostalgic throwback season of its own - specifically to celebrate the series' eighth anniversary this year - and it'll include the return of 6v6 games. While Blizzard is teasing the "fast paced and frantic gameplay of the 2017 Moth Meta [and] the triple-tank, triple-support style of 'Goats'" further down the line, things kick off with a mode inspired by Overwatch's version 1.0 release back in May 2016. Additionally, expect all four original game modes to be playable once things get underway, split across their correlating maps: Assault (Hanamura, Temple of Anubis, Volskaya Industries), Escort (Dorado, Route 66, Watchpoint: Gibraltar), Hybrid (Hollywood, King’s Row, Numbani), and Control (Ilios, Lijang Tower, Nepal).

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