The Overwatch 2 April Fools’ Day patch notes are here, and they’re, uh, “really, really, really balanced”

What you need to know

• Blizzard Entertainment has released patch notes for the April Fools’ Day update to Overwatch 2, detailing balance changes in a limited-time game mode called “Balanced Overwatch.” You’ll find the patch notes in the section at the bottom of this article.
• The mode makes dramatic and sweeping changes to Overwatch’s heroes, including comical ability reworks, wild damage buffs and nerfs, and even tweaks that make some characters much bigger or smaller than they are normally.
• The Balanced Overwatch event features some special challenges as well, and completing them will reward players with special sprays made from Blizzard developer doodles.
• Balanced Overwatch will only be available from now until April 8, so if you want to experience the wacky mode and earn those silly sprays, make sure you do so before then.

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With every new patch, game developers are often scrambling to find a comfortable middle ground between their vision for a game and the requests from players to make nerfs or buffs. For April Fools’ Day, though, Overwatch 2 developer Blizzard Entertainment has gone above and beyond the usual googly eyes gag by giving players what they’ve wanted all along with a limited-time mode called “Balanced Overwatch.” It’s available to play now in the Arcade and lasts until April 8, and by completing special challenges in it, players can earn some unique new sprays made out of developer doodles.

The patch notes for the mode — all of which are included in the section at the bottom of this article — detail massive gameplay changes to hero abilities, health, damage, and more, and just may leave players a little more cautious about what they ask for in the future.