Overwatch 2 Season 17 has a wicked 80s throwback aesthetic, will add map voting, new maps, more

Blizzard is cooking up Overwatch 2 Season 7 next week with a bunch of new upgrades, maps, and more... all with a sleek 80s throwback aesthetic. Check out the trailer below:

Overwatch 2's upcoming Season 17 will let players choose between three randomized maps ahead of their matches, with the maps not selected by the vote itself, instead each of the votes will add a 1-in-10 chance that the map will be chosen in the end with a final roulette style decision. Your voting is hidden from other players, with leavers being penalized as soon as voting starts for anyone who dives out of the round early.

On the first day of Season 17, there will be new Mythic Skins for both D.Va and Reaper, with the D.Va Mythic Horang Hero Skin with four stages of evolving tiers, as well as Reaper's new Mythic Steel Death Weapon Skin, with both of the Mythic skins available in the Mythic Shop for 80 Mythic Prisms.

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Overwatch 2 Season 17 will also throw new maps into the mix with a new Flashpoint map called Aatlis, set in Morocco. Aatlis will be available in Core, while the other two maps -- Esperanca and Samoa -- will be headed into the Stadium game mode. Season 17 will also reset everyone's Stadium rank, so players can start fresh. There'll also be a new Stadium Forge which will be introduced by Blizzard as a "create/save/share system to test and refine your team comps".

Overwatch 2 Season 17 will kick off on June 24 with a new Powered Up event spanning June 24 to 30. During this event, players will compete in 17 matches in Quick Play, Competitive, and Stadium, earning four Epic loot boxes that guarantee new Legendary skins.

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Battle Passes: Legendary Style, Premium Power

The Season 17 Premium Battle Pass is loaded with variety and style.

You'll unlock 8-bit Reinhardt, Genji, and Sombra; plus Delinquent Cole Cassidy, and Professor Fawkes Junkrat from Overwatch Academy. You'll also get Sakura Ana, two Legendary Loot Boxes, 500 Credits, a full range of cosmetics like emotes, souvenirs, charms, name cards, voice lines-and of course, up to 80 Mythic Prisms to unlock the Mythic Horang D.Va Hero Skin, Mythic Steel Death Reaper Weapon Skin, or other Mythic content.

Go all in with the Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle for everything in the Premium Pass plus 20 Tier Skips, 2,000 Overwatch Coins, and two extra Legendary skins: Principal Lacroix Widowmaker and Professor de Kuiper Sigma. And play for free to earn a Legendary Loot Box, 600 Coins, 1,500 Credits, plus the Epic 8-bit Orisa and Zenyatta skins.