News Summary

• The new season also contained the return of the Winter Wonderland event, filled with new skins and returning game modes.Unfortunately, the return of the event brought even more player frustration to light, as the new event pass implemented left a sour taste in the community’s mouth..
• We wanted to give folks choice in the rewards they got from this event..
• Will be interested to see if FOMO overshadows that benefit.Neuss explained that the pricing and value players were receiving from the Winter event pass “feels squarely in the spirit of the Holidays” to them..
• Despite all the backlash, executive producer Jared Neuss has come forward to justify the event pass rewards and pricing.It's $5 for 4 Legendary skins, which feels squarely in the spirit of the Holidays to me..
• Overwatch 2 producer Jared Neuss has justified the Winter Wonderland event pass rewards and price amidst player backlash.Blizzard’s hero shooter Overwatch 2 has not gone without its fair share of controversy..
• The title had quite a rocky start, with players taking issue with the lack of changes made from the prequel, as well as the new pricing methods put in place by the developers..