Coming Together to Celebrate Pride

Pride Month returns to Overwatch 2! Pride season is a time where folks across the globe gather to celebrate and bring visibility to both the challenges as well as the joys surrounding the LGBTQ+ community. The passion shared by the Overwatch community is a constant source of inspiration and support, as we recently witnessed with the welcome and love you extended our latest LGBTQ+ heroes, Lifeweaver and Venture. All of the time, we see amazing community created fan art and cosplay of our diverse heroes and their stories. Overwatch 2 would not be the game it is without heroes, and that includes our players who have the courage to stand up and show the world who they are. Which is why we’re celebrating Pride with you, the Overwatch 2 community.

Throughout the month of June, we’re featuring some of our popular content creators from the LGBTQ+ community. We’ll sit down with a few of these creators in a series of blog posts to learn more about how their positivity has influenced the community, along with how Overwatch has impacted them. You’ll learn about their favorite heroes and maybe pick up a few tips and tricks from them that you can bring to your next game.

Then tune into Twitch from June 3 to June 14 and check out many of our LGBTQ+ creators featured on Battle.net and in-game on the Overwatch 2 News Feed. Whether you like cozy vibes, competitive skill, or crazy antics, almost anything goes in these creators’ streams. Here is the full schedule:

Calling All Heroes is our competitive esports series that provides an inclusive environment that helps support aspiring competitors of marginalized genders, including those who present themselves as Trans, Non-Binary, and Genderqueer. The 2024-2025 Calling All Heroes season kicked off last weekend, with the Major 1 Swiss Rounds already delivering exciting matches. Tune in to twitch.tv/ow_esports from June 8 to June 9 as the top eight teams in both the Rising Series and the Challenger Series compete in a double-elimination