Overwatch 2 story missions will cost $15 for ‘permanent access,’ Blizzard says

Overwatch 2’s new season 5 starts Tuesday, June 13, bringing with it a vaguely Dungeons & Dragons-esque theme to the hero shooter’s battle pass and the return of the Summer Games event. Season 6 will follow. Overwatch 2The game promises to be bigger and better, with the story missions that were promised in 2019. Blizzard announced its pricing plans on Monday. Overwatch 2The story missions are part of an Invasion-themed season.

Stories missions are different from Hero Missions that were recently discontinued. Overwatch 2, will cost $15 for “permanent access,” Blizzard says. The $15 will allow access to 3 missions, set in Rio de Janeiro and Toronto (on an unreleased map). Blizzard plans to sell Overwatch 2: Invasion story missions access as part of a bundle that also includes 1,000 Overwatch Coins (the game’s premium currency), and a new Sojourn legendary skin. That bundle will also include access to Sojourn as a hero for players who don’t already have her.

But it sounds like players who don’t pay will also get access to the story missions, at least for a while. They’re meant to be played as a team, naturally, and attempting to matchmake or otherwise fill up a five-player squad only with players who’ve paid seems incredibly inconvenient. Polygon has reached out to Blizzard to clarify if players who don’t pay for Overwatch 2’s story missions will get temporary access.

For players who prefer to pay more, there’s a separate bundle: the Overwatch 2Ultimate Invasion bundle costs $40. The basic Invasion Bundle is included, as well as:

Null Sector premium Battle Pass with 20 Battle pass Level Skips
A further 1,000 Overwatch coin, making a total 2,000 Overwatch coin
Cassidy, Kiriko and two more Legendary skins.

Season Six of Overwatch 2, as teased Sunday at the Xbox Games Showcase, will also include a new game mode called Flashpoint, which appears to be inspired by Call of Duty’s Headquarters Pro mode. Blizzard says, “Teams will fight for control of key positions across the map called ‘flashpoints,’ aiming to capture three of them before their opponents do. You’ll have no time to relax once a point is captured, as the next one will already be waiting.” Flashpoint will launch with two maps — one of which is set in India — that will be “Overwatch 2’s biggest PVP maps to date.”

Overwatch 2’s next Support-class hero, an unnamed woman who appears to wield a very large sword-gun, is also coming in season 6. Here’s all that Blizzard has revealed about her so far: