Blizzard is celebrating Pride month with a slew of free Overwatch 2 cosmetics for players to share their love for the LGBTQ+ community. Along with player icons, name cards, and a special spray, gamers that load into the hybrid map Midtown will notice a Pride parade taking place throughout the map. When I first played the new version, I immediately noticed there is an abundance of rainbow-colored confetti throughout the streets and rainbow flags on display.
Players in some countries that have anti-LGBTQ+ laws are not included in the event, and in a quote reported by Dexerto last week, OW2 game director Aaron Keller noted that the safety of players in those countries is the reason for that decision.
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Though Blizzard didn’t say which countries do not have access to the Pride content, players online have noticed that many Eastern European countries are a part of that list. For those in the U.S. like me or in another place that has the event unlocked, this Pride month celebration includes a wide array of ways to express oneself in-game through a variety of general LGBTQ+ Pride cosmetics, as well as items that represent more specific groups inside the queer community.
All Overwatch 2 Pride month sprays
Along with numerous player icons and name cards, Blizzard is giving all players a “Lena and Emily” spray for Tracer. The spray depicts a photo of Tracer with her partner Emily. The two are holding their hands and fingers together to create the shape of a heart.
All Overwatch 2 Pride month player icons
Overwatch 2 players that log into the game this month have access to 15 different player icons that represent the LGBTQ+ community. The icons include various specific queer pride flags, as well as an Overwatch Pride icon that has the OW logo over the top of an adapted rainbow flag. I’ve taken a screenshot of the options. You can see them below.
Here are the 15 player icons added to the game this month to celebrate Pride month:
- Agender Flag
- Aromantic Flag
- Asexual Flag
- Bisexual Flag
- Gay Flag
- Genderfluid Flag
- Intersex Flag
- Lesbian Flag
- Non-Binary Flag
- Pansexual Flag
- Transgender Flag
- Progress Pride
- Intersex-Inclusive Progress
- Overwatch Pride
- Rainbow
All Overwatch 2 Pride month name cards
Not to be outdone by the number of Player Icon options available, there are a whopping 24 Pride-related name cards. Similar to the way player icons worked, there are numerous options for repping specific segments of the queer community. I took screenshots of the many options; one screenshot wasn’t enough to capture all of the cards.
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What differentiates the name cards, though, is being able to also display the silhouette of any of the game’s five heroes that are known to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Pharah, Tracer, Baptiste, Soldier: 76, and Lifeweaver each have a pair of Pride name cards. One shows LGBTQ+ Pride more generally and the other represents their specific sexuality.
