Overwatch streamers confirm new Experimental Patch with “bombastic” changes
Overwatch developers and streamers have confirmed that a new creator Experimental Patch is in the works with some radical changes coming to many heroes.
Back in November of last year, Overwatch unleashed aspecial patch designed by top streamersto muchcritical acclaim from many in the community.
The impact was so great that developers confirmed that they would be doing this again, with some new content creators getting the opportunity to redesign the game to their liking.
Now, some streamers and the devs themselves have chimed in on this new patch, and things are getting exciting to say the least.
Everyone I’ve had the pleasure to work with from the dev team side has been awesome though, huge appreciation to them ❤️. They are the reason I’ve kept the faith that OW2 is gonna slap.
— Jake (@jakeow)July 19, 2025
Next Overwatch Experimental creator patch
Overwatch League pro Jacob ‘Jake’ Lyon took to Twitter to reveal that he was one of the creators responsible for updating some of the game’s heroes.
“I’m excited to be able to announce that I’m handling flex/projectile DPS for the next creator experimental card,” he said, but later added that patch wouldn’t be live on January 20.
“We just got approval to discuss it! It takes a ton of work from the dev side to take these from ‘idea in my head’ to actual patch that works in game, so you’ll have to be patient!”
As for what heroes Jake touched, the Houston Outlaws star explained he was taking a look at Genji, Doomfist, Echo, Mei, Pharah, Junkrat, Sombra, Bastion, Hanzo, and Torbjorn.
I gave all of these heroes what (I think) are buffs. Some heroes that got really significant (read: psycho) buffs I tried to balance a little bit with some drawbacks, but I’m not expecting these to be ‘balanced’. Really the goal is to have the heroes feel bombastic, new, & crazy.
According to Jake, he tried to give all those heroes buffs, but with some drawbacks. Still, he doesn’t exactly expect the changes to be “balanced.”
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“Really the goal is to have the heroes feel bombastic, new, and crazy,” he stated.
Elsewhere, Overwatch Community Manager AndyBteased on the official forumsthat Symmetra could be seeing some big upgrades, noting that a certain streamer really pulled some fun changes for her.
It will be fun to see what’s in store for all the heroes and if any of thechanges end up making it to the live gameeventually, albeit in a potentially toned down capacity.
