In Overwatch 2, players will take on the roles of the world’s heroes in cooperative missions that challenge them to team up, power up, and stand together against an overwhelming outbreak of threats around the globe. Players will also battle each other in the next evolution of competitive Overwatch play, which carries forward existing players’ accomplishments and loot collections and features the current complete Overwatch roster, a new generation of heroes, new internationally recognizable maps that widen the scope of the world, a new Push map type, and more.

In the sequel’s action-packed cooperative Story Missions, players will experience the advent of a new Overwatch as Winston, Tracer, and other members of the original Overwatch join forces with a new generation of heroes. Players will take an active role in the Overwatch saga as a new global crisis unfolds through a series of intense, high-stakes four-player missions. As the story progresses, players will team up as different sets of heroes and fight to defend the world from the omnic forces of Null Sector, uncover the motives behind the robotic armies’ attacks, and come face-to-face with rising new threats around the globe.

Over the past few weeks, certain Overwatch 2 Twitch streams were hacked into by a mysterious hooded entity heretofore known only as “The Enigma.” Addressing the broadcast viewers from a fortified bunker, The Enigma’s distorted voice warned of an imminent invasion threat from the dastardly Null Sector, set to hit Overwatch 2 on August 10.

Today, the identity of The Enigma was finally revealed on stream with huge streamers like Shroud, Kyedae and Scump …as international superstar John Cena! Cena, via this cinematic implored each to spread the word of Null Sector’s incoming threat, including a new trailer for Overwatch: Invasion that can be viewed here.

“It’s been fun seeing the Overwatch community try to put a face to The Enigma,” said John Cena. “Sometimes a face you can’t see is just what the world needs to sound the alarm of a looming, worldwide threat.”

Ahead of the Overwatch 2: Invasion launch on Aug. 10, players and viewers should expect to see more of John Cena as “The Enigma”, including details on how players can actively participate in this event.

ANSWER THE ENGIMA’S CALL AND FIGHT THE NULL SECTOR INVASION

Heroes, the world is under attack, and it’s up to you to stop the invading forces of Null Sector. The enigma, John Cena has broken into community livestreams, asking all of us to answer the call and prepare to fight the invasion in Overwatch 2.

With the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, and Gothenburg under siege, it will be up to you to save the world. Dive into Invasion Story Missions featuring many of your favorite Overwatch 2 heroes and all-new challenging enemies. Will you be able to stop the forces of the Null Sector?

On August 10, answer our enigma, John Cena's call with the Overwatch 2 Ultimate Invasion Bundle featuring permanent access to the Invasion Story Missions, the Invasion Premium Battle Pass featuring over 80 tiers of cosmetics, including an all-new Mythic skin for Ana, 20 Battle Pass Tier Skips, 2,000 Overwatch Coins, and two exclusive Legendary Null Sector themed skins for Cassidy and Kiriko.

The world is counting on you. Starting on August 10, share your most heroic moment from Invasion Story Missions on social with #OverwatchInvasion, and you could be immortalized with a hero portrait by an Overwatch 2 artist.

To help realize these missions, the sequel also introduces significant engine upgrades that support larger maps for co-op (PvE) play, as well as the wide variety of new enemies and factions that players will encounter on their missions. The game also introduces visual enhancements designed to bring players’ favorite heroes—and their new looks for Overwatch 2—to life in greater detail.

Overwatch 2 also represents the beginning of a new era for the series’ world-renowned competitive 6v6 play. In addition to carrying forward all of the original game’s heroes, maps, and modes—as well as existing Overwatch players’ accomplishments and loot collections—the sequel adds multiple new playable heroes to the ever-growing roster; widens the scope of the world with even more maps and locations; and adds a new Push map type, in which two teams compete to make a robot (that happens to be pretty good at pushing things) push the map’s objective to their opponent’s side.

Overwatch 2 also renews Blizzard’s commitment to continue supporting the existing Overwatch community. Current Overwatch players will battle side-by-side with Overwatch 2 players in PvP multiplayer. In addition, current Overwatch players will be able to play Overwatch 2 heroes and maps, ensuring the core PvP experience remains dynamic and vital for today’s community in the Overwatch 2 era.

Overwatch 2 is available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.