When Does Overwatch 2 Season 6 Start? Date, Time, Duration, More
Are you excited for the next update?
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Overwatch 2 is about to drop its biggest update since the game's release in October 2022 next month. Yes, the upcoming Season 6 is packed with lots of features and provides a big push to the overall lore of the game. The entire community is waiting with excitement since the developers dropped information about the changes headed their way.
Currently, Overwatch 2 Season 5 is underway and well past its halfway mark, prompting developers to drop a mid-season update and players to start wrapping up their battle pass tiers.
Now, the only question that remains to be answered is when is Overwatch 2 Season 6 going to start? How much time will the players get to enjoy all its features and complete the new battle pass that comes along?
Overwatch 2 Season 6: Start Date, Time, and Total Duration
Here is a quick look at all the Overwatch 2 Seasons that have taken place since the game launched in October last year. The fast-paced shooter has not even completed a year and it is already on the verge of kicking off its 6th Season.
Overwatch Season 1 - 4th October to 6th December 2022 | 64 Days
Overwatch Season 2 - 6th December 2022 to 7th February 2023 | 64 Days
Overwatch Season 3 - 7th February to 11th April 2023 | 63 Days
Overwatch Season 4 - 11th April to 13th June 2023 | 64 Days
Overwatch Season 5 - 13th June to 10th August 2023 | 58 Days
Overwatch Season 6 - 10th August 2023 to TBD | TBD
The hype for the upcoming update is so huge that Overwatch 2 have given it a proper identity and officially call it Season 6: Invasion. This goes hand in hand with the lore of the game where the attack from the Null Sector has begun years after the Omnic Invasion.
The best part is that the players will be able to play through a part of this storyline in the new PvE (player vs environment) game mode being introduced. Along with this, a co-op mission will go live, a core PvP game mode called Flashpoint, a new support hero, and a lot more.
Overwatch Season 6 Invasion - Start Date
10th August 2023, Thursday
Overwatch Season 6 Invasion - Start Time
23:45 IST (Indian Standard Time)
11:15 PT (Pacific Time)
21:15 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
20:15 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
16:15 ET (Eastern Time)
13:00 CT (Central Time).
Do keep in mind that the start date could be a day ahead or behind depending on your time zone.
Everything about the upcoming Season 6 Invasion seems unusual, even the day it is scheduled to begin. This is because usually, such a transition occurs on the second or third Tuesday of the selected month, but this time it will start towards the end of the second week on Thursday.
