Overwatch Update 2.74 Patch Notes for PS4 and Xbox One

Overwatch update 2.74 is now rolling out for PS4 and Xbox One players. According to the official Overwatch 2.74 patch notes, the latest update brings Bastion’s Brick Challenge. Players can now unlock adorable brick-themed cosmetics, including sprays, player icons, and the legendary Brick Bastion skin. Apart from this, the new Overwatch version 2.74 also includes stability and performance improvements.

Previously, a major update was released which added new feature Role Queue, new hero Sigma (Tank) and more. Unfortunately, since the last patch, many players are still experiencing several issues when trying to play the game online. Today’s Overwatch update 2.74 is expected to fix a few of these issues. Check out more details below.

Overwatch update 2.74 Patch Notes

Bastion’s Brick Challenge

Get ready to play with Bastion’s Brick Challenge and some special, unlockable in-game content! Wins in Quick Play, Competitive Play, or Arcade will earn you themed sprays, player icons, and a new legendary skin: Brick Bastion!

Tune in to participating Twitch broadcasters while they’re playing Overwatch any time through 9/30 to earn a total of seven Bastion’s Brick Challenge sprays and icons!

HERO UPDATES

General

  • Ground targeted abilities (Reaper’s Shadowstep, Mei’s Icewall, Synnetra’s Teleporter, etc) will now more heavily prefer edges over placing as far away as possible.

Bastion

Self-repair

  • Self-repair no longer consumes resource while Bastion is at full health
  • Bastion now correctly initiates 0.25 sec of recovery time when canceling Self-Repair by firing

Symmetra

Primary Fire

  • Beam width lowered from 0.3 meters to 0.2
  • Beam DPS per level lowered from 65/130/195 to 60/120/180

Zarya

Primary Fire

  • Beam width is now 0.15 meters and no longer scales with energy
  • Max Beam DPS lowered from 190 to 170

Sigma

Hyper Spheres

  • Explosion damaged reduced from 35 to 30

Experimental Barrier

  • Overwatch version 2.74 added a toggle option for deploying Sigma’s Experimental Barrier
  • Being hacked by Sombra will now recall his barrier if it is deployed. (EMP will still destroy the barrier first if both are in range)

Accretion

  • Explosion damage increased from 50 to 60

Gravitic Flux

  • Intro cast time increased from 0.4 seconds to 0.6

WORKSHOP UPDATES

New Workshop actions:

  • Create Dummy Bot
    • Creates a dummy bot, which is a full player that has no human or AI controlling it. Using other Workshop actions, dummy bots can move, aim, press buttons, and do most things that human players can do.
  • Destroy Dummy Bot
    • Destroys a dummy bot.
  • Start Throttle In Direction
    • Either sets or modifies the throttle (directional movement input) for a given player (human, AI bot, or dummy bot).
  • Stop Throttle In Direction
    • Stops the change to throttle being caused by Start Throttle In Direction.
  • Create Beam Effect
    • Creates a beam effect between two positions (either or both of which may be a player).

New parameters to existing Workshop actions:

  • Create HUD Text
    • New SpectatorVisibility option for defining when spectators can see the text.
    • New colors have been added to Text Color.
  • Create In-World Text
    • New SpectatorVisibility option for defining when spectators can see the text.
    • New colors have been added to Text Color.
  • Create Effect and Play Effect
    • New colors have been added.

New Workshop value:

  • Is Dummy Bot
    • Whether a given player is a dummy bot.

New Workshop Inspector features:

  • Copy current variables to CSV [PC-Only] :
    • Copies the currently visible variables to the system clipboard in CSV format. These can be pasted into text and spreadsheet applications.
  • Copy all variables to CSV [PC-Only] :
    • Copies all variables throughout the Inspector history for the currently selected entity to the system clipboard in CSV format. These can be pasted into text and spreadsheet applications.
  • Copy current variables as actions:
    • Copies the currently visible variables to the clipboard in Workshop text format. These can be pasted back into a Workshop action list.

Bug Fixes Overwatch update 2.74

General

  • Workshop – Fixed a bug that caused the “Enable Workshop Inspector” option not to reset when using Restore Defaults
  • Workshop – The “Is Firing Primary” Workshop value now correctly reports whether Sigma is using his Hyperspheres
  • Overwatch update 2.74 fixed an issue where killing D.Va’s mech via Environment kill would not always grant the full amount of ult charge
  • Fixed an issue where knockbacks would sometimes be shorter than intended if the target was moving down an incline
  • Players should no longer get stuck inviting players when using ‘Stay As Team’ feature
  • Attempting to save a highlight without sufficient disk space now displays an appropriate error message
  • Overwatch 2.74 fixed an issue where the first person camera would be incorrectly offset when switching heroes in some workshop scenarios
  • Competitive arcade season ratings now display a skill rating in the career profile
  • Season 1 competitive end ratings now show correctly in leaderboards

Maps

Paris

  • Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to pass through the attacker’s spawn door

Heroes

Ashe

  • Improved the ability for B.O.B. to get through doorways and more consistently make it to where he was launched towards

Bastion

  • Fixed a bug where Bastion was not entering a recovery state when immediately firing weapons after Self-Repair is used

Brigitte

  • Fixed a bug with Brigitte’s Repair Pack cooldown scalar not working in custom games

D.Va

  • Fixed a bug that allowed D.Va’s mech to block Earthshatter briefly during the destruction animation

Hanzo

  • Overwatch version 2.74 fixed a bug that caused Hanzo’s bow to flicker when switching to Sonic Arrow, when certain skins were equipped

Lucio

  • Fixed an issue where knockbacks applied to enemies moving down ramps would not knock back as far as intended.

Mercy

  • Fixed a bug where Mercy could sometimes mispredict being able to Guardian Angel to a teammate who had died behind a wall.

Orisa

  • Overwatch update 2.74 fixed a bug that caused players to be thrown further than intended when escaping the pulling effect of Orisa’s Halt

Sigma

  • Fixed a bug that caused the first-person animations for Kinetic Grasp, Accretion, Experimental Barrier return/retract, and primary fire not to play correctly when used immediately after being frozen
  • Overwatch PS4 2.74 fixed a bug that caused Hyperspheres to appear without any VFX or animation after letting the cast timer on Gravitic Flux expire
  • Fixed a bug that incorrectly allowed Sigma to gain shields after absorbing a healing orb from Moira with his Kinetic Grasp
  • Corrected various Sigma team color visual effects
  • Fixed a bug with Sigma’s Damage Blocked average per 10 min not appearing in career profile

Sombra

  • Overwatch update 2.74 fixed a bug with Sombra detection radius being affected by player aim pitch

Wrecking Ball

  • Fixed an issue preventing Wrecking Ball specific stats from showing up in the Career Profile
  • Fixed a bug with adaptive shields area being affected by aim pitch

Zenyatta

  • Fixed a bug that prevented Zenyatta from using a Teleporter while Transcendence is active
  • Overwatch version 2.74 added fixes for crashing issues.
  • Added fixes for framerate drop and freezing issues.
  • Addressed stuttering/lag issues.
  • Added performance improvements in some areas.
  • Added stability improvements with Overwatch 2.74.
  • Various under the hood improvements.

Overwatch update 2.74 for PS4 is now available for download.

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