{"id":75422,"date":"2026-04-14T09:41:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75422"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:48:40","slug":"new-hero-sierra-returning-post-match-accolades-and-a-map-rework-everything-new-coming-to-overwatch-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75422","title":{"rendered":"New Hero Sierra, Returning Post Match Accolades, and a Map Rework \u2014 Everything New Coming to Overwatch Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Overwatch will be looking to continue its resurgence ever since ditching the \u201c2\u201d and refocusing its direction with Season 2 of its new era. The Reign of Talon storyline continues in the April 14 update with the arrival of its second chapter, Summit. But what\u2019s new this time around? Well, plenty, it turns out.<\/p>\n<p>A new hero to play with will always be the headline attraction, but there\u2019s lots more to dig into, from map reworks and the return of player accolades to new mythic skins and collaborations. Let\u2019s get stuck and go into all of it in detail ahead of its 11 am PT \/ 2 pm ET \/ 7 pm GMT launch time.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"overwatch-official-season-2-summit-trailer\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p><strong>New Hero \u2014 Sierra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sierra is a new DPS joining the Overwatch roster. The Head of Security at Watchpoint: Grand Mesa, she\u2019s long fought against Talon and has now decided to join Overwatch. Packed with a murky past, she\u2019s looking to get to the bottom of her mother\u2019s story \u2014 the first test subject of the Soldier Enhancement Program \u2014 which has naturally led her to Jack Morrison (Soldier 76). Packed with a combat drone called Dorothy and a hard-hitting rifle, she certainly looks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwatch will be looking to continue its resurgence ever since ditching the \u201c2\u201d and refocusing its direction with Season 2 of its new era. The Reign of Talon storyline continues in the April 14 update with the arrival of its second chapter, Summit. But what\u2019s new this time around? Well, plenty, it turns out. A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":75424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75426,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75422\/revisions\/75426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}