Overwatch 2’s September 22 Patch Wipes Replay Codes and Fixes 3 Bugs
The fixes address placeholder text in Team Drives titles, possible prestige level changes, and Ashe's Metalcore scope.
Overwatch 2‘s September 22, 2026 retail patch is a bug-fix update that wipes replay codes and addresses three issues. The fixes affect Team Drives titles, prestige levels, and Ashe’s Metalcore skin.
Replay codes are no longer available after the update. That changes the situation from the September 17 hotfix, which still kept replay codes from the September 8 patch available. Blizzard’s official September 22 patch notes list the remaining fixes under the General category.
Overwatch 2 Patch Notes for September 22, 2026
The update does not add hero balance changes. Its direct player-facing effects are the replay-code wipe and three corrections to Team Drives and Ashe’s Metalcore skin.
Bug Fix Update
This is a bug fix update. Replay codes have been wiped.
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed a bug where Team Drives titles showed placeholder text.
- Fixed a bug where Drive Signature prestige levels may have changed after Team Drives.
- Fixed a bug with the scope on Ashe’s Metalcore skin.
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Overwatch
Developed by Blizzard Entertainment
Overwatch is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Players choose from a large roster of role-based heroes and compete in 5v5 team matches across various objective-based game modes, with both casual and ranked competitive play. Originally released as Overwatch 2 in 2023 as a successor to the 2016 original, the game was rebranded to simply Overwatch in 2026 with a renewed focus on seasonal narrative content and expanded hero rosters.
- Genre Shooter
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Perspective First person, Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release August 10, 2023
- Publisher Blizzard Entertainment
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