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Blizzard Halts Overwatch 2 Stadium Updates, Shifts to Maintenance Mode

7/16/2026

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Game director Aaron Keller said Blizzard will stop adding heroes or maps to Overwatch 2 Stadium mode, shift to a maintenance-only phase, and that Mizuki, Anran, D.Mon and map Neon Junction will not appear Flex Queue tests July 16-19 and Dynamic Queue tests July 28-August 3.
He added team will shift projects.
June data showed Stadium modes made up 3 % of users, versus 54 % for Unranked Role Queue 5v5 and 37 % for ranked version.

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Game director Aaron Keller said Blizzard will stop adding heroes or maps to Overwatch 2 Stadium mode, shift to a maintenance-only phase, and that Mizuki, Anran, D.Mon and map Neon Junction will not appear Flex Queue tests July 16-19 and Dynamic Queue tests July 28-August 3.
He added team will shift projects.
June data showed Stadium modes made up 3 % of users, versus 54 % for Unranked Role Queue 5v5 and 37 % for ranked version.