Loyalty is a humorous factor. Typically it’s earned, generally it’s purchased, and generally it’s gained over by cute kitty cats in jetpacks. The latter was on full show this week as Overwatch followers reversed momentum within the sport’s newest occasion to unlock new skins within the newest occasion. Overwatch’s present season has gamers siding with both titular peace-keeping group or the terrorist group Talon over the course of the following six weeks. At first, Talon was pulling off a decisive victory towards Overwatch, with followers defecting to the villainous group for laughs and lootboxes. Now that the second week is upon us, the rewards have refreshed, and gamers have been given the choice to change sides to win completely different prizes. Effectively, lots of people did, and have offered out Talon for Overwatch to allow them to get a bunch of cute Jetpack Cat cosmetics.
Overwatch is presently profitable out on the faction struggle with a reasonably important lead of 59.42 % of gamers siding with Winston, Sojourn, and the remainder of the great guys, whereas Vendetta’s new reign as Talon is just drawing 40.58 % of the vote. I’m not judging these fickle allegiances too arduous. Ideologies are ever altering and comprise multitudes. What we imagine in a single week of February 2026 could be utterly completely different the next week. © Blizzard Leisure / Kotaku However what’s endlessly? A profile image of Jetpack Cat. This week’s rewards embrace two profile photos, a voice line, and a profile banner all with the prettiest lady at Watchpoint: Gibraltar. It seems like that was sufficient to get folks to cease doing terrorism on behalf of their Italian mommy.
This all comes alongside the newest Overwatch lore drop, which incorporates an audio drama of Brigitte recalling assembly Fika, the cat that might sooner or later don a jetpack, and exploring design concepts to get her feline companion off the bottom and within the air. Overwatch is restructuring its seasons to combine narrative extra closely, and this week it seems just like the story content material we’re getting corresponds to the rewards gamers are getting. So if future seasons maintain this Splatfest-esque battle going, we’ll in all probability get used to seeing folks hopping forwards and backwards between each side to unlock cosmetics.
Will we get one other lore drop subsequent week because the rewards refresh? It’s unclear for the time being, as that is the primary season Overwatch has been utilizing the story-driven format to drive in-game occasions. The in-game Story menu has two locked story drops left for this season, which is working till April, so we probably gained’t get new lore on a weekly foundation. No matter we do get, nevertheless, will issue into Overwatch’s remaining seasons in 2026.
