Overwatch's biggest season ever kicks off with 5 new heroes all at once, including a cat with a jetpack who can toss you off the map

When I flew down to Blizzard HQ last week to see what the Overwatch 2 team had been cooking for the last few years, I expected a couple of new heroes and an animated cinematic. What I saw was way more than I ever could've imagined, to the point the words "soft reboot" came to mind. It isn't quite that, mind you, but it's easily the biggest update the game has ever had and a marked shift in the vision of what it could be.

Starting next week on February 10, Overwatch 2 will drop the 2 and...