Blizzard continues to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Overwatch and donated double EP for a weekend.
Overwatch - double the experience = double the fun?
It starts on Friday, June 8th at 8 p.m. CEST. Until Monday, June 12th at 9 a.m. you will get twice as much from almost all EP sources.
- Time spent in a match
- Completion of a match
- Completion of several consecutive matches
- Winning a match
- Jump in as a substitute in an ongoing match
- Earning medals
Any other bonuses such as IGR or the group bonus are not lost, but have a multiplicative effect. The only exception is the bonus for the first one Victory of the day this remains at 1500 experience.
Below you can find the official Blizzard announcement:
Overwatch - EP Weekend
More XP for you guys!
It's been an amazing year and we're so grateful that you guys were there. To celebrate our second Overwatch anniversary - and to celebrate the community that made it all possible (you guys!) - all players who sign up on PC, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One this weekend will get double the experience.
This bonus applies to almost all XP sources in the game, such as:
- Time spent in a match
- Completion of a match
- Completion of several consecutive matches
- Winning a match
- Jump in as a substitute in an ongoing match
- Earning medals
The bonus can also be stacked multiplicatively with existing group and IGR bonuses. The only source of XP that is not affected is the First Win of the Day Bonus - it stays at 1,500 XP.
The Bonus XP Weekend starts on in all regions and on all platforms Friday June 8th at 8:00 p.m. CEST and ends on Monday June 12th at 8:59 a.m. CEST.