Changes: List of maps by release date

Revision as of 00:30, 31 January 2019

There were originally 12 maps at the launch of the game for Quick and Competitive Play (three for each mode). Since then, 7 (soon to be 8) additional maps have been added. New maps are released roughly every 4 months and are in-between hero releases. The September map is revealed during gamescom.

Arcade maps are released arbitrarily.

Lúcioball gets a new stadium each year.

Quick and Competitive Play

Map	Mode	Reveal Date	Release Date
Hanamura	Assault		24 May 2016 (Game released)
Temple of Anubis
Volskaya Industries
Ilios	Control
Lijiang Tower
Nepal
Route 66	Escort
Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Dorado
Hollywood	Hybrid
King's Row
Numbani
Eichenwalde	Hybrid	16 August 2016	1 September 2016
Oasis	Control	4 November 2016	3 January 2017
Horizon Lunar Colony	Assault	31 May 2017	20 June 2017
Junkertown	Escort	21 August 2017	19 September 2017
Blizzard World	Hybrid	3 November 2017	23 January 2018
Rialto	Escort	4 April 2018	3 May 2018
Busan	Control	22 August 2018	11 September 2018
Paris	Assault	30 January 2019	TBA

Arcade

Map	Mode	Release Date
Ecopoint: Antarctica	Elimination	15 November 2016
Black Forest	Elimination	23 May 2017
Castillo
Necropolis
Château Guillard	Deathmatch	29 August 2017
Ayutthaya	Capture the Flag	8 February 2018
Petra	Deathmatch	19 May 2018

Brawls

Map	Event	Brawl	Release Date
Estádio das Rãs	Summer Games	Lúcioball	2 August 2016
Sydney Harbour Arena	Summer Games	Lúcioball	8 August 2017
Busan Stadium	Summer Games	Lúcioball	9 August 2018

Trivia

The January map used to be revealed during BlizzCon; however, as of 2018, Blizzard has stopped doing this. Their reasoning is that they felt map announcements lose their impact if they are announced too early.^[1]
Maps are usually released in January, May, and September; however, there has been two exceptions so far: Horizon Lunar Colony (June) and Paris (February), both of whom were a month late. Interestingly, they're both Assault maps.

References

↑ 2018-10-23, Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan Answers Overwatch Developer Update | October 2018 Update | Overwatch. YouTube, accessed on 2019-01-01

[1] 2018-10-23, Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan Answers Overwatch Developer Update | October 2018 Update | Overwatch. YouTube, accessed on 2019-01-01

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-There were originally 12 [[maps]] at the launch of the game for [[Quick Play|Quick]] and [[Competitive Play]] (three for each mode). Since then, 7 additional maps have been added. New maps are released roughly every 4 months, in-between [[Heroes|hero]] releases. The September map is revealed during [[wikipedia:Gamescom|gamescom]].
+There were originally 12 [[maps]] at the launch of the game for [[Quick Play|Quick]] and [[Competitive Play]] (three for each mode). Since then, 7 (soon to be 8) additional maps have been added. New maps are released roughly every 4 months and are in-between [[Heroes|hero]] releases. The September map is revealed during [[wikipedia:Gamescom|gamescom]].
 [[Arcade]] maps are released arbitrarily.
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-|[[Paris]] || [[Assault]] || 31 January 2019 || TBC
+|[[Paris]] || [[Assault]] || 30 January 2019 || TBA
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 ==Trivia==
 *The January map used to be revealed during [[wikipedia:BlizzCon|BlizzCon]]; however, as of 2018, Blizzard has stopped doing this. Their reasoning is that they felt map announcements lose their impact if they are announced too early.<ref>2018-10-23, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-XwHIlZU3k Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan Answers Overwatch Developer Update | October 2018 Update | Overwatch]. ''YouTube'', accessed on 2019-01-01</ref>
+* Maps are usually released in January, May, and September; however, there has been two exceptions so far: Horizon Lunar Colony (June) and Paris (February), both of whom were a month late. Interestingly, they're both [[Assault]] maps.
 ==References==