Overwatch Update 1.14 (1.14.1.1) for PS4 and Xbox One is now available for download. The update has added a new New Game Modes: Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. In addition, the update has also fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Meteor Strike from reaching certain high-altitude locations. Check out full changelog below for more details.
Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One Patch Notes
New Game Modes: Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch
Two new game modes have been added to the Arcade: Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch!
In Deathmatch, eight players go head-to-head until one player scores 20 points. Players will earn 1 point whenever they land the final blow on an opponent and will lose 1 point whenever they die to environmental damage (ex: falling off a cliff) or self-inflicted damage. This scoring will be tracked in a brand-new scoreboard. The first player to 20 points wins!
In Team Deathmatch, two teams of four players face off until one team scores 30 points. Players will earn 1 point for their team whenever they land the final blow on an opponent and will lose 1 point for their team whenever they die to environmental damage (ex: falling off a cliff) or self-inflicted damage. If players are resurrected before they respawn, the corresponding point for their death will be deducted from the enemy team’s score. This scoring will be tracked in our default scoreboard. The first team to 30 points wins!
Both modes will play out on a selection of maps from our existing pool:
- Hanamura
- Horizon Lunar Colony
- Temple of Anubis
- Volskaya Industries
- Dorado
- Eichenwalde
- Hollywood
- King’s Row
- (TDM only) Black Forest
- (TDM only) Castillo
- (TDM only) Ecopoint: Antarctica
- (TDM only) Necropolis
New Deathmatch Map: Château Guillard
Château Guillard is located near Annecy in southeastern France. For hundreds of years, it was the estate of the influential Guillard family, until it gradually fell into disrepair after the family’s power waned in the decades after the Revolution. Recently, the château has found a new owner: the Talon agent Widowmaker, who has returned to her family’s ancestral home.
General
- With Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One, a number of data format changes have been implemented.
- Match-wide voice chat has been added for Deathmatch and Custom Games
- Player reporting has been enabled.
- An “Aim Ease in” option has been added under the “Advanced” tab in the “Controller” menu.
Hero Updates
Junkrat
- Concussion Mine
- Junkrat can now hold two mines
- RIP-Tire
- Tire’s movement speed has been increased by 30%
- There is no longer a time limit when wall climbing
Orisa
- Fusion Driver
- Projectile speed increased by 20%
- Protective Barrier
- Barrier size increase by 20%
- Barrier shape has been changed to allow for more coverage from enemies that are below the barrier
Roadhog
- Take a Breather
- Can now be used while moving
- Damage taken while healing has been reduced by 50%
Widowmaker
- Grappling Hook
- Cooldown has been reduced from 12 seconds to 8
- Venom Mine
- Affected targets are now visible through walls (to you as Widowmaker only)
Competitive Play
General
- With Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One, the length of Competitive Play seasons has been reduced to 2 months (formerly 3).
- The winner on Control maps will now be decided based on a best-2-out-of-3 series (formerly 3-out-of-5).
- Due to the shortened season length, fewer Competitive Points will be rewarded at the end of each season.
- More Competitive Points will be rewarded for wins or ties in Competitive Play
- 15 Competitive Points for a win (formerly 10)
- 5 Competitive Points for a tie (formerly 3)
- Periodic Skill Rating decay has been reduced
- Previously inactive players (in Diamond tier or above) lost 50 Skill Rating per day. This has been reduced to 25 Skill Rating per day
- Playing a match now increases the time till decay by 36 hours (up from 24 hours). The maximum number of days remains set at 7
- With Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One, players who place in Diamond or below can now lose their place in that tier if their Skill Rating drops below the minimum requirement. However, they’ll still earn their end-of-season rewards for their highest skill tier placed
- Player Skill Ratings will no longer be temporarily lowered at the beginning of a season (after placement matches)
- Changes in Skill Rating that occur after each competitive match have been adjusted to address some anomalies, especially with certain heroes
Gameplay
- With Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One, defensive spawn times will now slowly increase earlier in the battle when the attacking team has more players on the objective
User Interface
- Added an “Outline Opacity” option under the custom reticle settings (found under Controls > Options > Advanced), which allows players to control the opacity of the black outline surrounding the reticule
Bug Fixes
General
- Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One has fixed a bug that occasionally required the Capture Point progress bar to progress past the second tick mark before being activated
Heroes
- Overwatch 1.14 has fixed a bug that could cause D.Va’s black ejection screen to briefly reappear after being ejected from her mech
- Fixed a bug causing D. Va’s Light Gun to utilize the wrong texture while outside of her mech when the Junker skin was equipped
- Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One has fixed a bug that caused D. Va’s hair to stand straight up on the Hero Select screen when her Cruiser skin was equipped
- Overwatch 1.14 has fixed a bug causing the lights on the back of Doomfist’s hand to incorrectly indicate full ammo when his Hello emote was activated
- Fixed a bug that prevented the area-of-effect circle for Doomfist’s Meteor Strike from being visible to all players
- Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One has fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Meteor Strike from reaching certain high-altitude locations
- Overwatch 1.14 has fixed a bug that was preventing Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from connecting with enemy players that were moving up an incline
- Fixed a bug preventing Orisa’s “Overclocked” achievement from being granted, even after the criteria was met
- Fixed a bug causing Sombra’s teeth to be visible while her Stealth ability was active when her Los Muertos skin was equipped
- Fixed a bug causing Sombra’s reload animation to play even when interrupted
Maps
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to reach unintended locations on Ecopoint: Antarctica
- Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One has fixed a bug that allowed players to see past the map’s background on Black Forest
- Overwatch 1.14 has fixed a bug that allowed players to reach unintended locations on Black Forest
- Fixed a bug that caused the announcer to say “Travelling to Dorado” when joining Castillo
- Fixed a bug that prevented some equipment (vents, pipes, etc.) from properly connecting to the walls of the power plant on Dorado
- Overwatch 1.14 has fixed a bug that allowed players to reach unintended locations on Hanamura
- Fixed a bug that caused some projectiles to go through the ground on the last point of Horizon Lunar Colony
- Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One has fixed an issue that caused sprays to display incorrectly on the crane on the Horizon Lunar Colony
- Fixed a bug that caused pink lighting to appear in some areas of Ilios
- Fixed a bug that could cause A.I. heroes to get themselves stuck while traveling to the Well Capture Point on Ilios
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to reach unintended locations on Ilios
- Fixed an issue that caused the lighting to appear dark in Genji’s room on Nepal
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to reach unintended locations on Oasis
- Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One has fixed a bug that prevented Pharah’s Jump Jet from recharging while perched on doorframes in Oasis
- Fixed a bug that prevented doorframes from being visible and lacking collision on the Practice Range
- Fixed a bug that caused some players to get stuck behind a plant near the second point on Route 66
- Overwatch 1.14 has fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist to reach unintended locations on Volskaya Industries
User Interface
- Fixed a bug in the Options > Controls menu that prevented the asterisk (which normally indicates that changes have been made) from being removed from the hero’s dropdown after controls have been set to default.
- Overwatch Update 1.14 for PS4 and Xbox One has fixed a bug causing the Back button to disappear when scrolling through the list of available games in the Game Browser.
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