Overwatch Seasons provide regular ladder refreshes, offering more competitively-minded players another shot to put their skills to the test. With Season 20 going for quite a while now, some players are likely wondering about when Season 21 might start.
Here’s everything we know about the Overwatch Season 21 start and end dates.
Overwatch Season 21 Start and End Date
Overwatch Seasons tend to last for about 60 days, Season 20 ending today, March 5. New seasons begin on the same day, meaning that Season 21’s start date is none other than today, March 5.
If you’re logging in after reading this article, chances are you can begin your placement matches.
If Season 21 follows the same pattern as previous Overwatch Seasons, we’re expecting it to end on May 7, the first Thursday of the month.
Season 21 introduces hero pools to Overwatch’s competitive mode. Every week, a small number of heroes will not be available to play as, which, Blizzard hopes, will prompt players to vary team compositions more frequently.
As for its map pool, these are the 12 maps you can expect to see during Overwatch’s Season 21:
Assault
- Hanamura
- Horizon Lunar Colony
- Volskaya Industries
Hybrid
- Blizzard World
- Hollywood
- King’s Row
Control
- Busan
- Lijiang Tower
- Oasis
Escort
- Dorado
- Junkertown
- Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Overwatch is available on PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
