The first seasonal event, Summer Games.
A seasonal event is a special event in Overwatch. The events last for 3 weeks (Except Year of the Dog, which lasted for 4 weeks), with the final week usually being the week of the event. During these events, normal loot boxes are replaced with seasonal event loot boxes, which contain at least one item exclusive to the event. These items include skins, emotes, victory poses, voice lines, sprays, highlight intros, and player icons. Season event loot boxes and items are unobtainable after the event concludes. Seasonal events also include an exclusive timed Arcade game mode (or Brawl, before the introduction of the Arcade).
Summer Games
- Main article: Summer Games
The Summer Games were the first seasonal event added, and are the fourth event of a chronological year. The loot boxes were reskinned into the Summer Games theme. The event is based on the 2016 Olympic Games and includes the Lúcioball brawl which takes place in 3 dedicated maps (Estádio das Rãs, Sydney Harbour Arena, and Busan Stadium), as well as event-exclusive sports-themed items.
- Summer Games 2016 ran from 2 August, 2016 to 22 August, 2016.
- Summer Games 2017 ran from 8 August, 2017 to 29 August, 2017.
- Summer Games 2018 ran from 9 August, 2018 to 31 August, 2018.
- Summer Games 2019 ran from 16 July, 2019 to 5 August, 2019.
- Summer Games 2020 ran from 4 August, 2020 to 25 August, 2020.
Halloween Terror
- Main article: Halloween Terror
Halloween Terror was the second seasonal event introduced and is the fifth event of a chronological year. As part of the Halloween-themed event, the loot boxes are replaced with jack-o'-lanterns filled with candy. The event includes the co-op PVE brawl Junkenstein's Revenge in a map called Adlersbrunn and event-exclusive items based around Halloween. The Hollywood, Eichenwalde and Château Guillard maps are also reskinned into a Halloween theme for the span of the seasonal event.
- Halloween Terror 2016 ran from 11 October, 2016 to 1 November, 2016.
- Halloween Terror 2017 ran from 10 October, 2017 to 2 November, 2017.
- Halloween Terror 2018 ran from 9 October, 2018 to 31 October, 2018.
- Halloween Terror 2019 ran from 15 October, 2019 to 4 November, 2019.
- Halloween Terror 2020 ran from 13 October, 2020 to 3 November, 2020.
Winter Wonderland
- Main article: Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland was the third seasonal event introduced and is the sixth event of a chronological year. As part of the Christmas-themed event, the loot boxes are replaced with present boxes. The event includes a new brawl, Mei's Snowball Offensive and Mei's Yeti Hunt, as well as event-exclusive items based on various Christmas/Winter references. King's Row, Hanamura, Ecopoint: Antarctica, Black Forest, and Blizzard World are reskinned into a Christmas/Winter theme for the span of the seasonal event.
- Winter Wonderland 2016 ran from 13 December, 2016 to 2 January, 2017.
- Winter Wonderland 2017 ran from 12 December, 2017 to 1 January, 2018.
- Winter Wonderland 2018 ran from 11 December, 2018 to 2 January, 2019.
- Winter Wonderland 2019 ran from 10 December, 2019 to 2 January, 2020.
- Winter Wonderland 2020 ran from 15 December, 2020 to 5 January, 2021.
Lunar New Year
- Main article: Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year was the fourth seasonal event introduced and is the first seasonal event of a chronological year. As part of the Lunar New Year-event, celebrating the Chinese new year, the loot boxes are replaced with boxes of fireworks. The event includes event-exclusive items based on Lunar New Year festivities and references. The first event included a new capture-the-flag brawl mode, Capture the Rooster, which took place in a modified seasonal Lijiang Tower reskin, as well as in the map based in Thailand:Ayutthaya.
- Lunar New Year 2017 (Year of the Rooster) ran from 24 January, 2017 to 13 February, 2017.
- Lunar New Year 2018 (Year of the Dog) ran from 8 February, 2018 to 6 March, 2018.
- Lunar New Year 2019 (Year of the Pig) ran from 24 January, 2019 to 18 February, 2019.
- Lunar New Year 2020 (Year of the Rat) ran from 16 January, 2020 to 5 February, 2020.
- Lunar New Year 2021 (Year of the Ox) ran from 4 February, 2021 to 25 February, 2021.
Archives
- Main article: Archives
Archives, originally called Uprising, was the fifth seasonal event introduced and is the second event of a chronological year. As part of the Archives event, the loot boxes are replaced with supply crates. The event included the second co-op PVE brawl Uprising which took place in a modified version of King's Row, as well as Retribution which took place in a modified version of Rialto and event-exclusive items from Overwatch's Golden Era.
- Archives 2017 (Uprising) ran from 11 April, 2017 to 2 May, 2017.
- Archives 2018 (Retribution) ran from 10 April, 2018 to 30 April, 2018.
- Archives 2019 (Storm Rising) ran from 16 April, 2019 to May 6, 2019.
- Archives 2020 ran from 12 March, 2020 to 2 April, 2020.
Anniversary
- Main article: Anniversary
Anniversary was the sixth seasonal event introduced and is the third event of a chronological year. As part of the Anniversary event, celebrating the anniversary of Overwatch's release, the loot boxes are reskinned to match the theme. The event includes event-exclusive items themed around artistic freedom. The first Anniversary introduced the Lockout Elimination and Limited Duel arena modes with the inclusion of 3 new maps.
- Anniversary 2017 (First anniversary) ran from 23 May, 2017 to 13 June, 2017.
- Anniversary 2018 (Second anniversary) ran from 22 May, 2018 to 12 June, 2018.
- Anniversary 2019 (Third anniversary) ran from 21 May, 2019 to 10 June, 2019.
- Anniversary 2020 (Fourth anniversary) ran from 19 May, 2020 to 9 June, 2020.
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