Overwatch’s Season 5 mid-season update is one of the game’s biggest in a while, bringing a Stellar Blade collaboration, Roadhog’s first Mythic skin, and a new five-week story event. The changes also alter how competitive drives work, giving players more ways to earn rewards outside ranked play.

The Eve Protocol crossover adds five skins from Shift Up’s action game, with Widowmaker as Eve, D.Va as Lily, Freja as Raven, Vendetta as Tachy, and Soldier: 76 as Adam. The event runs through November 17, though all crossover skins are shop-only and cannot be earned through gameplay.

D.Va’s Lily skin also includes a Toki design inspired by a late-game Stellar Blade boss. The collaboration is the latest sign that Blizzard is leaning more heavily into high-profile crossovers to keep players engaged between seasonal updates.

Roadhog finally receives his first Mythic skin, Necrotic Knight, following his popular rework at the start of Season 5. The base version gives him silver and toxic-green armor with a plague-doctor-style mask, while later tiers add scarlet armor, jade ropes, and a large skull mask.

The skin is a fitting reward for Roadhog’s renewed popularity, though Mythic cosmetics remain premium items rather than something players can unlock through regular play.

The season’s story concludes with Taking Reign, a five-week event set in Rialto where Doomfist and Overwatch clash after Vendetta’s recent fall from power. The event includes 24 reward tiers split between a free track and a paid track.

The free track offers an epic Sigma skin recolor, while the paid track includes Vendetta’s new weapon and a legendary Doomfist skin. The premium track costs 1,000 Overwatch Coins, or roughly $10.

Blizzard is also changing competitive drives so players can earn points in both Competitive and Quick Play. Winning matches earns points, while losses remove them, but players can now choose whether to pursue a signature tag through ranked play or legacy weapon points through Quick Play.

Once players reach the fourth checkpoint in this season’s drive, they can equip certain signature tags from previous seasons. It is a small but meaningful change that gives players more flexibility in how they chase rewards.