Blizzard has released a new patch for Overwatch that – among other things – adds a brand new Hero. This new Hero is Sombra; a master manipulator who can hack her enemies, temporarily blocking their abilities.

In addition, this new patch for Overwatch comes with various bug fixes, balance tweaks, and adds a new Arena Map, as well as an Arcade mode.

In Arcade mode, players can choose from a variety of regularly rotating game modes, maps, and rulesets that don’t quite fit into Quick Play or Competitive Play.

You can find below the changelog for Overwatch’s latest update (for all the balance tweaks, we strongly suggest visiting its official forum).

Overwatch – Patch 1.5 Changelog:

General

• Made a number of data format improvements, which should decrease load times and reduce the game’s storage space requirements
• Made several adjustments to the amount of experience needed to level
  • The amount of experience needed to reach levels 2 through 13 remains unchanged
  • The amount of experience needed to reach levels 14 through 100 has been slightly reduced
  • The amount of experience needed to reach levels after 100 is now constant (20,000 XP) and will no longer reset after each promotion
• Quick Play matches are now restricted to one of each hero per team

User Interface

• Loading screen now displays the name of the chosen game mode when playing in the Arcade

BUG FIXES
General

• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the PC client from closing properly, making the Battle.net application think the game was still running
• Fixed a bug preventing players from receiving credit toward the Most Healing Done commendation
• Fixed a bug that caused the columns on Recent Players to slightly overlap each other
• Fixed a bug preventing the fourth column on the friends list from being displayed properly
• Fixed a navigation error that could occur when attempting to adjust video options using a controller
• Players will now be removed from the Practice Range if they are AFK

AI

• Fixed a bug that caused McCree bots to Combat Roll into the well on Ilios
• Fixed a bug that could cause bots to get stuck in a wall near objective B on Temple of Anubis
• Fixed a bug that prevented bots from moving through certain locations on Volskaya Industries

Competitive Play

• Fixed a bug that could cause overtime to continue indefinitely on Assault maps
• Fixed a bug that could cause matches to begin with only 11 connected players

Heroes

• Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s healing stats from showing up in the Career Profile page
• Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s custom crosshairs from displaying while zoomed
• Fixed a bug causing irregular placement of the pumpkin on Genji’s “Pumpkin Carving” highlight intro with certain skins
• Fixed a bug preventing Mercy’s staff from showing up in the “Guardian Angel” highlight intro with her Cobalt skin equipped
• Fixed a bug preventing Reaper’s “R.I.P.” victory pose from animating correctly when the game client isn’t in focus
• Fixed a bug that allowed Tracer to use Blink while rewinding with Recall
• Fixed a bug preventing some of Tracer’s voice lines from activating with her Punk skin equipped
• Fixed a bug preventing Zarya from gripping her gun’s handle in the “Deadlift” highlight Intro
• Fixed a bug causing Zarya’s Graviton Surge to eject Reinhardt at high velocity

Maps

• Fixed a typo on the bakery blackboard in Eichenwalde
• Fixed a bug that allowed certain heroes to stand on unintended pillars on Ilios
• Fixed a bug on Lijiang Tower that allowed heroes to reach unintended locations
• Fixed a bug allowing Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on Nepal
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to contest the payload from a protected area above the gas station on Route 66
• Fixed a bug that allowed Pharah to reach unintended locations on Volskaya Industries
• Fixed a bug on Watchpoint: Gibraltar that allowed players to reach an unintended location near the final objective

Spectating

• Fixed a bug that occasionally produced incorrectly colored health bars when spectating Custom Games