BLIZZARD The Overwatch Season 4 end date has been confirmed by Blizzard

UPDATE ONE: Blizzard have now confirmed that the Overwatch Season 4 end date has been set for May 29. Fans should soon see a countdown timer appear in-game, letting them know exactly when things are going to finish. The officials statement from Blizzard: "We are indeed adding a countdown to the current competitive season's end in an upcoming patch. "In the meantime, I can let you know that Season 4 will end on May 29 at 0:00 UTC. We decided to have a shorter amount of "offseason" time without competitive play as compared to previous seasons. "As a reminder, the time of May 29 0:00 UTC can correspond to different time and date depending on where you live in the world. As an example, that date and time is May 28 5:00pm Pacific Daylight Time or May 28 8:00pm Eastern Daylight Time."

BLIZZARD New Overwatch Season 4 end date information has been released

Overwatch seasons usually run for around 90 days, with a usual off-season planned by Blizzard so that they can get everything in place for when Competitive Play kicks off again. And it appears that the Overwatch Season 4 end date is fast approaching. Game director Jeff Kaplan has provided a new update on the situation, revealing a rough guideline for fans to follow. As expected, Overwatch Season 4 will be finishing near the end of this month, with an off-season period likely to last around 7 days. NEWS: OVERWATCH WORLD CUP 2017 GROUP REVEAL Here’s what Kaplan had to say on the matter: “Season 4 will come to a close towards the end of May. The Competitive Play card will update with a timer later in the month with the exact time. Kaplan also confirmed that Season 5 will start around the first of June, providing everything goes smoothly with all the other things Blizzard have in the works. Much like the end of Season 3, the development team are expected to launch a new Overwatch release event to help celebrate the game’s anniversary.

It’s possible that the Overwatch Season 4 end may even be timed with this new anniversary, meaning a May 23-24 finish is on the cards. The full range of Overwatch characters are set to get a major makeover with the release of the next event being scheduled for launch. Dataminers using the latest Overwatch patch notes and PTR update have determined that each character is set to get at least five new cosmetic items, while some have been picked out for even more. Currently, it appears that Reapers is set to get the most, with eight new items found for the death-obsessed gunsman, with Tracer, Orisa, Sombra getting seven, Hanzo, Pharah, Bastion, Symmetra, Genji, Zarya, Soldier: 76, Lucio, D.Va and Mei getting six each. The rest - Ana, Torbjorn, Reinhardt, Mercy, Roadhog, McCree, Junkrat, Winston, Widowmaker and Zenyatta - will be bottom of the pile with five items.