Blizzard expands Overwatch 2 Pride celebration following criticism for excluding some countries

Overwatch 2’s Pride celebration, which began on June 1, has received a steady stream of negative feedback on social media because of a precautionary measure in which Blizzard did not enable the Pride event in many Eastern European countries because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws that exist in many of those areas.

OW2 game director Aaron Keller tweeted today, however, that the developer team is activating the event in a couple of countries that previously did not have access to the Pride content. As of now, players in Poland and Romania will be able to play on the Pride celebration version of the hybrid map Midtown and get all of the player icons and name cards that display pride for the LGBTQ+ community.

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