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<p>The focus of <a href="http://ift.tt/10Ft6sN">Overwatch</a>&#8216;s <a href="http://ift.tt/2b0rLDN">Summer Games update is on new content</a>, but it actually does more than that, particularly on consoles.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Blizzard has released complete patch notes for this week&#8217;s update. In addition to everything we&#8217;ve already outlined about the Summer Games seasonal event (new loot boxes, cosmetic items, and a soccer-style Brawl mode), it makes a variety of other changes. Competitive Play, for one, now sees less team-setup time during subsequent rounds on Assault maps. Additionally, those who leave a Competitive match before it ends will have to wait 10 minutes before they can start another game.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The tips during the team-setup phase are now different (or absent completely, in the case of Brawls). The &quot;No Builder&quot; and &quot;No Sniper&quot; notifications are gone, and &quot;No Support&quot; has been replaced by &quot;No Healer,&quot; which doesn&#8217;t count Symmetra.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Unspecified &quot;minor&quot; adjustments have been made to Watchpoint: Gibraltar &quot;to ensure better balance for defending and attacking teams.&quot; <a href="http://ift.tt/1e8dJIN">PC</a> players can cap their frame rate with a new option in the settings menu, and matchmaking on all platforms has received &quot;several minor, behind-the-scenes improvements.&quot; The remainder of the changes come in the form of bug fixes.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That is, unless you&#8217;re playing the <a href="http://ift.tt/1lXIW8W">PS4</a> or <a href="http://ift.tt/1gvajmS">Xbox One</a> version, in which case you&#8217;re seeing some of the <a href="http://ift.tt/2av6shc">changes introduced on PC recently</a>. This includes a buff for Ana&#8217;s Biotic Rifle&#8211;increasing its rate of fire and magazine size&#8211;and an adjustment for McCree-improving him in some ways and dialing back his effectiveness in others. (You can <a href="http://ift.tt/2av6shc">read more about those changes here</a>.) Console players will also now find they have less time capture the first point in Assault, with the timer being reduced from five minutes to four.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can see the full patch notes <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ift.tt/2asAv3D">here</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Overwatch&#8217;s first seasonal event hasn&#8217;t been without its controversies, as some players are upset with the manner in which items are obtained. Blizzard has since explained it <a href="http://ift.tt/2avxXoC">doesn&#8217;t intend for everyone to get their hands on all 100-plus items</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2aS4JDc">GameSpot</a></em></div>
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