Blizzard Takes Swipe at Jet Pack Cat Dominance, Addressing Its Reign of Terror in Fresh Hotfix

Blizzard Takes Swipe at Jet Pack Cat Dominance, Addressing Its Reign of Terror in Fresh Hotfix

If you’ve been playing Overwatch during the last couple of weeks, you’ve likely been haunted by the sound of a pair of small thruster engines followed by a squeaky “meow” serving as a precursor to your chosen hero’s face being scratched to death. Well, in order to soften this horror, Blizzard has released a hotfix attempting to address the terror that is Jet Pack Cat.The patch, released on February 24, applies the following nerfs for the suppose…

Overwatch devs commit to stop making new heroes too OP, after learning their lesson from "perma-banned" Jetpack Cat: "We're trying to find that right landing zone"

Blizzard's trying to avoid more Jetpack Cats

Jetpack Cat's reign of terror could be on its way out as Blizzard plots to nerf her: 'Honestly, what were they thinking?'

Hell froze over.

Blizzard Plans More "Oddball" Overwatch Heroes As It Confirms Jetpack Cat Nerf

Blizzard's recent rebrand of Overwatch 2 to just Overwatch also saw the game studio announce a series of new heroes coming in the first season of Overwatch's new era, one of which is Jetpack Cat, who quickly became a fan favorite. In a recent appearance on The Omnic Podcast, Overwatch's associate director, Alec Dawson, said that the popularity of Jetpack Cat, and other unorthodox characters, has led the development and design teams to consider m…

Overwatch Nerfs Jetpack Cat To Make Her Less Of A Feral Threat

When the semi-rebooted Overwatch kicked off with a new season this month, the flying feline support hero Jetpack Cat was met with love from fans and bans from players in Ranked Mode. Developer Blizzard Entertainment deployed a patch this week, making adjustments to several characters, including Jetpack Cat nerfs that result in two of her perks having less bite.Patch notes from Blizzard show that Jetpack Cat's minor perk Claws Out--which grants h…

Latest Overwatch patch nerfs Jetpack Cat and Domina but buffs Anran, Mizuki, and Emre

We knew to expect changes to Jetpack Cat in this week's Overwatch update, all following the feline terror causing all manner of damage in matches across the entire video game. Now, Blizzard has revealed the full patch notes for this latest update, with this being a small patch that mostly targets the five new characters that were introduced at the beginning of Season 1. Aside from Vendetta, all five characters are seeing minor tweaks, and as fo…