{"id":1142,"date":"2025-07-17T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:57:57","slug":"overwatch-2-released-hacks-and-hijinx-limited-time-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/overwatch-2-released-hacks-and-hijinx-limited-time-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 released Hacks and Hijinx limited time mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Overwatch 2 Hack and Hijinx Sombra Season 17 8-bit skin\" class=\"wp-image-196422 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Overwatch-2-Hack-and-Hijinx-limited-time-event-2025-large.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898ebe2f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Blizzard Entertainment has released its latest limited-time mode for<strong> Overwatch 2<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/overwatch.blizzard.com\/en-us\/news\/24216160\/hacks-hijinx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hacks and Hijinx<\/a>, running until July 28th, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898ec43d\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Continuing <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/overwatch-2-season-17-official-trailer-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Season 17&#8217;s<\/a> eight-bit theme, Hacks and Hijinx is a 6v6 mode where Control matches gain modifiers, adding new rules and mechanics to the standard hero-shooter gameplay fans are used to.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-6894a898ed31d\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-195257\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-owcs-stage-3\">Which teams have qualified for OWCS Stage 3?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-195040\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-stage-2-midseason-format-schedule-teams-and-more\">OWCS Midseason: format, schedule, teams and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-194869\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-mid-season-championship-drops\">OWCS Mid-season championship viewership drops revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898ee0ea\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Every round in Hacks and Hijinx will come equipped with two random modifiers, which will rotate with each new round. These modifiers can range from zero gravity to knock back melee attacks. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898ee6fe\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Here are all of the modifiers available during the Hack and Hijinx event in Season 17: <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mini Maxing<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 All Heroes are 50% smaller, but health is reduced by 30%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lie Low<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Crouch to cloak. Stay invisible until you act (or get too close)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fired Up<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Gain a power boost when on fire. More damage\/healing and faster cooldowns, but you\u2019re visible to everyone<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charge Pack<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Health packs also charge your Ultimate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Punch<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Quick melee knocks enemies back<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vampiric Healing<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 No passive HP regen; every character gains life steal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aerial<\/strong> <strong>Combat\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Gravity drops, mid-air damage dealt and received spikes by 50%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Back In Action<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Respawn time reduced for faster returns (except during Overtime)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Berserkers<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 No regen, but for every 10% HP lost, attack speed + cooldown reduction jumps 6%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Super Jump<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Characters jump 200% higher<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motion Detection<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Moving enemies within 25m are now visible through walls. Crouch to stay hidden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Explosive<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Everyone explodes upon death<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hyper Speed<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Everyone&#8217;s movement speed is now 30% faster<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buff Hunt<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 One random Hero is buffed every minute with increased HP, damage, and Ultimate charge speed. Eliminating them steals the buff<\/li>\n<li><strong>Damage pack<\/strong>\u2013 Health packs now grant +20% damage for 10\u201320 seconds (or until death)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fallen Comrade<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Allies drop globes on death that boost damage, armour, and movement speed when collected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898eef55\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Completing challenges associated with the limited-time mode will net players with in-game rewards and XP. According to Blizzard, unlockable items include an eight-bit spray, weapon charm, player icon, an Epic loot box, &#8216;Hackerman&#8217; title, and up to 55,000 Battle Pass XP.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898ef58b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Players still hungry for competitiveness during or after the event can look forward to Overwatch esports events. Hack and Hijinx will end shortly before the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-2025-midseason-championship-preview-crazy-raccoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overwatch Champion Series Midseason Championship<\/a>, running from July 31st to August 3rd, 2025. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/overwatch-2-released-hacks-and-hijinx-limited-time-mode\">Overwatch 2 released Hacks and Hijinx limited time mode<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment has released its latest limited-time mode for Overwatch 2, Hacks and Hijinx, running until July 28th, 2025. Continuing Season 17&#8217;s eight-bit theme, Hacks and Hijinx is a 6v6 mode where Control matches gain modifiers, adding new rules and mechanics to the standard hero-shooter gameplay fans are used to. Keep Reading Which teams have qualified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}