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Overwatch 2's hybrid map Midtown displays numerous different specific LGBTQ+ pride flags throughout the second point.
Image via Blizzard Entertainment

Overwatch 2 Pride month event: All icons, name cards, and sprays

There are so many options.

Blizzard is celebrating Pride month with a slew of free Overwatch 2 cosmetics for players to share their love for the LGBTQ+ community. Along with player icons, name cards, and a special spray, gamers that load into the hybrid map Midtown will notice a Pride parade taking place throughout the map. When I first played the new version, I immediately noticed there is an abundance of rainbow-colored confetti throughout the streets and rainbow flags on display.

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Players in some countries that have anti-LGBTQ+ laws are not included in the event, and in a quote reported by Dexerto last week, OW2 game director Aaron Keller noted that the safety of players in those countries is the reason for that decision.

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Though Blizzard didn’t say which countries do not have access to the Pride content, players online have noticed that many Eastern European countries are a part of that list. For those in the U.S. like me or in another place that has the event unlocked, this Pride month celebration includes a wide array of ways to express oneself in-game through a variety of general LGBTQ+ Pride cosmetics, as well as items that represent more specific groups inside the queer community.

All Overwatch 2 Pride month sprays

Tracer and her partner, Emily, hold their fingers together to create a heart with their hands.
Tracer was the first Overwatch hero to be unveiled as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Image via Blizzard Entertainment

Along with numerous player icons and name cards, Blizzard is giving all players a “Lena and Emily” spray for Tracer. The spray depicts a photo of Tracer with her partner Emily. The two are holding their hands and fingers together to create the shape of a heart.

All Overwatch 2 Pride month player icons 

Overwatch 2 players that log into the game this month have access to 15 different player icons that represent the LGBTQ+ community. The icons include various specific queer pride flags, as well as an Overwatch Pride icon that has the OW logo over the top of an adapted rainbow flag. I’ve taken a screenshot of the options. You can see them below.

A list of the 15 Pride player icons,
Pride player icons have their own section in the Career Profile customization page. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Here are the 15 player icons added to the game this month to celebrate Pride month:

  • Agender Flag
  • Aromantic Flag
  • Asexual Flag
  • Bisexual Flag
  • Gay Flag
  • Genderfluid Flag
  • Intersex Flag
  • Lesbian Flag
  • Non-Binary Flag
  • Pansexual Flag
  • Transgender Flag
  • Progress Pride
  • Intersex-Inclusive Progress
  • Overwatch Pride
  • Rainbow

All Overwatch 2 Pride month name cards

More than 15 options for the Pride name cards.
There are a lot of options to choose from. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Not to be outdone by the number of Player Icon options available, there are a whopping 24 Pride-related name cards. Similar to the way player icons worked, there are numerous options for repping specific segments of the queer community. I took screenshots of the many options; one screenshot wasn’t enough to capture all of the cards.

Related: All LGBTQ+ characters in Overwatch 2

What differentiates the name cards, though, is being able to also display the silhouette of any of the game’s five heroes that are known to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Pharah, Tracer, Baptiste, Soldier: 76, and Lifeweaver each have a pair of Pride name cards. One shows LGBTQ+ Pride more generally and the other represents their specific sexuality.

The remaining Pride player card options.
Each LGBTQ+ hero has a pair of Pride-related name card options. Screenshot by Dot Esports

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Max Miceli
Senior Staff Writer. Max graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism and political science degree in 2015. He previously worked for The Esports Observer covering the streaming industry before joining Dot where he now helps with Overwatch 2 coverage.