Overwatch’s 1-on-1 Arcade mode makes Blizzard’s team shooter feel like Street Fighter

Blizzard launched a major update for Overwatch last week, and it has made what was already one of the best games of the year even better.

I’ve already covered playing with Sombra, which is the new hacker character that can make a huge difference in team fights, but don’t let the purple cyber criminal overshadow the excellent new Arcade mode. Blizzard has dropped the weekly Brawl mode, which would introduce a new and often wacky remix of the shooter’s standard format. In its place, the game now has Arcade. This stands alongside Quick Play and Competitive and features a playlist of all the Brawls from previous weeks, a 3-on-3 mode with permadeath, and more. But I’m having the most fun with the 1-on-1 Mystery Duel game type that has you going head-to-head against another player in a best-of-nine fight where you each play as the same, random character through each round.