The NA and EMEA Stage 1 Regular Season for Overwatch 2’s OWCS 2025 circuit kicks off soon with free OWCS Home and Away Baptiste skins and more!
The Stage 1 Regular Season of the Overwatch Champion Series (OWCS) 2025 circuit is kicking off soon! As fans and supporters prepare for a weekend of esports action between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, they should get their accounts ready for some free, on-theme loot. Baptiste, the dashing support hero, has returning OWCS Home and Away skins that viewers can unlock for free. These skins are only available through Overwatch 2 esports events like this one. Read on for our quick guide on how to obtain these skins and even more freebies in this OWCS 2025 Season 1 opening weekend!
How to unlock free Baptiste skins in Overwatch 2
- Go to the "Connections" area on Battle.net
- Navigate to the "Twitch" section
- Press the "+Connect" button
- Visit OW_Esports' Twitch channel
- Watch 12 hours of content in total
- Visit your Twitch inventory
- Claim the OWCS Home and Away Baptiste skins
- Launch Overwatch 2 and visit Baptiste in the hero galley
- Check out your new Baptiste skins
It's also possible to unlock Overwatch 2 items through YouTube drops. To get started, go to the "Connected apps" page on YouTube and click on the "Connect" button located next to the "Battle.net" option. Then, follow the simple prompts to finish linking your accounts.
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More free Overwatch 2 Twitch drops
In addition to the OWCS Home and Away Baptiste skins, this weekend of esports action features other free Overwatch 2 items such as the OWCS 2025 player icon, spray, name card, and weapon charm. You have between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2 to do this as part of the viewership incentives for the North America (NA) plus Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions. Meanwhile, fans of OWCS Asia have between Jan 24 to Feb. 23 to earn these items.
Collecting all of these player incentives requires 12 hours of watched time in total. However, if you're only interested in a few items, then that's an option as well. We've written down the watch requirements for everything below.
OWCS 2025 Twitch Drop Required Hours Watched | OWCS 2025 player icon 2 hours | OWCS 2025 spray 4 hours | OWCS 2025 name card 6 hours | OWCS 2025 weapon charm 8 hours | OWCS 2025 Home Baptiste skin 10 hours | OWCS 2025 Away Baptiste skin 12 hours |
OWCS 2025 schedule
As noted, the kickoff for the OWCS 2025 Stage 1 Regular Season happens between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2. This is Stage 1 Week 1 for the NA and EMEA regions. Viewers can look forward to matches between Gen.G and Virtus.Pro, Team Liquid and Timeless, and more. Below is the schedule for Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
OWCS 2025 format
In terms of this weekend's format, teams must duke it out in best-of-three (Bo3) matches under the round-robin format. Six teams then advance to the Regional Playoffs. You can check out our full breakdown of the entire OWCS 2025 circuit here as it goes beyond this weekend's event.
That's all for now. Are you excited for this weekend? Stick around on esports.gg for more Overwatch 2 news and updates!
