Overwatch: Uprising is now live and runs through May 1 – here's the patch notes

The Overwatch latest event, Uprising, is kicking off today. Time to patch your game.

You'll be able to participate in the Insurrection event for Overwatch starting today and through May 1.

Insurrection is around 1.5GB in size and features a new, four-player PvE game mode that takes place on the King's Row map. You get to play as either Reinhardt, Tracer, Torbjorn, or Mercy in a wave-based, survival mode against Omnic robots.

As previously reported through leaks, Insurrection place in the past, during Tracer's first mission as a member of Overwatch team.

Along with new skins there will be new emotes, intros, sprays and other fun things. These are included in the Uprising Loot Boxes and include Genji's Blackwatch skin, Talon Widowmaker, Blackwatch McCree, Combat Medic Ziegler, Tracer's Cadet Oxton skin, and more. There are over 100 cosmetic items are available. As usual, once unlocked, the items are the player's to keep using forever.

Here's the event details, posted by Blizzard:

“Experience a pivotal moment in history from before the fall of Overwatch. Join a strike team of Overwatch agents—including the newest recruit, Tracer—as they undertake a vital mission to stop an omnic uprising in King's Row. Drop into the action and play as one of the four charged with completing this critical objective.

“As always, your efforts will be rewarded. You'll earn Uprising Loot Boxes as you play, unlocking new cosmetic skins, highlights, emotes, and sprays themed after key moments from throughout the history of Overwatch. Uprising Loot boxes are also available for purchase—but hurry, they get re-encrypted and filed away in the archives come May 1.”

And here's the storyline, which you already know about considering the trailer leaked earlier:

Relive Tracer's First Mission: Journey seven years into the past and join a group of Overwatch agents fighting through the streets of King's Row to quell an uprising led by Null Sector, a rogue group of omnics. Team up with your friends and play as Tracer, Torbjörn, Reinhardt, or Mercy to defeat the robots and liberate the city. There are no reinforcements. Failure is not an option. The future depends on you.”

Overwatch Uprising is live now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

We'll update this post with the patch notes and additional information shortly, as this post is a work in progress.