Season 1 launches alongside PVP on October 4th. Each season lasts 9-weeks, bringing with it either a new hero, map, or mode, alongside countless new skins, and a shiny new Mythic Skin. Perhaps the biggest news that came out of the preview, was the information that Overwatch 2 would adopt a seasonal model similar to that of other live-service titles. The effectiveness of tanks in the current game is too overbearing so Blizzard looked for a way to reel them back in without mitigating the strengths they should have. The main goal with this change was to ensure that every player feels like they have an impact on every match they play. Additionally, crowd-control is almost completely eliminated from the entire game, encouraging tanks to really get in there and start tearing up the enemy team.
To compensate for this, almost every tank has been reworked or buffed in someway so that they can fill the role of a single tank. Game director Aaron Keller cited that two tanks was just too much in current Overwatch, aside from long queue times if you look to play any other role, there was a huge problem with shields and crowd-control that gave way to a meta of poking and slow gameplay. Overwatch 2’s biggest design change in comparison to the first game is the jump from 6v6 to 5v5, meaning you have one less tank per team. Overwatch 2 launches on October 4th, 2022, with the PVE component to launch sometime in 2023. Here’s everything you need to know about Overwatch 2. In short, this is a reworked and upgraded Overwatch that’s designed for veteran players, and those who have never delved into Blizzard’s darling hero-shooter.
Game director Aaron Keller emphasized that Overwatch 2 is going to have a focus on the game always having something to do, there should always be a reason to login and play Overwatch, while also targeting pain-points for players and making adjustments to the broader game that shift the meta in big ways.ĭuring the roughly two hours of time spent previewing Overwatch 2, Blizzard outlined its goals for live-service, changes to the overall game, new content delivery, an overhauled competitive experience, what they hope to deliver with PvE and so much more. While a majority of the content talked about was PVP focused, there were some fleeting details on the PVE component of Overwatch 2 that’s to follow this year’s launch. We got an extensive hands-off preview ahead of the reveal courtesy of Blizzard, which has not only shed some more light on the overall goals of Overwatch 2 as a sequel to 2016’s game of the year, but also how they plan to approach the live-service model.
Hot off the heels of last month’s closed beta, Blizzard has announced that Overwatch 2 will be coming to players as a free-to-play live service later this year.
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