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I’m one of the exceedingly rare Assault fans, and relegating the game mode to custom matches essentially means that I’ll no longer play it, not to mention the many minute adjustments, like changes to the UI and sound design, that will fundamentally change how I play the game. Each Overwatch character will be redesigned for the game, and that means everyone’s got new haircuts. While I’m excited for Overwatch 2, I’m a little sad that all the new comes at the expense of the old. Blizzard announced Overwatch 2, the next chapter of Overwatch, during BlizzCon 2019. For fans hoping OW2 would bring with it a mass competitive ladder equalization, Scott Mercer, principal system designer, wrote that “A complete reset would mean that games would be completely imbalanced for weeks or longer across the entire service, and we don’t think that will be a great experience for everyone.” Mercer did, however, reveal that OW2 will feature a new decay system that will lower the MMR of accounts that haven’t played in a while to ensure matches at all levels of the ladder are as equal as they can be. There also won’t be a matchmaking rating reset with the arrival of Overwatch 2. However, Blizzard intends to create a new currency with OW2, and the old coins won’t be able to buy everything on offer. Content players have unlocked in Overwatch will automatically carry over to players in Overwatch 2.”įor players worried about the Overwatch prime features being sunset with the arrival of Overwatch 2 ( i.e., loot boxes), the AMA revealed that any unopened loot boxes will have their contents automatically added to your inventory and any unused coins (a currency you earn via loot boxes) will also transfer over. To that end, when Overwatch 2 launches as a free-to-play live service game on October 4th, it will replace the current Overwatch build. “Our goal is to not divide our player base and to make the transition to Overwatch 2 as seamless as possible. In a comment to The Verge, the Overwatch development team said:

Yet they’re actually nowhere to be found in the actual beta. The promo art included new looks for brig, zen, sigma hanzo and sombra. When Overwatch 2 eventually arrives, along with ditching one player per team, it will feature redesigns for all 32 heroes on the current Overwatch roster. Sure but they literally used the new redesigns to promote the beta so it’s obviously confusing that they weren’t included. The sequel to the 2016 hero shooter Overwatch, the game. AtomicBetty-3767 May 3, 2022, 10:48am 17.

With players’ unlocked skins and other cosmetics transferring over, and with Overwatch 2 switching to a free-to-play model, it seems then there was no longer a reason to keep the two games siloed. Overwatch 2 is an upcoming first-person shooter developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.