{"id":125551,"date":"2022-06-24T09:11:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=125551"},"modified":"2022-06-24T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T07:13:28","slug":"rip-overwatch-overwatch-2-to-replace-original-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/125551-rip-overwatch-overwatch-2-to-replace-original-game","title":{"rendered":"RIP Overwatch \u2014 Overwatch 2 to replace original game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard&#8217;s game director Aaron Keller confirmed in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Games\/comments\/vicyeq\/were_the_team_behind_overwatch_2_which_will_be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit AMA<\/a><\/strong> that Overwatch 2 will replace the original live service game when it launches in Early Access on 4 October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Keller noted that, while the main reason for this decision is to keep the player base unified, it is also a chance to start anew.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Overwatch 2 will be much more sustainable than the original title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re launching with new heroes, maps, and features, but there are even more of these coming seasonally \u2014 every nine weeks to be exact,\u201d said Keller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recently released a roadmap detailing some of this content, with a new hero coming in Seasons 1 and 2, a new map in Season 2, and the launch of the PvE campaign next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overwatch 2 will have similar mechanics, gameplay, and graphics to the original game, which effectively makes it an upgrade rather than a brand new game.<\/p>\n<p>Overwatch 2 will be free-to-play when it releases in October and\u00a0will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X\/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Overwatch2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Overwatch2<\/a> arrives October 4, ushering in a new era for the franchise as a free-to-play live service game!<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the game and our commitment to deliver frequent seasonal content updates that expand the game to ensure there\u2019s always something new to play. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tAzPPtvcP0\">pic.twitter.com\/tAzPPtvcP0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\/status\/1537489293241118722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Read: <a title=\"Permalink to The Shadowrun Trilogy is out and free with Game Pass\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/125545-the-shadowrun-trilogy-is-out-and-free-with-game-pass\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Shadowrun Trilogy is out and free with Game Pass<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developer Blizzard has said that Overwatch 2 will replace the original game on launch day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":125552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[665,22983,10096,25900,15397,1870,1157,243],"class_list":["post-125551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-blizzard","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-overwatch","tag-overwatch-2","tag-pc","tag-playstation","tag-video-games","tag-xbox-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}