Update: Overwatch 2 arrives on October 4, in a new era for the franchise as a free-to-play live service game.
#Overwatch2 arrives October 4, ushering in a new era for the franchise as a free-to-play live service game!
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Overwatch 2’s reveal event starts today. Blizzard’s upcoming first-person shooter game, the sequel to the 2016 hero shooter Overwatch is ready to show its beauty to the public. The event will begin on Thursday at 10 AM PT and premiere The Wastelander Animated Short. The Livestream is also supposed to announce the date of the following PvP beta.
Furthermore, Blizzard plans on providing a profound commentary with bits and pieces in a complete detailed overview. The Youtube player for the event is already live and can be found at the top of this article. The event will begin in less than an hour from the time of this writing.
Despite the negative feedback and criticism during the previous test events, the hype seems to be followed and sustain relatively high excitement levels. It remains to be seen what Blizzard changed during these past weeks.