Overwatch 2 will replace the original game in October

If you have a sneak suspicion that Blizzard shooter is currently in beta Monitor 2 It will affect the original game of 2016 in some way, I was absolutely correct. It turns out that when the next sequel drops on October 4, it will be directly replaced Note and watch, making this now seven-year-old game unplayable. Now, what was it about people from both games being able to play with each other? Remind me because my memory is bad.

News comes from A reddit AMA people from Monitor 2 contract development team On June 22. It’s full of answers about the game’s early access period and what’s in store once it launches in October. Game Director Aaron Keeler was also present and gave a few questions, one of which asked what exactly Early Access means. More specifically, the Redditor wondered if Monitor 2 will “replace” Note and watchPvP or stop the game altogether.

“We use the term ‘early access’ to indicate that this is just the beginning of many new things coming into the game,” Keeler said. “We are releasing new heroes, maps and features, but there are more of these coming seasonally – every nine weeks. We recently released a roadmap detailing some of this content, with a new hero appearing in Seasons 1 and 2, and a new map in Season 2. Plus , bigger parts of the game have always been part of a vision OW2 The game will be released as part of the live service, including the launch of the PvE campaign next year. When OW2 It will be launched on October 4, and will be a replacement for the current live service.”

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This looks like Note and watch effectively Monitor 2 When the sequel is released. While this contradicts what former Game Director Jeff Kaplan said about them being a Shared multiplayer environment when Monitor 2 It was announced in November 2019, at least will sequel free to play.

However, this does mean that the structure of Overwatch, including stuff like the 6v6 setup, will officially get retired in favor of Overwatch 2’s new 5v5 matches. At least all your progress will carry over to the new game.

Kotaku has reached out to Blizzard for comment.

This Reddit AMA comes not long after Monitor 2 event detectiondetailing the seasonal roadmap, made it clear that there would be no loot chests, and offered New Tank Champion Junker Quinn. All this surrounded by Ongoing legal problems Publisher Activision Blizzard can’t escape.