

Seasonal upgrades every nine weeks will include the addition of new heroes, maps, and game styles.Battle them on 22 futuristic maps based on actual locations while mastering six different game types.One of the 35 different heroes can take the lead, ambush the opposition, or support the allies.Join forces with allies and engage in reimagined PvP as a time-jumping freedom warrior, a beat-dropping battlefield DJ, or one of over 30 other distinctive characters as you engage in combat all across the world. Each round is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield war. For now, we’ll have to keep waiting as more news out to solidify how this divide between the two games works.Taking place in a bright future, Overwatch 2 is a team-based action game that is always on and always developing. The game is still deep into development, and Blizzard even said the Overwatch team going dark to continue working on it after BlizzCon. And you’ll be queueing up with anyone that owns either of the two versions of the game.Īll of this is subject to change obviously. If you want to continue playing the base game, you can do that without spending a dime. To put it simply: if you buy Overwatch 2, you’re buying the PVE content and the new cosmetics. You also probably won’t get access to any new cosmetics. If you don’t, that stuff will be locked off from you. If you do buy Overwatch 2, you’ll get access to all of the new PVE content, including Story Missions and Hero Missions.

If you choose to never purchase Overwatch 2, you’ll essentially be playing a sleek, new version of the game you’ve been playing for years - just with a sort of big content drop in terms of heroes and maps on the sequel’s release day. On top of that, all of your cosmetics will also carry over. Quick Play, Competitive, Arcade, and Custom Games will work just as they do now, and will include all the new heroes and maps, as well as the new Push game mode. Once inside, you’ll be able to play everything that’s currently in the game as it is right now. Here’s how that all breaks down given what we’ve learned today at BlizzCon.įor right now, we know this: anyone that owns the first game will be able to install and load up the Overwatch 2 client. Blizzard also said that anyone that owns the first game will be able to play the second game. Overwatch 2 more like a second chapter, an iteration on what we already love about the first game. The number in the title is a little misleading if you’re used to traditional video game sequels. Overwatch 2 isn’t exactly a brand new game.
