“The launch of Overwatch 2 has been such an important moment for Blizzard. The game has proven to be a global phenomenon, already achieving a daily player base spread near-even across EMEA, Asia, and the Americas that’s nearly triple the previous daily player peak from the original Overwatch.
IRVINE, Calif.-October 14, 2022- Overwatch 2, Blizzard Entertainment’s cross-platform and free-to-play team-based action game, has seen over twenty-five million heroes join the fight in the first ten days since its launch on Windows ® PC via ®, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation ®5, PlayStation ®4, and Nintendo Switch ™ consoles. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.A Future Worth Fighting for: Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch ® 2 Reaches Twenty-Five Million Players in First Ten Days The sequel to the team-based shooter sets a new Overwatch record, with peak daily players almost triple that of the original through its first ten days Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. Overwatch 2 launches later today, and I’m expecting some measure of confusing about all this from new players, so hopefully this cleared a few things up.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Fundamentally, Overwatch 2 is free, and I think Blizzard is not wise to be obscuring that fact at every turn. But the basics are that no, you do not need to buy the $40 thing that Blizzard will be shoving in your face at every turn.
I don’t think there’s a way to skip this process, and I don’t think the $40 Watchpoint Pack does that, but the messaging is so confusing I’m not even 100% sure. But Blizzard has said it’s going to take 100 matches or so for brand new players to unlock the full roster of characters, a way of onboarding without overwhelming them.
A new battle pass and a new unlockable hero each season like Apex Legends.Įxisting players/Overwatch 1 owners should have access to all the original Overwatch heroes when they start Overwatch 2. But fundamentally, Overwatch is moving to a free-to-play model. What’s happened is that Blizzard has split Overwatch 2 into the free, multiplayer launch, happening now, and then that other campaign content will come some time in 2023, and is likely to be sold separately.
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