The story of Blizzard Leisure’s Overwatch 2 and PvE nonetheless haunts hardcore gamers. Introduced as providing a marketing campaign and replayable Hero Mode, the latter was cancelled, and the previous pared down closely following the sport’s “early entry” launch. Whereas it could ultimately obtain three paid co-op PvE missions final yr, the potential of extra appears unlikely.
Sources chatting with Kotaku revealed that Activision Blizzard wished these missions to do “critical numbers,” however they “didn’t do nicely in any respect” financially or when it comes to participant response. It additionally doesn’t assist that a number of improvement group members laid off in January 2024 by Microsoft have been these concerned in PvE.
“In the event that they’re gonna make extra of that stuff, they simply laid off all of the individuals engaged on it. Possibly there’s another method they may do it, however most individuals laid off from the Overwatch group have been engaged on that pillar,” mentioned a supply. Whereas aggressive PvP remained the main focus, many on the group felt the story and PvE ought to have stood alongside it.
Sadly, the way forward for subsequent story missions appears to be in limbo. One supply notes, “It actually doesn’t look like, even from a enterprise perspective, that Activision or Microsoft have any religion within the PvE.”
Overwatch 2 is offered for Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X/S, PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Swap. Season 10 will obtain a brand new Developer Replace immediately, probably showcasing Enterprise, the following hero.
