An early build of Overwatch 2 will be used in Overwatch League's 2022 season

Date:
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 09:34:23 +0000

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The next Overwatch League will begin some time in April 2022 and itll use an early build of Overwatch 2.

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The 2022 season of Overwatch League will kick off using an early build of Overwatch 2 , Blizzard has confirmed.

Vice president of the Overwatch League at Blizzard, Jon Spector, tweeted
about the companys plans for the leagues next season, confirming that it is currently slated to begin sometime in April 2022.

In a second tweet, Spector quoted DotEsports reporter Liz Richardson, who had received confirmation that the 2022 season will begin on an early build of Overwatch 2 from an Overwatch spokesperson. Spector didnt elaborate on this but did say that Blizzard will share more details about 2022 roster construction timelines soon and more info generally on our 2022 season as we get closer to April. Oh yeah also this https://t.co/9SdBXXSyzz September 3, 2021 See more Diablo 4 release date, trailers, news and rumors Best
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Competitive players will undoubtedly be keen to get their hands on Overwatch
2 in order to experience the changes made to the original game for
themselves. Overwatch 2 PvP matches will, for example, be 5v5 , with each
team containing two damage dealers and two support characters but only one tank. Analysis: What does this say about Overwatch 2s release date?

This is pretty big news for Overwatch 2 which, at time of writing, doesnt actually have a solid release date and hasnt been seen a whole lot lately. There are plenty of reports on a possible release date, though. Very
recently, an Overwatch insider, Metro, tweeted that they had heard
development of Overwatch 2 is taking longer than expected and that a 2022 release does not seem likely anymore.

However, even more recently than that, a report from Dexerto dismissed this and claimed that they have heard from sources that releasing Overwatch 2 soon is a high priority and that the team is looking to get it out before the Summer of 2022.

The news that an early build of the game will be used in the 2022 Overwatch League does suggest that Blizzard does still have a 2022 release in its sights. Given competitors will be playing on an early build, a public release alongside the Overwatch League is unlikely but maybe its possible Overwatch fans wont have to wait too much longer after that.

Its worth noting, of course, that no official release date has been confirmed by Activision Blizzard itself and so we cant know for sure until that
happens. In an August earnings call (via IGN ), the company only stated that the games development passed an important internal milestone in recent weeks and that the team would be revealing more of the game in the coming months as they approach the later stages of production. Best new games 2021 : the biggest games coming to console and PC



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