Blizzard Plans to Change the Competitive Experience of Overwatch Upon Overwatch 2 Release

Blizzard has plans to change the competitive nature of Overwatch when Overwatch 2 launches. What that entails is something fans will have to wait on.

In an interview with PlayStation, Aaron Keller and Michael Chu answered questions on behalf of Blizzard covering topic like storytelling, Sojourn, and unexpected Lucio changes.

Overwatch 2 is bound to change the game significantly, and while Blizzard has admitted Overwatch will is stay roughly the same, the interview tells a slightly different story.

When asked whether Overwatch's competitive nature would be overhauled, Aaron Keller had this to say, "The competitive experience in Overwatch is incredibly important to us. We are continually working on it and have plans for changes to it with Overwatch 2 but aren’t ready to share any concrete details just yet. However current Overwatch players and Overwatch 2 players will play together in the same Competitive Play environment once Overwatch 2 launches."

While the statement seems tame enough, it should give hope to the Overwatch community. It felt to many that Blizzard was putting a lot of effort into the PvE focus of the game and leaving the competitive nature on the backburner, a problematic situation for fans of the Overwatch League and the main pull of Overwatch. That doesn't seem to the best the case. Outside of a new competitive game mode, maps, and character models, Blizzard is looking to change the competitive nature of the game with Overwatch 2's release.

We just have to hope it's in the right direction.