Overwatch 2 will arrive on the Nintendo Change and a number of different platforms early subsequent month as a free-to-play title.
As a part of this, Blizzard has introduced it will likely be shutting down the unique sport’s servers. This may happen simply days earlier than the second sport’s launch on 4th October. Here is how Blizzard’s business lead Jon Spector defined it to our mates over at Eurogamer:
“So roughly a day earlier than Overwatch 2 launches, we will be taking down the Overwatch 1 servers… So which means, as a sensible level, that October 2nd actually is the final day to go in and play Overwatch 1. After which it is a 27-hour downtime that we’re planning with a view to get the Overwatch 2 server stood up and operating.”
Overwatch gamers might be given an opportunity to pre-load the second sport “just a little bit forward” of launch. Blizzard can even apparently share a “launch guidelines” for gamers, to make sure gamers are able to go when Overwatch 2 goes stay.
The unique sport servers aren’t all that is being dropped. Blizzard is swapping out Assault maps for the brand new Push mode within the fast play and aggressive modes. This may consequence within the elimination of Hanamura, Volskaya and Temple of Anubis, however they’re going to nonetheless be accessible to gamers within the customized sport mode. Here is what Overwatch artwork director Dion Rogers needed to say about this (by way of Polygon):
“It was a tricky determination for us to lose the Assault maps, Hanamura being one in all personally my favourite maps within the sport, with the Japanese aesthetic and arcade that you just destroy. We do plan to reuse this in a roundabout way as a result of it’s related to the lore a lot — [just like] Temple of Anubis and Volskaya.”
This follows on from groups being decreased to 5v5 in Overwatch 2 (together with the elimination of 1 tank from every crew) and the information the second outing would ditch loot containers in favour of a battle go system.
So, there you go – benefit from the unique Overwatch and the above-mentioned maps whilst you nonetheless can. Will you be trying out Overwatch 2 on the Change when it arrives early subsequent month? Go away a remark under.
