Overwatch 2’s long-awaited story missions begin rolling out subsequent month on August 10, however from the sound of it, the three ranges that launch within the first wave would be the solely ones that launch in 2023.
Information of this comes from govt producer Jared Neuss, who stated on a stream with Twitch streamer and ex-San Francisco Shock participant Emongg that followers shouldn’t count on new story missions within the subsequent two seasons following the preliminary August 10 launch. Overwatch 2 seasons are 9 weeks lengthy, and season 6, the one which begins on August 15 simply after the missions launch, will final till roughly mid-October. So if we shouldn’t count on any new story missions in seasons 7 or 8, then it appears like no matter story content material is coming after the primary batch gained’t be out till 2024.
Neuss says that is in service to creating adjustments and updating options in future story content material based mostly on suggestions. So it appears like Overwatch 2’s promise of shifting the story ahead goes to be at a fairly gradual tempo.
The rollout of story and PvE content material in Overwatch 2 has been rife with stumbles because it was first introduced at BlizzCon 2019. Story components have been pitched because the dividing issue between the unique hero shooter and its sequel, however Overwatch 2 launched in October of final 12 months and simply now getting story content material nearly a full 12 months later.
All of this comes after Blizzard introduced it could be gutting its deliberate PvE suite and just about distilling its unique promise of ability bushes and customizable character builds down to only the story missions. On high of this, Blizzard additionally introduced the story missions can be $15 paid content material, relatively than akin to a seasonal occasion that anybody might pay without cost. Overwatch 2 has made plenty of shifts in these years, together with pivoting to a free-to-play recreation. So whereas we nonetheless don’t know if the wait has been price it simply but, the rollout has simply been unambiguously nightmarish.
