There have been a number of rumors aboutOverwatch 2lately, with most of them pointing to the game’s reveal coming at BlizzCon 2019 on Friday, November 1. One of the most prominentOverwatch 2leakers has been Twitter user Metro_OW, who has accurately leakedOverwatchnews in the past. Metro_OW has continued to postOverwatch 2rumors on Twitter, with the latest pointing to a vague release window for the sequel.
While some may have hoped for a surpriseOverwatch 2release right afterit’s announced at BlizzCon 2019, that doesn’t appear to be the case. According to Metro_OW, Blizzard is targeting 2020 for theOverwatch 2release date at the earliest. While this is a huge release window for the game, we may actually be able to narrow it down quite a bit (though fans should still take this all with a grain of salt until Blizzard makes an official announcement).
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AsOverwatchfans will know, Blizzard has invested a lot into the Overwatch League. The next season of theOverwatch Leaguewill run until until August 9, and it will be followed by the postseason playoffs, culminating in the Grand Finals likely sometime in late September. IntroducingOverwatch 2could potentially throw a huge wrench into theOverwatchesports plans, and so we don’t expectOverwatch 2to be released while 2020 Overwatch League season is going on.
This means that we can likely narrow theOverwatch 2release date down to October through December of 2020. Out of these months, perhaps the most likely release month would be November 2020, as that’s also when the next-generation consoles the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett are expected to launch. It makes sense for Blizzard to prepareOverwatch 2as a launch title for the next-gen consoles, as it would ensure that it’s available on the new systems right out of the gate.
This would also give the originalOverwatchone more year to go through all of its seasonal events and the like before it’sreplaced byOverwatch 2. And if the rumors are to be believed, the game willliterallybe replaced byOverwatch 2. One of the prevailing rumors aboutOverwatch 2is that it will be released as a big update for the first game, completely replacing it with a new engine, a 4-player co-op PvE campaign, a new game mode, and more. Of course, it’s possible that Metro_OW’s information is off or Blizzard may decide to throw everyone a curveball and releaseOverwatch 2on a completely different date, but that remains to be seen.
Whether or not any of theseOverwatch 2rumorsare true is up for debate, but we should learn more come BlizzCon 2019 on November 1.
