Screengrab via Activision Blizzard <\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>
Later slides in the presentation say that the Overwatch<\/em> League will still run on this early build in April.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An investor update hit Overwatch and Diablo fans with some bad news about release dates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1722,"featured_media":338625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":true,"_is_affiliated":false,"dotesports_deal_href":"","dotesports_featured_video":"","_notify_users":2,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"internal-label":[],"article_type":[44125],"coauthors":[{"id":1722,"display_name":"Liz Richardson","user_login":"lizrichardson1","user_nicename":"lizrichardson1"}],"class_list":["post-482580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch","article_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOverwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An investor update hit Overwatch and Diablo fans with some bad news about release dates.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An investor update hit Overwatch and Diablo fans with some bad news about release dates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-02T21:27:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-02T21:27:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg?resize=768,432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Liz Richardson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mizliz_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Liz Richardson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Liz Richardson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f0fd9cbdae01c57038b8e59f514c74e1\"},\"headline\":\"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T21:27:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-02T21:27:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Overwatch\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard\",\"name\":\"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T21:27:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-02T21:27:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"An investor update hit Overwatch and Diablo fans with some bad news about release dates.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Image via Blizzard Entertainment\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f0fd9cbdae01c57038b8e59f514c74e1\",\"name\":\"Liz Richardson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/b80663d98f74e83ba358f2e1ac2b5c1b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50ef58870899a842a5dbf176a742fd43?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50ef58870899a842a5dbf176a742fd43?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96\",\"caption\":\"Liz Richardson\"},\"description\":\"Liz is a freelance writer and editor from Chicago. Her favorite thing is the Overwatch League; her second favorite thing is pretending iced coffee is a meal. She specializes in educational content, patch notes that (actually) make sense, and aggressively supporting Tier 2 Overwatch. When she's not writing, Liz is expressing hot takes on Twitter and making bad life choices at Target.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mizlizrichardson\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mizliz_\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/lizrichardson1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard","description":"An investor update hit Overwatch and Diablo fans with some bad news about release dates.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard","og_description":"An investor update hit Overwatch and Diablo fans with some bad news about release dates.","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2021-11-02T21:27:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-02T21:27:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":432,"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg?resize=768,432","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Liz Richardson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mizliz_","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Liz Richardson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard"},"author":{"name":"Liz Richardson","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f0fd9cbdae01c57038b8e59f514c74e1"},"headline":"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard","datePublished":"2021-11-02T21:27:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-02T21:27:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard"},"wordCount":228,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg","articleSection":["Overwatch"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard","name":"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-02T21:27:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-02T21:27:29+00:00","description":"An investor update hit Overwatch and Diablo fans with some bad news about release dates.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Image via Blizzard Entertainment"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/overwatch\/news\/overwatch-2-will-be-delayed-says-activision-blizzard#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Overwatch 2 will be delayed, says Activision Blizzard"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f0fd9cbdae01c57038b8e59f514c74e1","name":"Liz Richardson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/b80663d98f74e83ba358f2e1ac2b5c1b","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50ef58870899a842a5dbf176a742fd43?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50ef58870899a842a5dbf176a742fd43?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96","caption":"Liz Richardson"},"description":"Liz is a freelance writer and editor from Chicago. Her favorite thing is the Overwatch League; her second favorite thing is pretending iced coffee is a meal. She specializes in educational content, patch notes that (actually) make sense, and aggressively supporting Tier 2 Overwatch. When she's not writing, Liz is expressing hot takes on Twitter and making bad life choices at Target.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mizlizrichardson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/mizliz_"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/lizrichardson1"}]}},"raw_content":"Activision Blizzard revealed today in a third-quarter update to its investors that two games in the company\u2019s pipeline\u2014Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV\u2014will have a \u201clater launch\u201d than originally anticipated.\u00a0 Both titles had no solid release dates and were confirmed to not be releasing in 2021 earlier this year in another Activision Blizzard investor call. This increased delay, however, may push the titles beyond the 2022 release dates fans have been hoping for.\u00a0 \u201cWhile we are still planning to deliver a substantial amount of content from Blizzard next year, we are now planning for a later launch for Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV than originally envisaged,\u201d a slide from the presentation reads. The presentation also named \u201cnew leadership\u201d in creative roles as a main reason for the delays, likely referring to the massive staff changes Activision Blizzard has gone through after two lawsuits were levied against the company for unequal pay and sexual harassment allegations.\u00a0 A delay for Overwatch 2 could throw off plans for the Overwatch League\u2019s fifth season, which launches in April. The league was set to play on an \u201cearly build\u201d of Overwatch 2, in which teams will move to a five-vs-five competitive setup.\u00a0 Later slides in the presentation say that the Overwatch League will still run on this early build in April.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/17084331\/overwatch-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482598,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482580\/revisions\/482598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482580"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=482580"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=482580"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=482580"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=482580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
