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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":"For years, Overwatch 2 has been teased by developers as a better, bolder addition to a beloved base game. And after a massive reveal event, that promise is looking more possible than ever.\u00a0 The developers announced today that Overwatch 2 will include a battle pass and an in-game shop when it launches in early access on Oct. 4, joining the legions of first-person shooters using the successful, easy-entry business model.\u00a0 More importantly for longtime Overwatch fans tired of dealing with extended content droughts, the game\u2019s development team laid out a definitive roadmap for content over the next year and a half. Short \u201cseasons\u201d with guaranteed new content\u2014and new heroes added to the roster every few months\u2014should placate even the most cynical of fans.\u00a0\u00a0 Battle pass and shop content\u00a0 Early last week, the development team revealed Overwatch 2 will move to a free-to-play model, dropping the initial monetary investment required to play base Overwatch.\u00a0 \u201cFrom the very start, Overwatch was designed to be a social experience,\u201d game director Aaron Keller said in the June 16 reveal video. \u201cWe know our fans are having the most fun when they\u2019re playing with their friends or meeting new ones. The move to free-to-play makes it easier for everyone to just drop in.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Overwatch 2 will introduce a battle pass model to the game when it launches that includes basic (free) and premium content, according to work-in-progress screengrabs shown in the June 16 video. Each battle pass will last for nine weeks, the length of the new \u201cseasons\u201d in Overwatch 2. An in-game store with cosmetics will also come to the sequel. \u00a0\u00a0 While much of the game\u2019s premium content hasn\u2019t been revealed, the devs did show off the addition of Mythic skins for Overwatch 2. These skins offer a customizable experience for players; certain parts can be switched around to create your perfect look. Genji will receive the first Mythic skin on Oct. 4, a demonic look with glowing tattoos.\u00a0 New nine-week seasonal model\u00a0 One of the biggest complaints from Overwatch fans has been the lack of consistent, predictable content added to the game. To counter that for the sequel, the devs have committed to a content calendar.\u00a0 In Overwatch 2, the game will move to a \u201cseasonal\u201d model. Each season will last nine weeks and a new hero is guaranteed to be released every other season. Each season will include over 30 new cosmetics, new maps, a new battle pass, and a new Mythic skin, according to the roadmap provided by the developers.\u00a0 Competitive 2.0\u00a0 Part of the seasonal model is the evolution of the Competitive experience, a mode notably missing from the Overwatch 2 beta.\u00a0 In the base game, seasons of Competitive mode last two months, and players rely on a numerical skill rating (SR) to determine their rank, which ranges from Bronze to Grandmaster (and a special Top 500 rank in each region).\u00a0 The sequel will introduce multiple tiers within each rank. Instead of simply lingering in Gold forever, you could progress from Gold One to Gold Two, for example. Progression will no longer fluctuate after every match, either.\u00a0 \u201cWhat we want is for people to progress through these ranks,\u201d Keller said in a press conference. \u201cTo do that, rather than moving up or down in rank after every match you play, after you win seven matches, your rank will get updated.\u201d\u00a0 Competitive 2.0\u00a0will also include after-match reports to help players improve and provide more information about their performance. Match history will also be available at a much more detailed level than it was in the base game.\u00a0 New heroes and content\u00a0 The June 16 reveal video and provided content roadmap confirmed that three new heroes will be available when Overwatch 2 launches on Oct. 4. This includes Sojourn, who headlined the first beta experience, and Junker Queen, a new tank that will be a part of the next June 28 beta test.\u00a0 A third hero is confirmed to be a support, but few details were provided in the reveal video or press conferences. There\u2019s a good chance, however, that this addition is related to the blue fox seen in the June 12 teaser. Another tank will be introduced with the December season. Maps on deck include Rio de Janeiro, a Hybrid map that has been teased for Overwatch 2 since the original 2019 BlizzCon announcement. Another previously-unannounced map addition is Portugal, a new Push map with cobblestone streets and stone-covered castles.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The reveal video also showed brief shots of more content players can expect, like an updated nighttime Nepal map and an emote of Junkrat presenting his enemies with \u201cGG\u201d on a platter.\u00a0 PvE in 2023\u00a0 While details about specific dates or timelines were sparse, the developers confirmed that player-vs-environment (PvE) content\u2014or Overwatch 2\u2019s long-awaited story mode\u2014will be headed to the game sometime in 2023. 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Short \u201cseasons\u201d with guaranteed new content\u2014and new heroes added to the roster every few months\u2014should placate even the most cynical of fans.\u00a0\u00a0 Battle pass and shop content\u00a0 Early last week, the development team revealed Overwatch 2 will move to a free-to-play model, dropping the initial monetary investment required to play base Overwatch.\u00a0 \u201cFrom the very start, Overwatch was designed to be a social experience,\u201d game director Aaron Keller said in the June 16 reveal video. \u201cWe know our fans are having the most fun when they\u2019re playing with their friends or meeting new ones. The move to free-to-play makes it easier for everyone to just drop in.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Overwatch 2 will introduce a battle pass model to the game when it launches that includes basic (free) and premium content, according to work-in-progress screengrabs shown in the June 16 video. 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For years, Overwatch 2<\/em> has been teased by developers as a better, bolder addition to a beloved base game. And after a massive reveal event, that promise is looking more possible than ever. <\/p>

The developers announced today that Overwatch 2<\/em> will include a battle pass and an in-game shop when it launches in early access on Oct. 4, joining the legions of first-person shooters using the successful, easy-entry business model.\u00a0<\/p>

More importantly for longtime Overwatch<\/em> fans tired of dealing with extended content droughts, the game\u2019s development team laid out a definitive roadmap for content over the next year and a half. Short \u201cseasons\u201d with guaranteed new content\u2014and new heroes added to the roster every few months\u2014should placate even the most cynical of fans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>