Overwatch 2 might be working on introducing new types of Mythic cosmetics besides skins. While Overwatch 2 hasn’t confirmed anything yet, a recent interview response seemed to suggest these customizations were a distinct possibility.
08.03.2024 - 18:03 / gamesradar.com / Aaron Keller / Kaan Serin
The Overwatch 2 team is tweaking "roughly half" of the playable heroes in the upcoming midseason patch.
Blizzard recently gave every Damage hero a new passive that allows them to reduce foes' healing by 20% for two seconds—when you consider that they also got a self-healing passive lately alongside tanks, they aren't doing bad. For a competitive shooter all about team synergy and party composition, that's a pretty seismic shift, so the team is now making roster adjustments in an attempt to reach that unattainable 'balance.'
In a recent blog post, director Aaron Keller said the new passive aimed to push "heroes to the forefront of a fight" and net Damage heroes more eliminations. Both goals have been a success, but Keller admits that it might have been "pushed a bit too far."
To accommodate such a drastic change, the team is "touching roughly half the heroes in the roster" to "make sure that all heroes feel viable." For example, medic sniper Ana will have her grenade's damage and healing buffed from 60 to 90 to "give her more self-survivability." Lifeweaver is also getting a healing boost, with his maximum heal increasing from 70 to 90. Tanks Doomfist and Mauga will also enjoy damage buffs, meanwhile, Wrecking Ball needs to wait until Season 10 before he sees a small rework.
Overwatch 2 Season 9's midseason update is due on March 12 with changes big and small hitting the shooter.
Elsewhere in the world of chirpy heroes and thumb-twirling villains, Overwatch 2's esports scene is returning in a much different manner than we're used to. Microsoft's gaming division also laid off almost 2,000 employees, which sadly affected the Overwatch 2 team.
One former Overwatch 2 developer explained the shooter's jankiness: "The script looks like every subway map in the world layered over each other."
Overwatch 2 might be working on introducing new types of Mythic cosmetics besides skins. While Overwatch 2 hasn’t confirmed anything yet, a recent interview response seemed to suggest these customizations were a distinct possibility.
Overwatch 2 is considering changing how the DPS passive works for Tanks in the future. While it seems satisfied with the new healing penalty in general, Overwatch 2 may eventually make it less severe on Tanks to ensure they can fulfill their roles more easily.
Nailing down exactly what PS5 game INDIKA is seems like an impossibility, so we will let the trailer above do a lot of the talking. Now confirmed for a current-gen launch on 8th May 2024, you play as a young nun with the devil by her side on a journey of self-discovery. You shall be taken back to the 19th century in an alternative Russia where «religious visions clash with harsh reality» for a third-person adventure likely to live long in the mind.
Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller revealed some of the changes coming to Colosseo in Season 11 later this year, which focus on the map's middle section and bridge sections. Keller also described some of the adjustments coming to Overwatch 2's Numbani sometime after Season 11.
Indika, the third-person adventure in which you play as a nun on the run in a parallel 19th century Russia, has had its release date revealed in unusual fashion at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase.
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Blizzard has confirmed it'll no longer be locking the playable Heroes of Overwatch 2 behind Battles Passes, with all past characters obtained this way and future ones unlocked for every player from the beginning of Season 10. The new Hero Venture will be available immediately for all players when Season 10 starts next month, with the only requirement being that newcomers must complete the first-time user experience.
Blizzard Entertainment is «confident» Overwatch 2can be «successful» without having heroes in the battle pass.
At this point, Overwatch 2 has become notorious for its expensive cosmetics. It's not at all unusual to see skins available to buy that cost roughly $25, which is a considerable price for a single in-game outfit. To put it into perspective, that's $5 more than the price of the original Overwatch's standard edition back before the free-to-play sequel replaced it.
It's a great day for free-to-play Overwatch 2 players, but not so much for those who've been spending money on the first-person shooter to get access to new heroes as soon as possible. Blizzard has confirmed that from Season 10 onwards, new playable characters will be distributed to everyone instantly, preventing paying players from accessing new heroes faster than free-to-play users.
It's finally happening—around a year and a half after its early access launch, Overwatch 2 is removing all of its heroes, new and old, from its Battle Pass. This means that free-to-play players will soon be able to instantly access new heroes at the same time as those paying for the Premium Battle Pass without spending a penny.
Keep your head down, Helldiver, blue sniper beams (that may or may not exist) are rampant. Helldivers 2 players have been sharing footage of what seems like a new unfriendly faction in the game, though the shooter's director is determined to suppress such anti-democratic lies.