Overwatch 2: 10 Big Reveals From Blizzcon 2019
Standing together and answering the call.
With Blizzcon 2019 in full swing, one of the company's biggest and most buzz-worthy announcements - apart from the long-awaited Diablo 4 - has to be Overwatch 2.
The hype was real, with multiple announcements for Overwatch's future and Overwatch 2's eventual launch, and despite it being a fairly young IP, it's felt like forever since Overwatch has had a content drop this massive.
Thousands of people are undeniably excited for the future of this game and its enormously popular and complex story, with Blizzard's newest cinematic reminding people how Overwatch made such a splash in the first place.
With Jeff Kaplan taking the reins, gameplay demos available to play, and a lot of enthusiasm across the board from attending fans despite recent controversy, Overwatch 2 has everyone excited for what comes next.
With its ability to connect with audiences even outside of the gaming world, Overwatch has undeniably become one of Blizzard's biggest (if not the biggest) titles, and it's not hard to imagine just how huge Overwatch 2 will be to match the power of the first.
10. A Mini-Game While You Wait
While not much else has been revealed about this feature, it's certainly good news for players in competitive and quick play who've had to deal with increasingly longer wait times for their games.
With the recent introduction of role-specific queues in Overwatch's main game, allowing players to pick whether they'd play as tank, healer, or DPS, wait times have become a big issue.
It usually can't be helped, since the system is ensuring a proper, balanced player matchup when it comes to skill level, but having one or multiple mini-games to pass the time might make the wait much less painful.
No information has been released as to the nature of this mini-game, but having another, totally different game within the main one can only be good news - so long as the queues get players into their chosen match eventually.
You can only skirmish for so long before getting tired.