At Blizzcon, Blizzard announced that plenty of new releases are coming in the next year. Fans haveDiablo 4to look forward to finally but Blizzard also announced another addition to a fan-favorite:Overwatch 2. While there are still details to come, Blizzard announced a few of the upgrades, maps, and other features that players can look forward to, but the most important thing mentioned is which systems thatOverwatch 2will be available for.
Overwatchis a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter that was released in 2016. Many players fell in love with the interesting characters, skins, and maps, keeping the love ofOverwatchalive for the last three years. So no one was surprised whenBlizzardannounced a sequel at its yearly convention.
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When news of the sequel first leaked, players were curious which systemsOverwatch 2would be available for, and it was announced shortly afterwards thatOverwatch 2and its new herowould be on Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One, and PC. While those are the expected systems, there does seem to be some questions.
Although Blizzard has yet to announce a released date, that hasn’t stopped anyone fromguessing the release date ofOverwatch 2. Most estimates putOverwatch 2launching between October 2020 and December 2020, which is startling close to the releases of the PlayStation 5 and the next Xbox. It’s odd, then, that there are noOverwatch 2announcements for the next generation of consoles.
It’s fantastic that the next step ofOverwatchwill be available to just about everyone, no matter which console they have.Overwatch 1originally was not available for theSwitch, but was released for the console in October. Some fans may have been worried thatOverwatch 2was going to follow in those footsteps and not immediately be available on the Nintendo system.
On the other hand, it is a little strange that neitherOverwatch 2norDiablo 4seems to mention the next generation of consoles at all. Hopefully, Blizzard will announce that they will also be working to bringOverwatch 2and its other properties to the PS5 and the Microsoft’s Project Scarlett.
