Blizzard has introduced the cancellation of Overwatch 2’s extremely anticipated co-op participant vs enemy (PvE) sport mode. Initially introduced in 2019 as a “cooperative, narrative-driven sport expertise”, the sport developer confirmed final yr that PvP and PvE can be launched as separate updates to hurry up the sport’s launch. Nonetheless, throughout a current developer livestream, government producer Jared Neuss revealed that the event of the PvE expertise had not progressed as hoped, and had been scrapped fully.
Neuss defined that a number of components of the sport mode had been created, however producing a “Blizzard-quality expertise” would require an excessive amount of effort. Blizzard confirmed {that a} devoted hero mode with expertise bushes and energy development for Overwatch 2 was now not of their plans. Sport director Aaron Keller introduced that co-op gameplay and experiences would as a substitute grow to be part of the sport’s dwell roadmap. The primary main story-based occasion will launch with the discharge of season six, set to happen later this yr.
Throughout an interview with NME earlier this yr, Keller expressed his enthusiasm for exploring Overwatch’s “large, overarching narrative”, saying that the workforce was enthusiastic about exploring the sport’s “brilliant, hopeful, inspirational future”. In unrelated information, Nintendo has introduced that the free-to-play battle royale sport Pac-Man 99 shall be shut down later within the yr.
Overwatch 2. Credit score: Blizzard Leisure
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