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Overwatch 2 Beta Starting Late April - PVP Being Released First

The_Mike

I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
What's the difference between 1 and 2?is it a dlc or stand alone?
 

Men_in_Boxes

Snake Oil Salesman
2 is so stupid for a gaas game. That should be f2p with all the mtx sheit added.

Minecraft 2 🤣
Wow 2
Minecraft 2

Overwatch sold over 50 million copies.

Making that much money upfront, not including MTX revenue, is decidedly not stupid.

I don't think Overwatch 2 is going to sell 1/5th of that but revenue is revenue.
 

cormack12

Gold Member
Of course. Blizzard you bad fucking melts.

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Spukc

always chasing the next thrill
I'm still not over it.

Why call this glorified patch a sequel... they should make OW1 F2P and patch that with the new features.
I still hope MS will kill it
Just like diablo mobile
Oh and make Wow gamepass
 
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ANDS

King of Gaslighting
Overwatch sold over 50 million copies.

Making that much money upfront, not including MTX revenue, is decidedly not stupid.

I don't think Overwatch 2 is going to sell 1/5th of that but revenue is revenue.

It isn't a separate game release. No financial incentive for them to do that.
 

Men_in_Boxes

Snake Oil Salesman
It isn't a separate game release. No financial incentive for them to do that.

This doesn't make any sense.

It's a new package filled with new work from Blizzard.

It's just as valid as God of War Ragnarok (they both look like DLC to the first games). It's their imperative to charge what they think they can get.
 

nikos

Member
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EDIT: Finally worked.
 
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Banjo64

cumsessed
This is 1000% wait for gamepass game. Honestly you would be a sucker to pay money for a gaas game like this.
I mean, you literally just pay for the single player campaign.

The Overwatch 1&2 multiplayer are one and the same.

I bought the digital key for my Xbox and Switch for less than £10 each years ago from CD Keys.
 

Hari Seldon

Member
I mean, you literally just pay for the single player campaign.

The Overwatch 1&2 multiplayer are one and the same.

I bought the digital key for my Xbox and Switch for less than £10 each years ago from CD Keys.
Oh well lmao then I already own the part of this game that I care about. I would rather set my hair on fire than play a single player game from Blizzard writers.
 
There is a new Hearthstone expansion every year.
What is your point? Yes, I am well aware of that and its not only 1 expansion per year. A typical Hearthstone cycle is 3 expansions pure year, last one was in December and this one is the 1st expansion of this year, 2nd expansion is usually in August time and then 3rd during the Holiday.
 

iHaunter

Member
I'm still not over it.

Why call this glorified patch a sequel... they should make OW1 F2P and patch that with the new features.
$$$$
Blizzard are still greedy piece of garbage. This "New Game" is literally a patch. Not even a big one.
I still hope MS will kill it
Just like diablo mobile
Oh and make Wow gamepass
If WoW was on GP I would be a GP regular.
 
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sainraja

Member
What is your point? Yes, I am well aware of that and its not only 1 expansion per year. A typical Hearthstone cycle is 3 expansions pure year, last one was in December and this one is the 1st expansion of this year, 2nd expansion is usually in August time and then 3rd during the Holiday.
They are on a roll every year since 2014-2015. :D
 
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They are on a roll every year since 2014-2015. :D
you are not making sense here I am sorry. This thread has nothing to do with Hearthstone whatsoever. Me saying Blizzard on a roll simply means that they've been blowing their load last 2 days talking about upcoming upcoming announcements. If you can't understand that then I don't know what to tell you and if you are trying to be funny or smart, its not working lol sorry.
 

IbizaPocholo

NeoGAFs Kent Brockman


TL;DW:

They want to get the games into our hands soon
They recognize they let us down on delivering OW content
Re-thinking OW2 with the goal it is a living game, serving players with content on a regular basis
Shifting OW2 to enable us to play it sooner
De-coupling PVP from PVE so they can get us PVP sooner!
New Ping system
Live game received less focus as the entire team focused on OW2, this is changing now
The goal is to "far exceed OW's previous rate of content release"
OW2 PVP testing is starting THIS WEEK
Alpha contains Soljourn as a new hero
Alpha is under NDA, and will only be for OWL pros and Blizzard employees.
Closed beta starts in April, more info will be on playoverwatch.com
Public beta coming later this year, including more new heroes and maps
"Starting now, we will be communicating much more frequently about our plans"
 

BlackTron

Member
I'm concerned that this game will be a massive patch for OW1 that turns it into OW2 multiplayer. I'd like to retain the option to play old OW especially if the player count is going down.
 
I'm concerned that this game will be a massive patch for OW1 that turns it into OW2 multiplayer. I'd like to retain the option to play old OW especially if the player count is going down.
Blizzard whole marketing with Overwatch 2 has been a disaster imo and full of nothing but confusion on something that should be really simple to explain. Their paying model still is not clarified to this day 3 years later..
 

kraspkibble

Permabanned.
Blizzard whole marketing with Overwatch 2 has been a disaster imo and full of nothing but confusion on something that should be really simple to explain. Their paying model still is not clarified to this day 3 years later..
lol you bumped your own post. you hurting?
 
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Compatibility tool to run certain Windows-only games on Linux. Kinda like Proton but for non-Steam games.
Ahh interesting. I never tried Linux in my life. Are there any notable differences? I am assuming it's just way less bloated than Windows is and runs smoother and less load on the PC?

I am sure OW2 will support it if the original game did.
 
Ahh interesting. I never tried Linux in my life. Are there any notable differences? I am assuming it's just way less bloated than Windows is and runs smoother and less load on the PC?

I am sure OW2 will support it if the original game did.
Way less bloated, yeah, mainly because you can pick and choose certain components based on how old or how un-bloated your equipment should be.

There's a blue million types of desktops, GNOME being one of the more common ones but on the mid-ground in terms to resource use. There's lighter ones like XFCE and LXQt that usually come with distributions made for older PCs.
 
Way less bloated, yeah, mainly because you can pick and choose certain components based on how old or how un-bloated your equipment should be.

There's a blue million types of desktops, GNOME being one of the more common ones but on the mid-ground in terms to resource use. There's lighter ones like XFCE and LXQt that usually come with distributions made for older PCs.
Not familiar with any of that stuff tbh, but on the topic of OW2 I am gonna assume PvP part of overwatch comes in soon before end of the year. I wonder if they'll delay the PvE version till 2023 or if it's even gonna make the holiday cut.
 
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