Instead, Overwatch 2 will be focusing on more straightforward story missions, which will feature 'fast-paced, co-op gameplay, as well as story, cinematics, and cutscenes.' Keller claims that the mode will 'take place on huge maps with new enemies and new cinematics,' with a planned release set for Season 6. And for that I would like to apologize to our players and to our team.

In this case, I had trouble pivoting away from a vision that just wasn’t working. 'This has been hard for us, but as the director on this project, I have to do my best to make decisions that put the game and the community first, even when those decisions are disappointing.

Finally, Keller says, the development team realized it had to walk away.

The team built some really great things, including hero talents, new enemy units and early versions of missions, but we were never able to bring together all of the elements needed to ship a polished, cohesive experience.'Īccording to Keller, the PvE Hero mode was an 'exciting but gargantuan vision' that kept pulling resources away from the live game. 'We were trying to do too many things at once and we lost focus. Scope grew,' Keller wrote in a new blog post. We struggled to find our footing with the Hero Mission experience early on.

'Things rarely go as planned in game development.

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