[블리즈컨] The new battlefield of’Overwatch 2’is New York and Rome… There was no release date disclosure

[쿠키뉴스] Reporter Kang Gyeol = The presence of’Overwatch’ at BlizzCon, the biggest festival of Blizzard fans, was insignificant. In the case of works such as’Diablo’ and’World of Warcraft’, intense video and information that would excite users were revealed, but Overwatch did not reveal the release schedule of the second episode and the new hero of the first episode.

Blizzard introduced the Overwatch 2 development process and new content at the BlizzConline on the 20th. New battlefields set in London and New York, unique abilities according to role groups, characteristics to grow heroes in the desired direction, and reorganization of existing hero visuals such as McCree were announced.

Jeff Kaplan, Blizzard’s vice president and director of the Overwatch series, conducted this session, expressing gratitude to the fans who have been waiting for Overwatch 2 for so long. In this session, developers exchanged opinions in the form of video interviews at their homes.
First, an introduction to the new battlefield to be revealed through Overwatch 2 followed. Director Aaron Keller unveiled Rome and New York City as new and upcoming battlegrounds.

Art Director Dion Rogers, the Roman battlefield, is a place where traces of the ancient city of Rome remain intact, and contains classical Italian architecture and monuments such as the Colosseum and the cobbled plaza. Of course, the futuristic appearance of a holographic statue or a giant hover train was also equipped to fit the worldview of Overwatch.

In addition, it was briefly introduced how the new appearance of Overwatch heroes such as McCree and Farah are developing. New null sector enemies such as trackers and intruders were also revealed.

In addition, the development team announced that’Overwatch 2’will add a progression system to customize the hero’s abilities. This maintained the trend of introducing the skill tree announced in 2019. As the player chooses a trait in the skill tree, it works in a way that increases the penetration of Reinhardt’s Super Flame Slam, and so on.

However, the core that fans were waiting for was missing. The development schedule of’Overwatch 2’was not disclosed, and there was no news of the release of a new hero after the first episode,’Eco’, which was last released in April of last year. Although the video of the hero’Sojeon’, which appears in the second episode, has been released, this is a character that was already released in 2019.

The production team did not reveal the release date of’Overwatch 2’through the video. Instead, it revealed that it needed more time for the game’s satisfactory quality. The prospect that it will be difficult to release within this year is empowering.

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