On October 4th, 2022, Overwatch 2 was officially launched a free-to-play game. On October 3rd, 2022, Blizzard shut down the Overwatch servers in preparation for the launch of the sequel. On April 27th, Overwatch set a category record on Twitch with over 1.5 million concurrent viewers, in part due to beta invitations dropping from selected streamers.
On April 26th, 2022, Overwatch 2 PvP beta launched. On the same day, gameplay trailer was released, accumulating 6 million views (shown below, right). On November 1st, 2019, the first trailer for the game, "Zero Hour," was released, accumulating over 17.7 million views on YouTube in three years (shown below, left). Blizzard also said that unlocked cosmetics from Overwatch 1 will carry over to Overwatch 2. Overwatch 1 players will be able to face players of Overwatch 2. The characters will have updated designs in the new game. The game will include a fully fleshed out story mode, expanding on the lore Blizzard has developed over the previous three years. On November 1st, Blizzard officially announced Overwatch 2 during BlizzCon 2019 (trailer shown below). On the following day, Esports personality Rod "Slasher" Breslau reported that Overwatch 2 would be announced at the upcoming BlizzCon 2019 event, providing additional art (tweet shown below, right). On October 26th, 2019, Twitter account leaked an image of Tracer art next to logo reading "Overwatch 2," with the tweet receiving over 280 retweets and 1,100 likes (shown below, left). The article stated that the sequel would feature a large PvE element and mentioned that several Blizzard employees made comparisons to Left 4 Dead series. On June 6th, 2019, video game website Kotaku reported that Blizzard Entertainment had canceled a StarCraft first-person shooter in order to dedicate more resources to Diablo 4 and yet unannounced Overwatch sequel, mentioning that both games were expected to be announced at BlizzCon in November 2019.
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