Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 stood as the undisputed king of the king in the hero-shooter genre for years. However, everything turned upside down for the game when Marvel Rivals borrowed some of its best ideas and smashed them with the most famous pop-culture icons.
Marvel Rivals has been slowly and steadily eating into Overwatch 2‘s player base. Blizzard is in panic mode and bringing all sorts of updates to its hero-shooter to keep it relevant. Overwatch 2’s director has stated that the game needs to evolve to survive. However, isn’t that quite obvious?
Overwatch 2 is feeling the pressure from its rival
In the last couple of weeks, Blizzard has given us a look at tons of new things coming to its hero-shooter. Many have been calling for these changes for ages now, and it’s great to see that Blizzard has finally woken up, thanks to some stiff competition.
In an interview with GamesRadar, Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller opened up about the shooter’s recent updates and how it’s planning to deal with criticism. While chatting, Keller acknowledged that while there’s competition from Marvel Rivals, most of the pressure is internal for the development team.
And I think what’s driving that is, when we look at our game, we feel like it’s either missing something or it hasn’t evolved as much as it should have.
According to Keller, the development team’s current focus is improving the state of Overwatch rather than reacting to what the competition is doing. What’s really driving them is the constant lookout for what’s missing and things that still haven’t evolved in the game.
The game director also agrees that when players put thousands of hours into the game, it can start to feel a bit stale and repetitive. To solve that issue, Blizzard is now looking to push freshness into the title. The developer doesn’t just want to do it for the sake of variety; it wants to increase the overall depth of the hero-shooter.
Top Overwatch 2 developer has abandoned the ship
While Keller and his team are working hard to improve the current state of Overwatch 2 and fight off its rivals, there are some cracks within Blizzard.
In a brand-new post on LinkedIn, Jared Neuss revealed that he’s leaving Blizzard to join Riot Games and begin working on Valorant as a senior director. He had been at Blizzard since the release of Overwatch 2 as the an executive producer and has previously led games such as Halo 5: Guardians and Destiny 2.
Neuss can be credited for a number of incredible changes and updates in Overwatch 2. He’s the man who pushed for the idea of Legacy Credits and the crucial change to make all new heroes free-to-play alongside many other adjustments.
Unfortunately, he was the same person who revealed that Blizzard would be downgrading its PvE content plans for the game, and this certainly hurt his reputation.
As of now, it’s still unknown who is going to take up Neuss’ position in Overwatch 2. Let’s hope Blizzard can shed some light on this subject in the upcoming weeks.
With that said, do you think Overwatch 2 is bringing the right updates? Let us know in the comments below.
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