Overwatch streamer Metro recently tweeted (via NME) that the have heard from “multiple people” that development of Overwatch 2 is taking “longer than expected” and as a result a 2022 release “does not seem likely anymore.” It also aligns quite well with a recent report from Dexerto which dismisses 2023 claims and says that, according to sources, the Overwatch 2 team "is looking to get it out before the Summer of 2022".ĭespite Activision saying recently that Overwatch 2 is making “great progress”, there are rumors that the game is facing a delay which could see it release in 2023. While Overwatch streamer Metro has recently tweeted (via NME) that they have heard from "multiple people" that the game's development is taking longer than expected and a 2022 release could be optimistic, an even more recent report from Dexterto points to a mid-2022 release.ĭexerto's report has been given extra weight by the confirmation that the 2022 season of the Overwatch League will begin with an "early build of Overwatch 2" which does suggest Blizzard still has its sights set on a 2022 release.ĭespite recent rumors (more on that below) that the game might miss 2022, this announcement actually bodes well for a 2022 Overwatch 2 release.
Expanding on this during a behind the scenes video during BlizzCon 2021, Kaplan and his team said that they “need some more time till we can say it’s perfectly polished in the way that we want it", adding that “in order to make a game great it takes time, energy, collaboration…Our goal is for Overwatch 2 to be the worthy successor to the first game, to be the next evolution and to be a true sequel.”Īmid Activision Blizzard's ongoing litigation, the company has said (via IGN) that the game has "passed an important internal milestone" but there's no official release date yet and there are conflicting reports.
In December 2020 Kaplan added in an update that the team is working "extremely hard" but there's still "a ways to go" in terms of the game's development. Raising hopes that 2022 will be the year, in the same call COO, Daniel Alegre, said that “The pipeline is progressing really well, and we anticipate that 2022 will be a great year for Blizzard.” Even more promisingly, Blizzard’s Jay Allen Brack said that a “major internal milestone” had been passed in the development of Overwatch 2 in November. In a February 2021 financial call Activision Blizzard CFO, Dennis Durkin, said the company’s outlook "does not include" Overwatch 2 releasing in 2021.