Blizzard announced today that the upcoming season of League Overwatch will begin in April 2022. And in an independent statement a Kotaku, an OWL spokesman confirmed that next season will use an “early compilation” of Overwatch 2.
Rather today Blizzard’s Overwatch League vice president Jon Spector tweeted that the next OWL season will begin in 2022. This follows recent rumors about the state of Overwatch 2 and how its state of development could affect or delay the next season of the league. According to Spector, the season will begin in April and the league will share more details in the future. Interestingly, Spector’s tweet didn’t include any mention Overwatch 2. However, Blizzard later confirmed with Kotaku that next season, which will be OWL’s fifth, will in fact be played in an “early build” of the next shooter.
The Overwatch League is currently which is nearing the end of its fourth season. The postseason begins on September 4th. The OWL Grand Finals will be held on September 25 and will end the season.
As you may have heard, in recent months they haven’t been great for Blizzard, Activision or Overwatch.
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In July, Activision Blizzard was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after years of investigation revealed stories of several women suffering from harassment and prolonged abuse. Many things have happened since then, including the departure of several high-profile executives and developers.including Blizzard President J. Allen Brack“You have to go out in protest, Activision.” hiding your logo again Call of Duty trailers i investors who file another lawsuit against the company.
Overwatch League, along with Call of Duty League, have done the same lost several sponsors due to the consequences of the lawsuits and the terrible stories of abuse and toxic behavior that have been revealed as a result of the investigation and the lawsuit.
Regarding Overwatch 2, has no release date yet. Meanwhile, Blizzard confirmed it original game updates had “stalled” due to its shift of development resources to the sequel. In May this year it was also announced that Overwatch 2 you will only have five players from each team, Which one can cause problems for some OWL players.
Perhaps the fact that the game is expected to be finished enough to be played by professionals at OWL next year is a good indicator of this. Overwatch 2 it could come later than late. But right now it’s hard to get too excited about a new Blizzard game.