Overwatch 2 Hero Mastery Mode Delayed

Overwatch Posted 2023/06/20 at 6:37 PM by gibsy

Blizzard

Update Friday, June 16, 2023 - In order to deliver the best possible experience for the new Hero Mastery mode, we are postponing the launch of the mode to our Overwatch 2: Invasion mid-season update in September. Thank you for understanding.

Comment by DreadfuryDK> Announce that you're scrapping the larger PvE content in favor of an extra focus on Hero Mastery mode.

> Delay Hero Mastery just a couple weeks after that.

The WoW and Diablo teams are knocking it out of the park as of lately which makes whatever the hell's going on with Overwatch 2 seem all the weirder.Comment by SalindrisThe rest of blizzard mostly got their crap together but the OW team has continued to keep doing blow all day long.

Literally WTF do they do with all their time? Can we stop deluding ourselves that 8 skins or so and 1 map take *months* and a huge team to put out?Comment by SalindrisOn the slow road to game death and it's obviousComment by GaddActually impressive. This dev team is dysfunctional.

Overwatch is really bad right now. But it's the same weakness as ever with Blizzard. Blizzard has a lot, and I mean a lot of art power. But they severely lack brain juice. Blizzard sucks at anything that requires thinking. Systems, gameplay loop, innovating, etc. No brain. Brainless. Before, in the good ol days, they took a long time to develop, but they got there eventually. They used to say '' the game is ready when it's ready '' all the time. And then they took longer and longer to release games. Fewer and fewer thinkers, or too many cooks in the kitchen, who knows. Starcraft 2 ... then Diablo 3. Metzen quits. Now they're moving to live service games, and they're on a schedule. And if anything requires thinking, ooooh boy. Their lack of brain power will show more and more. But at the end of the day, their art sells, and the polish of their games dazzles enough.Comment by Draeken> Announce that you're scrapping the larger PvE content in favor of an extra focus on Hero Mastery mode.

> Delay Hero Mastery just a couple weeks after that.

The WoW and Diablo teams are knocking it out of the park as of lately which makes whatever the hell's going on with Overwatch 2 seem all the weirder.Comment by FroschlampiThats a lot of useless code.Comment by Squishyy
The WoW and Diablo teams are knocking it out of the park as of lately which makes whatever the hell's going on with Overwatch 2 seem all the weirder.Comment by RomanthonyHonestly, this gets more and more funny
"Dont worry guys pve isnt totally Scrapped, we are doing hero mastery still......."
*a few weeks later *
"yea about that Hero Mastery mode...."

Its like they are trying to kill the game

Its so funny how you can make a "Game of the Year" game and turn it into a wrectched pile of filthComment by Villager720
The WoW and Diablo teams are knocking it out of the park as of lately which makes whatever the hell's going on with Overwatch 2 seem all the weirder. countableComment by NoyadValorCommon OW L

Gee is it possible that if the other teams are doing fine (laughable, honestly) then maybe it's not an Activision problem and it's an OW team problemComment by Itacolomi> Announce that you're scrapping the larger PvE content in favor of an extra focus on Hero Mastery mode.

> Delay Hero Mastery just a couple weeks after that.

The WoW and Diablo teams are knocking it out of the park as of lately which makes whatever the hell's going on with Overwatch 2 seem all the weirder.Comment by ZelionHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAComment by brainshoeThis is what happens when you release your game too early.

What a mess of a game.Comment by ICTech
The WoW and Diablo teams are knocking it out of the park as of lately which makes whatever the hell's going on with Overwatch 2 seem all the weirder.Comment by EasoRealistically I doubt this is connected to the cancellation in general, but it is hard to look at this without a sad smile.Comment by SirKain280You can't make this s**t up.Comment by MoonsugarineKeep f^%&%&* up like that, Blizz!

Anyways, see you guys in Valorant! o/