Overwatch 2

Converted a premium hero shooter into a free-to-play battle-pass service with five-player teams.

Released 2022 Developer Blizzard Entertainment Platform PC Genre Hero Shooter Era Live service & the long tail Website overwatch.blizzard.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Overwatch 2 inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Ability Cooldown Economy ~~1999~~Free-to-Play Service Model ~~2003~~Seasonal Battle Pass ~~2013~~Live-Service Seasonal Content ~~2014~~Cross-Platform Play ~~2018~~Non-Verbal Ping Communication ~~2019~~

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2016

Overwatch ~~2016~~

2022

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