In November 2019, the Blizzard officially announced Overwatch 2, and after nearly three years of development, the game will finally open closed beta testing on April 26. Recently, Overwatch 2 developers have expressed dissatisfaction with the game’s lengthy development process.
In a recent interview with USA Today, Overwatch 2’s chief hero designer, Geoff Goodman explained how the development team developed overwatch 2 development plans. “We talked about it a long time ago,” he said. We discussed how Overwatch 2 could be developed simultaneously while overwatch was being made.
Unfortunately, the program was shelved because the generation 2 development work was constantly delayed. “i think the whole development team was upset and even a little annoyed that gen 2 development was delayed. there are many reasons, not just one.
According to the interview, the delay in the development of overwatch 2 is mainly due to cost issues, goodman said: “in fact, this is a constant topic, that is, development costs. I mean, blizzard doesn’t care much about development time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t need to think about development costs and time at all.
Goodman said the development was delayed, and they couldn’t share ideas with players, “It’s hard for us to have ideas that we want to spread, and with a little big change, we have to keep secrets.” He also said that the development team is excited to once again provide players with new content, such as new PVE content, four hero redo, new Push mode, and so on.
Brandon Brennan, senior hero designer, said: “I’m ready to go above and beyond and do better. Get new games into players’ hands and get them excited about our game. ”