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9s we're really excited because people will
11s just be able to just fully immerse
13s yourself in the maps and the story lines
15s and the heroes
17s with the new seasonal model we'll be
18s able to drop a ton of content in very
20s frequently as we're updating the game
21s through these big seasonal drops
23s we're looking at releasing heroes every
24s other season and then a map in between
26s those and on top of that we're looking
28s at dropping a ton of content involving
29s skins and other great goodies for
31s players to get their hands on for each
33s seasonal drop
34s we have so much that we want to do in
36s overwatch to develop this game because
38s we think it's the next step for us we
40s think there's so much more we could
42s bring i'm really happy moving to our new
45s seasonal base schedule making this
46s really huge commitment to regular
48s updates it's exciting at the same time
51s because i know what this team can do we
53s really want players to be able to
54s anticipate when things are going to
56s enter the game with all the new content
58s and events coming in it's even more
59s important to just make sure that
60s everybody knows what's coming and along
62s with the free to play change we're doing
64s away with loot boxes entirely we have a
65s new battle pass model coming in and with
67s store as well so players will have a lot
69s more control about how they interact
70s with the game and how they acquire new
72s content
73s we've been working on so many things
75s over the past couple years i'm most
76s excited for folks to see some of the new
78s heroes that we've been kind of cooking
79s up it's a bunch of different reasons why
81s we choose to make a hero we're trying to
83s follow the narrative pick the hero that
85s makes sense or do we need to create a
87s hero that answers this mana counters a
90s certain strategy that's too strong in
91s the game we've got two more supports and
94s another tank in just the first couple of
96s seasons and we're still working on new
98s characters for a year year and a half
99s down the line as well there's characters
101s that folks have already seen glimpses of
103s in the story and there's also characters
105s that you've never seen before never
106s heard about
108s we were looking at making sure that new
110s heroes fit within this new very
111s fast-paced paradigm and less shields and
114s crowd control you can see a lot of that
115s reflected in team play moments but with
117s a much faster pace vibe
122s we want to push the sci-fi the
124s futuristic feeling of maps there's a
126s touch of sci-fi everywhere you look so
128s this is something that was a bit more
130s subtle in overwatch one we really want
132s players to feel that the world takes
134s place in not so distant future coming up
137s next is rio rio new pvp map pretty sure
141s everybody's gonna love that one as well
143s it's a great map it's close to the team
145s many people on the team are from brazil
146s so it was kind of fun to inject the
148s culture the colors the vibe into this
151s map
151s there's a map that takes place in
153s portugal this map is pretty close to the
155s team because our lead environment artist
157s he's from portugal
159s people from the location should really
161s get a sense that we've done a ton of
162s research
163s and we were very inspired and i think we
165s captured it pretty beautifully in the
167s game it is a push map one of the newest
170s game modes and we tried some pretty
172s interesting layouts for this one so we
174s hope the players like it we definitely
177s want the game to feel like a globe
179s trotting adventure
182s there's new types of content from what
184s you're used to in overwatch one we have
185s charms we have banners
188s the current make the skin that's in the
189s works that i worked on actually is genji
192s he's got this kind of cyberpunk japanese
194s demonic theme mythic skins are meant to
197s be this
198s next tier of skins above legendary we
201s want players to be able to go in there
203s and pick and choose certain pieces meant
204s to be this extra awesome legendary skin
206s that you can customize we're
208s concurrently developing quite a few
209s mythic skins they're going to be
210s released over the seasons all this
212s amazing stuff all of the amazing skins
214s for weapon charms really what we're
216s looking for there is just for the
217s players to be able to express themselves
219s and dress their character up one of our
221s core tenets on overwatch visually is to
224s focus a lot on the first person view we
226s want you to be able to see it and enjoy
228s it while you're playing the game one
229s thing that was really important to us
230s was to make sure that players if they
231s earn anything in the game anywhere that
233s they're able to use it everywhere so if
235s you earn something on console or a pc or
237s an overwatch one you can always use it
239s in anywhere in overwatch too as well and
240s with each new season there'll be a ton
242s of new content and a new battle pass as
243s well
244s these seasonal updates will allow us to
246s be constantly infusing the game with new
247s content new heroes new maps so the game
250s is going to feel fresh just all the time
252s there's always going to be something for
253s you to do or to work towards there's
255s never going to be a point where you're
257s like gosh i don't have anything to do
259s being able to provide players with new
261s heroes every so often new maps it is
264s going to be a growing and evolving game
266s there's so much for us to explore as we
268s move forward
270s get ready it's going to be really
271s exciting really fun
273s with both pvp and pve there's going to
276s be really great content for you to
278s immerse yourself in and continue to play
281s over and over again with your friends
284s we can't wait for october 4th we're just
286s excited to be back
288s [Music]
291s you mentioned that pve is coming in
293s 2023. now can you tell us how the
296s development is going and why the team is
298s committed to bringing these type of
300s experiences into overwatch we're all so
303s invested in the world of overwatch and
305s and the heroes that live in it and
307s through the years we've developed
308s cinematics animated shorts and graphic
311s novels for our players who just want to
313s get deeper into the lore
315s with pve we have an opportunity to go a
318s step further to go deeper into diverse
320s storytelling in ways that we really just
322s haven't been able to before
325s so we are planning to expand the
327s overwatch universe through these seasons
329s that we just described and we will start
331s delivering this pve gameplay in 2023 pve
335s will be delivered through the live
336s service and that means we'll be able to
338s deliver and tell more overwatch stories
340s and create more opportunities to
342s experience our heroes here's a sneak
344s peek at what we're working on
347s the team's goal for pve and overwatch 2
350s is to basically move the overall story
353s of overwatch for we've told a lot of
355s short stories along the way there are a
356s lot of 2b continues it's time for us to
359s answer those questions
361s close off some of those stories ask new
363s questions so the new game will
365s definitely move the overall canon of the
368s lore of overwatch ford get those doors
370s open for the pvp live service for
372s certain seasons you're also going to get
374s some pve maps you'll be fighting null
377s sector and at least some of the maps
379s they've come back and they're mad so
381s it's overwatch's job to take them out
383s there's going to be content for you to
386s immerse yourself in and continue to play
388s over and over again a lot of the older
390s guys from the original overwatch team
392s they're coming back but they need help
394s with some of the younger generation like
396s brigitta and lucio so
398s we're going to tell the story of how
400s overwatch basically gets back together
402s another thing we want to do with the
403s story is to showcase more of where the
405s characters are from for example torbjorn
407s is from gothenburg players will get a
409s chance to see what torbjorn's factory
411s looks like you can play pve with your
413s friends and immerse yourself in the
415s world and stay inside of it a little bit
418s longer
424s you