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| 9s | joining me are overwatch game director |
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| 11s | aaron keller and production director |
| 14s | paul hale first how are you two doing |
| 17s | i'm doing great excited |
| 19s | yes me too so excited to be talking |
| 21s | about this and i'm so excited to have |
| 22s | you both here now there was a ton of |
| 25s | news which dropped over the weekend and |
| 27s | the community has been |
| 29s | buzzing and i'm excited to be able to |
| 31s | sit down with you two now to unpack all |
| 33s | of this for everyone watching at home |
| 35s | now the biggest announcement had to be |
| 38s | the news that overwatch 2 is releasing |
| 40s | on october 4th as a free to play life |
| 44s | service that's incredible and that must |
| 46s | be very very exciting for you and your |
| 48s | team |
| 49s | yeah overwatch too it's been a labor of |
| 51s | love for our our team we're all |
| 53s | dedicated to creating a game that our |
| 55s | community will enjoy for years to come |
| 58s | we also want players to feel like there |
| 59s | was always something new for them to |
| 61s | play or experience in the game these |
| 63s | goals really led us down the path of |
| 65s | developing overwatch 2 as an always-on |
| 69s | living game |
| 70s | one that continues to evolve and expand |
| 73s | through seasonal content drops and keeps |
| 76s | the game as fresh and fun to play |
| 78s | long after it turns on |
| 80s | we're lucky to have such a passionate |
| 82s | and creative set of players and |
| 85s | we know that they've been craving more |
| 87s | ways to play the game they love so much |
| 90s | in recent years we haven't done a good |
| 92s | enough job at delivering that for our |
| 94s | fans and we feel their frustration we |
| 96s | took a hard look at our strategy for |
| 98s | overwatch 2 to make sure that we could |
| 100s | deliver new heroes new maps |
| 103s | modes and more to the community |
| 106s | on a frequent and consistent basis |
| 108s | as an overwatch fan of course that's |
| 110s | music to my ears we know that's the |
| 113s | community's top priority and we feel |
| 115s | like we have the right approach to be |
| 118s | able to deliver that for them |
| 120s | well into the future how are you and the |
| 122s | team planning to deliver on that promise |
| 125s | well the very first step is getting the |
| 126s | game into everyone's hands and that's |
| 128s | going to happen on october 4th when we |
| 130s | transition over watch one and invite |
| 132s | every pc and console player to drop in |
| 134s | and experience overwatch 2's reimagined |
| 136s | pvp experience and that's just the |
| 137s | beginning our plan is to deliver a |
| 139s | steady drum beat of new content every |
| 141s | nine weeks through free seasonal updates |
| 143s | ensuring that there's always something |
| 144s | new to play chase unlock in overwatch |
| 146s | too well that all sounds amazing it's so |
| 149s | much of it too and now i'm sure everyone |
| 151s | at home wants to hear more details of |
| 154s | course i'd be happy to share a look at |
| 156s | the road ahead |
| 157s | our journey is going to begin on october |
| 159s | 4th when overwatch 2 releases free to |
| 162s | play this includes three new heroes six |
| 164s | new maps a brand new mode and more the |
| 167s | new heroes include sojourn |
| 171s | junker queen and a brand new support |
| 173s | hero that we'll reveal in the months |
| 175s | ahead |
| 176s | our new maps will take players across |
| 178s | the globe to iconic locations |
| 180s | our new pvp mode called push will |
| 183s | challenge teams in new and exciting ways |
| 185s | players will also be able to unlock new |
| 187s | cosmetic items through the in-game store |
| 189s | and battle pass |
| 192s | as well as complete weekly challenges |
| 194s | and experience the start of competitive |
| 196s | play 2.0 and of course everyone will |
| 198s | also be able to access revamped heroes |
| 200s | pvp maps and fan favorite game modes |
| 203s | from the first overwatch game |
| 205s | our next season will arrive in early |
| 207s | december where we will introduce a new |
| 208s | tank hero along with a new map |
| 211s | we'll have more themed cosmetic items |
| 213s | for players to earn and unlock in an all |
| 215s | new battle pass and also in the in-game |
| 216s | store and in 2023 we'll continue to |
| 219s | release a new season every nine weeks |
| 221s | with either a new hero new map or new |
| 223s | mode players will get the chance to earn |
| 225s | more themed content complete weekly |
| 227s | challenges |
| 228s | access new battle passes and more there |
| 230s | will always be something new to play |
| 234s | in 2023 we'll also begin releasing our |
| 237s | new pve experiences which we're really |
| 238s | excited about we're really looking |
| 240s | forward to being able to share more with |
| 241s | the community as we get closer to |
| 242s | releasing them i know we've seen more |
| 244s | and more games shift towards that free |
| 246s | to play model in recent years and it |
| 248s | really does seem like players have taken |
| 250s | a liking to it especially shooter fans |
| 253s | um did that have an impact on deciding |
| 255s | to make overwatch 2 uh go free to play |
| 257s | honestly |
| 258s | not really for us free-to-play games |
| 261s | offer a lot of advantages from the very |
| 263s | start overwatch was designed to be a |
| 265s | social experience we have heroes of |
| 268s | different roles and they all rely on |
| 270s | each other in in order to accomplish |
| 272s | their objectives in the game so it |
| 274s | requires a lot of teamwork we also see |
| 276s | that outside of our game within our |
| 279s | community with fan art cosplay and the |
| 282s | overwatch league we know our fans are |
| 284s | having the most fun when they're playing |
| 286s | with their friends or meeting new ones |
| 288s | and the move to free to play |
| 290s | makes it easy for everyone to just drop |
| 292s | in play the game join the community |
| 294s | whether they |
| 295s | own overwatch one or not and with |
| 297s | overwatch 2 crossplay enabled people can |
| 299s | play together no matter what platform |
| 301s | they prefer to play on it's always been |
| 304s | a game that stood for inclusivity and |
| 306s | community when they see the roster of |
| 309s | heroes |
| 310s | we want them to feel like there's |
| 312s | someone there that they can feel |
| 313s | connected to because the overwatch |
| 316s | universe is and always will be a place |
| 318s | for everyone and we feel |
| 321s | like we have an incredible opportunity |
| 323s | with overwatch 2 to really embrace it i |
| 325s | can't wait for october when this |
| 327s | incredible journey will begin for all of |
| 329s | us |