Blizzard's brand new Free-to-play shooter Overwatch 2 is releasing later this week and serves as a superior successor to its successful Overwatch franchise. The game boasts exciting new features and a completely built-up free-to-play feature that was not available in the previous game.
Overwatch 2 takes the 5v5 PvP shooting experience to a whole new level with 6 gameplay modes, 22 global maps and 35 unique heroes to choose from. However, the game is not built on a new engine as it still uses the technology used in the first Overwatch game.
The game will also carry cross progression to those players who owned the first game and will carry their progress and roster of heroes in the second game. This means that the first Overwatch will be completely taken over by its successor and rather than serving as a new game for those players, it will be more of a content update with newer content.
This bold move by Blizzard Entertainment comes into action as the popularity of free-to-play shooter games is on the rise. Hence, the developers chose to follow the same model for the sequel of its successful first person shooter game.
However, existing players will also receive special rewards in the form of a Founders pack, which is an exciting new add-on for those who have been around since the first game. Here is everything you need to know about the Overwatch 2 Founder's Pack.
Last month, Blizzard Entertainment announced ahead of the release of a new free-to-play Overwatch 2 game that pleased the players of the first game. The news came forward after players who had bought the first Overwatch game were upset on the free-to-play model of the second game and felt that it was unfair to them.
However, the announcement mentioned that the owners
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