Overwatch 2 Closed PvP Test Coming in April
As Overwatch players know, the state of the game hasn't been everything that the community has wanted. Overwatch 2's development has become Blizzard's priority, leading to little new content in the original game and little communication from Blizzard itself. That's exactly what Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller acknowledges and apologizes for in his latest developer update video. In turn, Keller also promises a change in direction that could get Overwatch 2 in players' hands sooner than expected.
The idea is that Keller knows Blizzard hasn't lived up to Overwatch fan expectations so far and something needs to change. To start, Keller says that Blizzard will be much more communicative going forward. That's not the biggest promise that Keller makes, however. He says that the team has decided, since it can't shift back to Overwatch for more content at this point, to get Overwatch 2 playable as soon as it can instead.
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What that means is that Blizzard will be prioritizing the competitive side of Overwatch 2, the PvP half of the game, over its PvE plans since that's the heart of the gameplay experience evolving from the original game. Blizzard's work has also borne fruit. It plans to launch Overwatch 2's first PvP alpha test within the week. This alpha will be exclusively available to Blizzard employees and professional Overwatch players, a required first step before making it available more broadly.
As for when Overwatch 2 will start being available to more players, Keller says that a closed PvP beta is tentatively planned for release in April. It's clearly an aggressive timeline, moving from an internal alpha to an external closed beta in
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