Overwatch 2 Developer Blames Bobby Kotick for the Game's Delays
Blizzard shocked and excited Overwatch fans around the world at BlizzCon 2019 when the company officially announced a full sequel to the shooter with Overwatch 2. However, the newest entry to the popular hero-shooter has been hit with frequent delays now pushing back its release until at least 2023. With the second game seemingly struggling with development and the first seeing a major content drought, many of the team working on Overwatch have placed the blame on Activision Blizzard's CEO.
When Overwatch first stormed onto the scene in 2016, the hero-shooter took the gaming world by storm with its addictive gameplay, flashy designs, and unique character designs. Overwatch quickly became one of the most popular games in the world and saw the rise of a flourishing esports environment. However, Overwatch has fallen on hard times in recent years with the game's popularity dwindling and now, in the wake of Microsoft purchasing Activision Blizzard, several developers working on Overwatch 2 have targeted CEO Bobby Kotick as the cause behind the delays.
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Overwatch producer Tracy Kennedy recently took to Twitter to criticize Bobby Kotick's actions as CEO in response to a recent interview with GamesBeat. Kennedy would reveal that Kotick would often task the team with major projects for Overwatch at random which often resulted in taking development effort away from Overwatch 2 for months at a time. Kennedy also references employees frequently working overtime on these impulse projects only to see the fruit of their efforts eventually canceled.
Kennedy concluded by referring to Kotick as a "coward hiding behind scapegoats" and a "greedy joke,"
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