Overwatch 2 story missions will cost $15 for ‘permanent access,’ Blizzard says

polygon.com:

Overwatch 2’s new season 5 starts Tuesday, June 13, bringing with it a vaguely Dungeons & Dragons-esque theme to the hero shooter’s battle pass and the return of the Summer Games event. The season after that, season 6 of Overwatch 2, promises to be much bigger, bringing the long-awaited story missions first promised back in 2019 to the game. On Monday, Blizzard outlined its plans and pricing for Overwatch 2 story missions, which will be part of a season called Invasion.

Story missions, which are separate from the recently canceled Hero Missions, in Overwatch 2, will cost $15 for “permanent access,” Blizzard says. That will grant access to three missions set in Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, and Gothenburg (an unreleased map location). Blizzard plans to sell Overwatch 2: Invasion story missions access as part of a bundle that also includes 1,000 Overwatch Coins (the game’s premium currency), and a new Sojourn legendary skin. That bundle will also include access to Sojourn as a hero for players who don’t already have her.

But it sounds like players who don’t pay will also get access to the story missions, at least for a while. They’re meant to be played as a team, naturally, and attempting to matchmake or otherwise fill up a five-player squad only with players who’ve paid seems incredibly inconvenient. Polygon has reached out to Blizzard to clarify if players who don’t pay for Overwatch 2’s story missions will get temporary access.

For players who prefer to pay more, there’s a separate bundle: the Overwatch 2: Ultimate Invasion bundle, which costs $40. That includes the basic Invasion bundle, plus:

Season 6 of Overwatch 2, as teased Sunday at the Xbox Games Showcase, will also include a new game mode called Flashpoint, which