Overwatch League Team Shows What an Overwatch Battle Royale Would Look Like

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As a hero shooter, it seems unlikely that Overwatch will ever become a battle royale game, as its systems are not built to fit that style. However, if the unlikely happened and Blizzard did experiment with a battle royale spin-off, the San Francisco Shock has given Overwatch fans an idea of what a map could look like.

Perhaps the biggest thing killing the potential of an Overwatch battle royale game is the fact that heroes are built around their weaponry. While the ever-popular Apex Legends features characters with unique abilities, none have signature weapons, and all can wield the full lineup of the game’s guns. While it would not be impossible for Blizzard to separate the weapons from their characters, it is unlikely, meaning that gamers should not expect an Overwatch battle royale game to ever happen for real.

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However, while it may never happen, it is still fun to speculate about what the hypothetical game could look like if it ever became a reality. Recently, the San Francisco Shock, an Overwatch League team, Tweeted out an image of an Overwatch-themed battle royale map. The map in question merges six popular Overwatch maps into a single play space, with the San Francisco Shock’s suggested map featuring some locations that are extremely different from one another when it comes to their visuals.

Despite the locations being set in very different parts of the world, like Egypt and the United States, it is hard not to think of how fun it would be to walk from one Overwatch map to the next. The suggested map connects Oasis to Numbani, with the two visually stunning locations having a similar enough tone despite their different architecture and color patterns.