Overwatch 2 Beta Kicks Off June 28 for PC and Consoles - News

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Blizzard announced the Overwatch 2 beta will kick off on June 28 on PC and consoles. The beta includes the new hero Junker Queen and a new map.

Sign-ups and more details will be available this Thursday, June 16 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm BST during a live stream.

"We can’t wait to roll out the beginning of the Overwatch 2 experience on October 4 and introduce an exciting new competitive vision, featuring amazing new content and a reimagining of the iconic heroes, maps, and gameplay that made the original game so compelling," said Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra.

"This is the beginning of an always-on and always-evolving era for the franchise, and a recommitment to serving players with frequent and substantial updates planned well into the future."

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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Pemalite (on 14 June 2022)

Honestly, the only big criticism I can give it is the visuals... It really doesn't forward the franchise from it's original 2016 release in any big way.
It looks dated, but it's also going free to play, so it doesn't matter I guess... Hopefully that means a Switch port at some point.

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method114 Pemalite (on 14 June 2022)

OW is one of those games that strangely enough has seemed to always entertain me even till this day. I hate it on PC because it's WidowHanzo dominate but on consoles it's great.

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SuperNintend0rk Pemalite (on 14 June 2022)

A Switch version has already been confirmed. Not for Diablo IV though but hopefully that gets ported too.

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method114 SuperNintend0rk (on 15 June 2022)

Diablo 4 is next gen only I think and last I saw it looked incredible. I would be amazed if they were able to put that game on the switch.

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SuperNintend0rk method114 (on 15 June 2022)

It's coming to PS4 and X1 so a Switch port is possible with a lot of compromises lol

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method114 SuperNintend0rk (on 15 June 2022)

Oh your right I could have swore I read it was next-gen only. In that case it's possible.

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SuperNintend0rk method114 (on 15 June 2022)

Yeah it's possible but they may decide to wait for Nintendo to release Switch 2.

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