Overwatch 2 Will Roll Out 6v6 Testing During Season 14

When Season 14 arrives in December for Overwatch 2, Blizzard will convey again 6v6 matches with two completely different checks. The unique sport featured these crew sizes, however the sequel controversially changed that setup with 5v5 competitions.

Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller detailed the upcoming 6v6 experiments on the game’s website. The primary check ought to land in the course of the first week of Season 14 (at the moment scheduled to launch December 10) and can incorporate crew compositions of “a minimum of 1 of every function, and not more than 3.” Then, in the midst of Season 14, Overwatch 2 will check out “the basic 2-2-2 composition” with a number of modifications.

Keller defined that these two Season 14 tests–plus extra on the way–will “not solely decide our participant’s urge for food for bigger crew sizes, however for us to discover completely different ways in which we’d implement a change with out operating into the identical issues we had beforehand.” There appears to be lots up for consideration for Overwatch 2 in regard to 6v6. As an example, Keller acknowledged that beforehand he could not foresee 5v5 and 6v6 each working collectively within the sequel. However now, he is open to the concept.

Bringing again 6v6 for Overwatch 2 was initially broached in July. In the meantime, earlier this month, Overwatch 2 noticed the beginning of Season 13: Spellbinder and massive modifications to Sombra. The hero shooter additionally received a brand new Halloween mode referred to as Junkenstein’s Laboratory that is accessible by November 4.

A current report pointed to an Overwatch cell undertaking being in development–or a minimum of it was at one time. For extra, take a look at GameSpot’s Overwatch 2 evaluate.