Overwatch 2 Release Date 2022: Sequel is reportedly coming out next year

A doable Overwatch 2 launch date of 2022 has been revealed in a brand new report, which means that Activision Blizzard is pushing the anticipated on-line shooter sequel for a launch ahead of anticipated. If appropriate, the report states that the Overwatch 2 launch date will nonetheless be 2022 regardless of earlier reports that it might be delayed to later than next year. So when will Overwatch 2 be launched, if this report is correct?

When is the Overwatch 2 launch date in 2022?

The Overwatch 2 launch date is reportedly down for Spring 2022, in subsequent 12 months’s Q2.

This report comes by way of Dexerto, which claims two sources corroborated its launch date data. The primary is an inside Activision Blizzard supply that supposedly instructed the positioning that “the phrase is the dev crew has been instructed to lock within the options the sport has, get it fastened and get it shipped” for a launch earlier than Summer season subsequent 12 months. The second supply, a member of franchise administration, instructed the positioning that “the purpose is Q2 of subsequent 12 months” for launching Overwatch 2.

In accordance with the report, a whole lot of this rush is all the way down to the Overwatch League. “They don’t wish to swap recreation variations in the midst of a season,” the second supply supposedly acknowledged. Activision Blizzard apparently sat down to debate the longer term with the heads of the Overwatch League, who’re allegedly “turning into more and more disaffected with management choices” relating to the sport — with the recent Activision Blizzard lawsuits and the multiple delays to Overwatch 2 being the principle sore factors. There have apparently even been discussions about delaying the Overwatch season to late in 2022 or the next 12 months, as a result of many issues the Overwatch League and Activision Blizzard are encountering.

Regardless, Overwatch 2’s launch date could now have been set for Spring or Q2 2022, three years after it was initially announced — which is nothing compared to the wait for most Blizzard games.