Aaron Keller spoke with us to discuss Blizzard's new approach to Overwatch 2, which builds upon its predecessor to become a free-to-play, live-service game.

Overwatch 2's long-awaited PvP mode will be released on October 4 – and it will be going free-to-play.

As a Tank hero especially, Wrecking Ball from the original "Overwatch" roster is going to play differently in the sequel. Credit: Blizzard Entertainment "The game is going free to play," Keller said.

Overwatch 2 will be added to Xbox Game Pass on September 17, 2024. This means exclusive skins for subscribers, but unfortunately, there will be no Xbox Cloud Gaming for one easily missed reason.

Both of those games have always had no price to start playing. Of course, while Overwatch isn’t free, that doesn’t mean it is devoid of microtransactions.

Blizzard is holding yet another free-to-play weekend for Overwatch soon with the game playable at no cost on all available platforms.

The company’s decision to make “Overwatch 2” free to play represents a fundamental shift in the business model for the franchise, as more AAA studios release live service games supported by ...

It’s also unclear what a free-to-play move for the core game modes would mean for Overwatch 2, which will add more player vs. environment experiences while adding more aspects to the player vs ...