Overwatch 2 director reckons it would be "very difficult" to run a shooter that isn't free-to-play now, but the model's also changing how games are designed

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He’s not entirely wrong, either.

But when Overwatch went free-to-play and became Overwatch 2, it wasn’t just a rebrand.

“So one of those was, we wanted Overwatch heroes to always be very simple.

So, theOverwatch 2 team is keeping old heroes fresh with some massive upcoming changes.

We’ll see how it shakes out whenOverwatch 2 Season 15launches on February 18.