
With the release of Echo, Jeff Kaplan confirmed that she would be the last hero in the initial game of Overwatch. That means that the next hero coming out will be arriving when Overwatch 2 is released. While the release date is not yet revealed, most people believe that it will be sometime in 2020. The latest date that many hope for is Holiday season 2020. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on plans and video game companies like Blizzard and not unaffected. Either way, the roster of heroes for Overwatch 2 will be something that is highly speculated.
Apparently the Overwatch team see their game as something that will follow an Avengers type storyline. For those who may not be familiar, The Avengers movies follow this type of storyline.
While in the comics, this type of threat continues to happen, the movies that the OW team are referring to have only gone through those six or so stages. If Overwatch is following a similar path then they are currently in the middle of the first or nearing the beginning of the second. Overwatch 2 has already shown that the Omnic crisis is not totally over and that it was good that Winston started to get the team back together in Overwatch 1. Where the potential plot of OW2 will go is a mystery currently. What is known is that this is the perfect time to have the team grow. If it is following the Avengers storyline then OW2 will likely be either the combination of points two and three or two through four. With that in mind, here are the heroes that have already been confirmed and with it, some that could make it in.
Keep in mind that all of the heroes already in Overwatch will be in Overwatch 2 even if they have not been “officially” confirmed yet due to the fact that PVP will be crossplay between OW1 and OW2.
These are characters who have been mentioned in a way that might see them get added to the roster when Overwatch 2 comes out.
While there are other characters who are named, these seem most likely to be added. The original game launched with 21 different heroes. With the noticeable absence of heroes in the past year, the hope is that the Overwatch team and Jeff Kaplan have been hard at work to bring the fans new playable heroes. Will Overwatch 2 drop 20+ new heroes, doubtful, but it would definitely be welcome. What seems more likely is that including Sojourn it will launch with anywhere from four to ten new heroes with more planning on being released as the game continues.
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