Overwatch 2 develops Blizzard welcomes Marvel competitors’ matches, and he says it never faces another match like the game we created.
Blog Andrew Joseph 17 Feb , 2025 0
Marvel competitors From the moment of revelation, compared to Overwatch. On the surface, Marvel competitors play very similarly to Blizzard. Although Marvel competitors use playable characters from Marvel Heroes and Gillains, it is like Overwatch, a competitive multiplayer hero shooter with some very similar mechanics and game systems. Both Marvel Heroes and Overwatch 2 are free, monetizing on live service and relying on adding new characters to keep them fresh.
Marvel competitors enjoy explosive popularity Since its launch in December, it is presumably a cost of interest Overwatch 2. According to the current narrative, Blizzard’s game is declining as Netease’s miracle competitors swallow players.
Recent interview GamesRadarOverwatch 2 director Aaron Keller discusses the new reality Blizzard discovers itself, Marvel rivals are now out of the wild, attracting tens of millions of players.
Keller said: “Obviously, we're in a new competitive landscape, and I think that for Overwatch we've never really participated, and in this case there's another game that's so with the game we've created resemblance.”
Then you think it's a bad thing for Overwatch, but Keller calls the situation “exciting” and even says seeing the idea of Marvel competitors building Overwatch towards “Very good” in different directions.
Still, Keller admitted that the success of Marvel competitors forced a change in attitude inside the Blizzard on Overwatch 2, saying: “It's no longer safe to play.”
to this end, Blizzard has announced radical changes to promote 2025. While the roadmap ahead includes most of what you expect to see in terms of new content, the core game itself will see a shift in earthquakes, including the return of increased Heroes Perks and the loot box.
Everyone's eyes will be on Overwatch 2 to see if these changes have sparked a revival of interest. We are now nearly 9 years from the 2016 Overwatch debut and the release of Overwatch 2. Although Blizzard doesn't make the Overwatch player number public, we can see concurrent player numbers on Steam since Overwatch 2 was launched on Valve's platform in 2023, they're at a low level. , in the past 24 hours, the peak of simultaneous occurrences reached 37,046.
Meanwhile, Marvel competitors remain in the top 10 of the top 10 games on Steam, with 310,287 players in the past 24 hours.
Marvel Competitor List: Best Heroes
Marvel Competitor List: Best Heroes
Overwatch 2 still has a “negative” rating on Steam's user reviews. Indeed, in August 2023, Overwatch 2 became the worst user-reviewed game ever. After the snowstorm, most negative comments focused on monetization as it forced its premium predecessor to update to a free-to-play sequel, which made the original Overwatch unplayable. Cancel its long-awaited PVE hero mode – Players say that a feature justifies the existence of the sequel.
IGN has more loads on Marvel competitors, including Developer clarification on data fixationand Thoughts on the possibility of Nintendo Switch 2 version.
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