Map editor and creation of custom maps?

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Wouldn’t it make sense for Blizz to release a map editor for OW?
Not just modify scale, translate and rotate items on existing maps, but actually let us create maps with current catalogue of assets + custom assets created in a 3d package. Aka a devkit.

Community created maps are way more attractive to me rather than cliché hot potato workshop mods in already existing ow maps.

Have a playcard in arcade with most popular community maps and badabig badabom you attract more players.

This is pretty much the reason I play tf2 and csgo these days, for the community content.

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It’s time consuming, that’s the reason they probably don’t do it, but after ow2 release (this includes PvE) I see no reason to not develop it

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Games like Unreal Tournament and Quake and games that used the same engines like Star Trek Voyager Elite Force all had a lot of custom creation tools and content for decades. Not sure why games like OW don’t do the same thing. I know arena shooters aren’t exactly the same thing, but OW clearly has a ton of potential for custom maps.

Maybe there’s copyright concerns or something if someone makes a super popular new game mode (similar to WC3 custom map editor being the origin of “MOBAs.”)

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Blizz altered their EULA after they lost big on DOTA. Any custom creations are now the property of Blizz… :wink:

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I’ve actually been thinking about this too. It would be a lovely addition, but it would 100% have to be added after release. Because it would be SOOOO time consuming

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This. They are super salty that they didn’t get the rights to DOTA so their games are now heavily locked down.

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It’s hilarious but I can totally understand the oversight on Blizz’s behalf.

It was an innocent custom game mode maker, no-one envisioned DOTA would be made from it… :rofl:

…but yeah, they learned their lesson… :rofl:

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Despite the long history of the DOTA / DOTA II legality (which I will not get into), user creative content is still a thing for Blizzard games, notably with StarCraft II.

That being said, a Map Editor for Overwatch or Overwatch 2 is not likely to be a thing anytime soon still. This is because Overwatch runs a unique game engine and they don’t have the means to translate their map building assets into a user-friendly interface yet. A Map Editor has been requested many times and the developers would like to one day consider it but it is not on their radar to my knowledge at this time.

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Dude I just want anything new for custom games, excluding the new browser (which is awesome) there hasn’t been any new workshop things or anything for a year

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Would be amazing, but it will probably not happen atleast in the near future.