Overwatch 2, 8 players

[Kaedi-11739]

Unfortunately, it is not likely that even with the release of Overwatch 2, that the game engine will be designed to support more than 12 players in a match. This is due to the multiplayer server infrastructure and graphic rendering related to the game. Given the demo last year still used a 12 player match system, this is unlikely to change.

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@JeffreyKaplan

exceeding 12 players per match would cause significant technical challenges (we’re highly optimized towards 12 right now). experimenting with less than 12 is more realistic. it’s not that we cannot do it… it’s that the cost would be extremely high.