Totally!
But in all seriousness, they should just drop the ā2ā and whatever else.
Just rebrand back to Overwatch.
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Overwatch doesnāt have a new hero coming until Season 12 though?
They never show off new heroes so early before launch (with the exception of Sojourn).
The only information we got about Illari at this point last year was her silhouette and that fact that she was a Support hero. We already have this information (and way more) for āSpace Rangerā. We wonāt know more about her until the end of Season 11 - the same as literally every other hero release.
As for why they didnāt show the Season 11 trailer? Itās likely because itās a pretty standard in-between season. Thereās a new map, a reworked map, some event modes, skins and thatās about it. Weāll see it this week anyway. 
Next mythic better the dva or widow otherwise I donāt see how they can make their money back with a nothing season.
Also rumor has it that it is Ancient Egypt season which is quite niche when come to skins appeal.
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Itās not ānothingā but itās also very likely not something that works for an event like that Xbox showcase.
The other thing to keep in mind is that the early reveal of Season 6 last year killed a ton of interest in Season 5. They may have learned not to repeat that this year.
Gamescom lines up pretty nicely with Season 12. If anything, Iād expect Space Ranger stuff to be there.
I mean, they arenāt really going to have any new main line content until Season 12.
Overwatch Origins itās like classic coke!
Coming in 2026!
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When OW has something worth showcasing, they will
Can you imagine showing a S11 (what season are we on?) trailer to millions of people who are watching for actually interesting trailers and updates?
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I loved the new CoD trailer. I was like āIād watch this movieā lmao.
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The fall-out from this is. They can showcase these games. but players would be best not to look at these other games they have front-runners to, and instead boycott the non Blizzard content since they are refusing to address overwatch at Microsoft.
- its plenty obvious they bought the game out for the reason of destroying competition.
I mean if people can flame Overwatch on bad review dumps on steam. I say it is equally fair for Overwatch players to stand a ground on those titles and tell them to fix OUR stuff first. before releasing new stuff.
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I take it most players do not see āThe writing on the wallā.
Since Microsoft bought the IP. They have sabotaged overwatch 10,000x worse.
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Was there anything interesting in eso and fallout 76 trailer, it was run of the mill ones, also these are pre planned months ago the fact that you didnāt get a slot is why you donāt have something there and not cause of s11. If they had a slot they would have either delayed venture or fastened space ranger, like they can still tease space ranger.
Overwatch was ignored and sidelined from the big kids table, even of blizzard ones.
Microsoft doesnāt consider them important.
Itās made by raven software this time so I expect campaign to be interesting
I think the showcase had some juggernauts. OW would have been āplz come see shop. plz?ā
Gears, Doom, MGS, Dragon Age, Fable, WoW, Perfect Dark
Just no place for OW imo
OW has nothing in its future except a hero here and there. Dying model. But I suppose as veteran players drop off (myself), new ones will replace them. Devs donāt seem to have any ideas but they might not need any. Just skins.
As I said before, by season 15/16 OW2 will enter in the End Of Life phaseā¦ This means no new heroes, no new mapsā¦ maybe some minor balance changesā¦
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If you want to say ow is not a juggernaut than fo76, eso even doom is nothing to ow interms of playerbase.
Owās hatred itself is bigger than most other games love , ow love is even bigger, what is happening is c suite constantly ignoring this ip, Devās going through the motions, not to mention lackluster leadership thatās not putting itās foot down in big tables like Jeff did.
There was nothing new to show off. I donāt know why people thought there would be anything at the showcase.
There was nothing new to show off cause you didnāt get a slot.
Overwatch 2 is brand poison in its current state. No point in adding something with an overwhelmingly negative reputation to a show where youāre trying to show āgoodā stuff.
Maybe in the next year or two theyāll kill OW2 and rebrand it with a new game. But until then I think itās relegated to the basement in terms of marketing and PR.
But dude, Fragpunk, that game looked fun as all get out!!!
All they could of done was a new season trailer. What would be the point.
All next season has is maybe a new map. Nothing to hype up there.
These slots are given months in advance you can always tease the new hero or delay a old hero and plan to the event.
Also s11 trailer is still good cause eso did that.
Pretty sure Microsoft has already assessed Overwatch and doesnāt see a long term future for it. Theyāll let it limp along and garner a little profit, but probably wonāt be making any big investments in it in the future.
Weāre even seeing the impact of this in the shop. Notice how many recolors are showing up as full price cosmetics? Not a good sign.
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This is probably the most valuable ip at its core given the chance especially given microsoft has a fetish to do tv shows , nothing leans into it like ow ip, instead they have ripped it apart .