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Google’s Reading mode app now works in Gmail and social media apps
Fortnite has dropped Trios mode with zero explanation, and fans aren’t happy
Overwatch 2 has dumped plans for their promised PvE Hero Mode
When Overwatch 2 was first announced at Blizzcon 2019, Blizzard promised an ambitious “highly replayable” PvE component that somewhat justified the ‘2’ at the end of the title. Last night, the Overwatch 2 development team announced that they’ve scrapped most of their ideas including the Hero Missions mode which had skill trees, levelling up, and other light RPG elements shown off in the trailer below. Instead, they’ll be gradually releasing co-op story missions and integrating them into their ongoing seasons, similar to how PvE operated in the first Overwatch.
Blizzard cancels Overwatch 2’s main co-op mode in new roadmap
Overwatch 2 PvE Hero Mode Canceled: ‘A Difficult Choice’
Overwatch 2’s PvE Hero Mode Is Being Scrapped, Blizzard Explains What Happened and Why
Overwatch is a game that rose from the ashes of Titan, an ambitious MMO that Blizzard pulled the plug on. In the wake of this decision, developers at the studio reworked ideas they had for Titan into what would become Overwatch, a hero-based multiplayer shooter that was critically acclaimed and hugely successful. Blizzard’s Team 4 is no stranger to picking up the pieces of a shattered project, but this process has been kept behind closed doors. The Blizzard way was to keep games out of public view until they were ready to be seen and to release them only when they were as close to the ideal vision as they could possibly be. That isn’t the way anymore–not for Overwatch 2 anyway.
When the sequel to Overwatch was announced at BlizzCon 2019–where the game was also playable–it was with the promise of a PvE Hero component that would allow players to gather their squads and play through a narrative-driven multiplayer experience. On top of that, each of the heroes that they’d come to know and love would be reworked for PvE and given progression systems that would allow players to unlock new talents. It was an ambitious new mode that, in many ways, was used to justify the “2” at the end of the title.
Now, however, Blizzard has confirmed that the promised PvE Hero component will not be released at all. In a video, game director Aaron Keller and executive producer Jared Neuss said that the team had made the decision to take the PvE elements of Overwatch 2 in a different direction and detailed a roadmap for upcoming seasons that reveal a new hero, maps, rebalances, and a number of story-focused additions.
You’re telling me Fortnite is just now getting a ranked mode?
WoW Classic is getting official ‘hardcore’ mode servers
WoW Classic’s most popular fan created mode gets Blizzard support
An official WoW Classic Hardcore mode is on the way from Blizzard, as the MMORPG game developer has announced at the end of a community Hardcore event that it wants to give players an official way to play the mode that keeps in the spirit of the idea. With World of Warcraft Classic constantly getting new content, it’s great to see that Hardcore is getting an even more expansive mode from Blizzard itself.
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