Blizzard had a major presence at the recent Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, revealing the 5th and final class forDiablo 4as well as releasing a brand-new trailer for highly-anticipated hero-shooterOverwatch 2. At the event, Blizzard made the surprise announcement thatOverwatch 2will be free-to-playand enter early access for its PvP mode on October 4, with more information to come later this week.
SinceOverwatch 2and the firstOverwatchgame share PvP modes, this effectively means thatOverwatchin general is going free-to-play come October 4. To make it up to dedicatedOverwatchfans that purchased the original game, Blizzard has announced theOverwatch 2Founder’s Pack. TheOverwatch 2Founder’s Pack will be free to anyone that owns the originalOverwatchby June 10, 2025 at 11:00am PT and will net players some freebies. Players will have to log in toOverwatch 2by December 5 at 11:59pm PT to claim the Founder’s Pack contents.
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The Founder’s Pack will include the Founder’s icon, along with the General Doomfist and Jester Sombra skins. There will also be a “surprise gift” announced at some point before theOverwatch 2early access release daterolls around on October 4. The nature of this “surprise gift” is anyone’s guess, but it’s possibleOverwatchfans won’t have to wait all that much longer to find out more about the Founder’s Pack and what it will entail.
The next time Blizzard will showcaseOverwatch 2is later this week on Thursday, June 16 at 10:00am PT. It’s being hyped as theofficialOverwatch 2reveal event, and it will be there where players will get to see the Junker Queen animated short in its entirety. It’s unclear what else the reveal event will have in store, butOverwatchfans will just have to tune in to find out for themselves.
It seems highly likely that theOverwatch 2event on June 16 will also clue fans in on the game’s next PvP beta. The first-everOverwatch 2PvP betatook place about a month ago, and Blizzard has made it clear that it plans on having more beta testing periods between now and the game’s launch. WithOverwatch 2releasing in October, one has to imagine that plans for those next PvP betas are being finalized.
ThepreviousOverwatch 2PvP beta testing period excluded console gamers, so it will be interesting to see if they are brought into the loop for the next round of testing.Overwatchfans should find out more information sooner rather than later.
Overwatch 2launches in early access on October 4 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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