{"id":641193,"date":"2026-03-28T19:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzard-confirms-overwatch-2-will-replace-its-predecessor"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:37:17","slug":"blizzard-confirms-overwatch-2-will-replace-its-predecessor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/blizzard-confirms-overwatch-2-will-replace-its-predecessor\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard confirms Overwatch 2 will replace its predecessor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/blizzard-confirms-overwatch-2-will-replace-its-predecessor.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nBlizzard has confirmed Overwatch 2 will replace the original Overwatch on release in October.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a statement to Axios&rsquo; Stephen Totilo, Blizzard explained that Overwatch 2 &ldquo;will replace the current Overwatch build,&rdquo; with all player-unlocked content automatically transferring across games. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This has largely made the rounds already, but if you missed it, Blizzard confirms that Overwatch 2 will replace Overwatch  1 in October. The older game goes offline, content unlocks transfer to 2. <\/p>\n<p>Their statement to me: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZTmIRr1G1c\">pic.twitter.com\/ZTmIRr1G1c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephentotilo\/status\/1542183079573323778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzard-confirms-overwatch-2-will-replace-its-predecessor\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzard-confirms-overwatch-2-will-replace-its-predecessor\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has confirmed Overwatch 2 will replace the original Overwatch on release in October. In a statement to Axios&rsquo; Stephen Totilo, Blizzard explained that Overwatch 2 &ldquo;will replace the current Overwatch build,&rdquo; with all player-unlocked content automatically transferring across games. This has largely made the rounds already, but if you missed it, Blizzard confirms that Overwatch 2 will replace Overwatch 1 in October. The older game goes offline, content unlocks transfer to 2. Their statement to me: pic.twitter.com\/ZTmIRr1G1c &mdash; Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) June 29, 2022 Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":641194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[6765,160,521,1386,59,44,45,60,4616],"class_list":["post-641193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-fps-shooter","tag-free-to-play","tag-overwatch","tag-overwatch-2","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blizzard confirms Overwatch 2 will replace its predecessor | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blizzard has confirmed Overwatch 2 will replace the original Overwatch on release in October. 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