Overwatch 2 Season 16 adds 3rd-person, new game mode and more

Ever since Marvel Rivals launched late last year, fans have been waiting to see whether the game’s contemporary – Overwatch 2 – could compete with what seemed to be a genre-shifting entrant into the market. In a welcome announcement, the upcoming Season 16 for Overwatch 2 is set to add a surprising amount of new content.

Releasing the official trailer for Overwatch 2 Season 16: Stadium, Blizzard detailed the brand new game mode which comprises the namesake of this upcoming Season.

Set to go live on the 22nd of April, Stadium is a wholly new game mode for Overwatch, described as a: “best-of-7, multi-round way to play Overwatch 2, where two teams of five face off in magnificent arenas as they purchase upgraded items and powers to radically transform their Heroes—all experienced through our new third-person camera.”

The announcement that this new mode will be played in 3rd person is of particular note due to the fact that its ‘rival’ Marvel Rivals is played with a 3rd-person perspective. Is this a coincidence? Unlikely, especially as many ex-Overwatch players flocked to the competing title.

Whether this new game mode and perspective will go down well with both old and new fans alike, we will have to wait and see. That said, it is encouraging to know that Blizzard at least seems to be trying.

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