Overwatch 2's Director discusses development values for 2024

Today the Overwatch blog has posted a first in a series of posts that will detail the Overwatch 2 team’s developmental values for the coming year in 2024. You can read the full piece here but otherwise here’s a brief highlight of what is discussed.

• The team wants the game to continually evolve with new systems and features.
• The director feels the game’s teamwork mechanics are a blessing and a curse.
• The director wants to refine the overwatch experience to encourage teamwork while also not punishing players who struggle with teamwork.
• The ping system and spawn together system were added to address these concerns.
• Party Frames, scoreboard improvements, and crackdowns on spawn camping are also being considered.
• A new balance patch will drop in Season 9 with the aim of taking the pressure off Support characters.
• The team is also using the Quickplay: Hacked events to experiment with the core gameplay expereince.