Blizzard is bringing back 6v6 matches in testing for Overwatch 2 when it launches its next season in December. The company had previously switched the series to a 5v5 format, and Blizzard is now ...

Games FPS Overwatch 2 will return to 6v6 in 2 test modes next season, but Blizzard won’t keep them around if they don’t attract 'a surge of players’ News By Elie Gould published 24 October 2024 ...

We agree, and based on your feedback, we’re exploring how we can test different forms of 6v6 in the game to gauge the results.” Blizzard is re-examining the possibility of 6v6 in Overwatch 2.

In July, Keller noted some of the issues 6v6 faced were hero balancing, game performance, and how to make sure players can still get into games quickly if it splits the population between 5v5 and ...

Debates about whether Overwatch 2 should stay 5v5 or go back to 6v6 have raged for years now, but ultimately, I think there's a deeper problem here: regardless of the game's format, tank heroes ...

Overwatch 2's game-wide crowd control reduction and major buffs to tanks to compensate for the loss of one on each team had me hopeful it would adequately address this, but in my experience, that ...

New map supports three game modes Alongside maps previously announced last month, the new map — DRC Zone 1 — is set to arrive when Season 5 releases on August 30, 2023.

Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller says Blizzard is "really happy" with how the first run of the shooter's 6v6 mode turned out. To commemorate the occasion, Keller has shared a load of player ...

6v6 is also a slow, more muddled game than the current 5v5 mode. Fights are more frenzied, and individual players have even less impact on the outcome of the game than they currently do.