As has previously been understood,Overwatch 2 will replace the current game at launch.

For example, the game will change to a 5v5 format and introduce various balance alterations.

The promised PvE campaign mode is slated to release in 2023.

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The clarification came via a Reddit AMA.

The plan to replace the original Overwatch also fits in with the new free-to-play model.

Larger content updates will come seasonally, every nine weeks, according to the roadmap Blizzard recently put out.

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Season 1 will feature Sojourn and Junker Queen, as well as a new map.

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In the meantime, however, theshareholders voted to keep CEO Bobby Kotick on the board of directors.

Despitethe demand from many employees that he should resign, it seems that he will stay on until 2023.

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