True to form, about six weeks after the game’s release in May 2016, Ana was revealed.Īna’s addition to the game began the pattern that we became familiar with over the subsequent years: Blizzard would announce a hero in the summertime (Ana, Doomfist, Wrecking Ball, Sigma), another hero during the opening ceremonies at BlizzCon (Sombra, Moira, Ashe), and a third hero in the late winter/early spring period (Orisa, Brigitte, Baptiste).īut at BlizzCon 2019, there was no new imminent hero announcement.
Virtually as soon as Overwatch was on shelves, hints began to suggest a new hero in the offing.Notably, the addition of these three heroes to the live beta played havoc with balancing for some time, and the devs commented that adding more than one hero at once would be quite disruptive. At BlizzCon 2015, three additional heroes were announced, which the team said was the final release lineup.Prior to beta, an additional six heroes were announced, often (but not always) at Blizzard’s various convention appearances throughout the year.However, the team also showed off artwork of future heroes who eventually became McCree and Genji. When Overwatch was first announced, twelve heroes were part of the roster.There are a lot of questions to ask: how many PVE story missions should we expect at launch? Are we going to have a new season of cinematics to look forward to on the regular? Where the heck is Symmetra?īut since the regular pattern of new hero releases was broken at BlizzCon 2019, the chief question on my mind is how many new heroes the sequel (expan-quel? PVE-quel?) is going to bring to the table.įor your consideration, here’s a brief history of Overwatch hero releases: As we close out 2019, we look forward to 2020, where we’re certain to learn more about Blizzard’s plans for Overwatch 2.
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