Overwatch Developers Working on Lots of New Content
Despite the huge popularity of Overwatch, there has been very little extra content added to the game in the five months since its release in May. In fact, there has only been one new map and one additional hero released in updates since the game’s launch.
That is all set to change in the near future, however. Speaking on an Overwatch Developer Update video on YouTube. According to game director Jeff Kaplan, the team is currently working on two new heroes and six extra maps. Unfortunately, only a couple of them are set to release in the very near future, though Jeff made clear that they are sure they will be out before too long.
“We are actively working on more heroes right now. One hero is very far along. It’s coming together really well. We’re playtesting it internally across the whole company, and we believe this hero will see the light of day sooner rather than later.”
“We also have another hero prototype that we’re extremely happy with right now,” said Kaplan. “This one is in very internal developer form … we’re using all placeholder models and effects and animations just to prove-out that the hero is fun, but we feel like we’ve found another really great Overwatch hero that will see the light of day probably sometime next year.”