Overwatch 2 story missions future uncertain after January layoffs (according to ex-devs)

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Overwatch 2 Devs Fear Story Missions Have Been Canceled
kotaku.com

Well, this is hardly unexpected.

Still, considering how PvE was supposed to be the pillar of Overwatch "2", and the outwards-facing reason for the switchover, it's sad. There was actually some cool promise in those PvE ideas, and now even the "light" version seems to be cancelled.

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I was under the impression that they had fully shelved PvE for OW2. They basically lied and released the same game with a few tweaks to the match format. Was there actually any hope for even a pared-down co-op mode?

There was right at the very start, to help push units. I believe it was less than six months into ow2 when they realistically cancelled pve

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