New Beta Test - Overwatch League Season Five To Be Held Early On Overwatch 2

Representatives of The Dallas Morning News, which does not specialize in the field of esports, managed to chat with one of the Overwatch League employees. During the conversation with him, they managed to find out some interesting information regarding the Overwatch sphere. It turns out that Overwatch League organizers are planning to host the league's fifth season on an early version of a new esports discipline client, namely Overwatch 2.

The start of Overwatch League Season 5 is scheduled for April 2022. In order to prevent viewers from drawing sudden conclusions, there will be a reminder on the screen that this version of the game is early and at the release of Overwatch 2 may differ significantly from what viewers will observe in the league.

One of the major changes to Overwatch 2 is that the teams fighting each other will now consist of 5 people instead of 6 people. Representatives of Blizzard Entertainment, the studio that develops the game, have announced the need for such changes due to the specifics of Overwatch 2. Blizzard want to release the title in 2022. On August 31, information appeared that Blizzard Entertainment may have time to make a release before the summer of 2022.