Creating a shared multiplayer world for Overwatch and Overwatch 2 was "very challenging"

As welcome as the presence of Overwatch 2, it's a strange new take on Blizzard's beloved hero-shooter experience. For starters, it's pretty much the original Overwatch but with a few more bells, whistles and Genji in a hoodie which is just adorable. Many of its PvP modes, maps and features from the original game will be copied on over to the sequel, thus allowing for a crossplay between games in online matches, something which you can imagine was massively challenging for Blizzard to throw resou...