Posted 2/15/2024, 12:08:59 AM
Overwatch 2 Launches New PvE Mode Despite Layoffs Devastating Development Team
- New Overwatch 2 PvE mode, Cosmic Crisis, launched in Season 9 despite majority of its dev team being laid off before release
- Leading up to Season 9, Blizzard had massive layoffs that allegedly impacted most of the OW2 PvE team
- Ex-OW producer proud of laid off PvE team's work on Cosmic Crisis "pitched to production...everyone really killed it"
- Unknown how large OW PvE team was and how layoffs will impact future story missions, though more PvE events teased for 2024
- Layoffs came after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which was followed by 1,900 more job cuts across the companies