The creators are doing everything they can to avoid breaking the NDA, but the Overwatch community isn’t overjoyed to hear good news about a game they haven’t heard much about in months, and the developers haven’t done much with Overwatch outside of seasonal events and patches. Despite this, some fans have expressed faith in the optimism of their favorite streamer.
Overwatch 2 development has slowed, as it has for many other Activision Blizzard games, due to internal strife, departures, and employee action, which has disrupted any work being done at the studio. The last time fans saw anything from Overwatch 2 was in October, when Overwatch League players played map and 5v5 preview games. That was before the game was postponed to an unspecified date in the future.
Because of the chip shortage, players in Microsoft’s first major Halo Infinite championship used development versions of the Xbox Series X.
Don’t worry if you can’t get your hands on an Xbox Series X; even Microsoft can’t get them, so some competitors in Halo Infinite’s first major tournament had to use development consoles used internally for testing.
By watching the event, Halo Infinite players can earn in-game cosmetics. Twitch drops can be earned if users link their Twitch accounts to their Halo Waypoint accounts, and they must watch one hour of the official stream and will be rewarded with three color-changing weapon coatings. Instead, Halo Infinite players can earn armor coating for their multiplayer Spartans by watching an hour of one of the co-partnered streamers.
In other news, Clownfield 2042 is a Steam game that mocks the launch of Battlefield 2042. According to the game’s store page, the game will have bugs and users will be able to enjoy them as is, rather than fixing them. Instead, new skins will be released.