Overwatch 2 Will Replace The Original, Making It Unplayable In October - Kotaku

If you had a sneaking suspicion that Blizzard’s currently in-beta hero shooter Overwatch 2 would affect the 2016 original game in some way, you were absolutely correct.

It turns out that when the upcoming sequel drops on October 4, it will straight-up replace Overwatch, rendering that now seven-year-old game unplayable.

It sounds like Overwatch is effectively becoming Overwatch 2 when the sequel releases.

While this contradicts what former game director Jeff Kaplan said about the two being a “shared multiplayer environment” when Overwatch 2 was announced in November 2019, at least the sequel will be free-to-play.