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Overwatch: At least two new heroes are in playtesting

Overwatch‘s Jeff Kaplan has confirmed that two new heroes are actively being playtested.

“We are actively working on more heroes right now”, Kaplan said in a new video update (below). “One hero is very far along. It’s coming together really well – we’re playtesting it internally across the entire company, and we believe this hero will see the light of day sooner rather than later.”

“We also have another hero prototype that we’re extremely happy with right now,” Kaplan continued. “This one is in very internal developer form, is the best way I can describe it. We’re using all placeholder models, and effects, and animations just to prove out that the hero is fun. But we feel like we’ve found another really great Overwatch hero that will see the light of day probably some time next year on that hero. That one is further out.”

Overwatch is available now on Windows PC, Xbox One and PC.


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