If you miss Overwatch’s original 6v6 format, you’re in luck. If you prefer Overwatch 2’s 5v5 matches, you may also be in luck, it turns out. Developer Blizzard Entertainment has been considering a return to the original game’s structure, which had two teams of six players competing against each other, and it’s finally announced that a test is coming next season. But even Blizzard isn’t sure which format will win out, and there’s a chance both could live side by side in the future.
Blizzard’s new tests will start later in the current Season 13. One test will be a 5v5 mode with each role — damage, support, and tank — limited to two players per team, with tanks receiving less health. The next Season 13 test will be essentially the same, except a buff will be given to the player on the team that is the only one in their role.
