Blizzard has announced new features on the way to Overwatch 2, including the hero ban system for Competitive Play matches. In a recent interview, Overwatch 2's director discussed the new hero ban system and described it as an obvious inclusion.
With the announcement of the highly-requested hero bans feature set to arrive, Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller gave players more details on how it will work. He revealed that each player will have three slots to ban heroes under a priority system. After the 10 players have made their choices, the four heroes who receive the most votes will be banned from the match. The revelation of the hero ban feature's inclusion in Season 16 was met with enthusiasm by the Overwatch 2 community, and now there's more information shedding light on how this feature made its way into Overwatch 2.
Blizzard announces a wave of big changes coming to Overwatch 2, and some players react positively to the future of the hero shooter.
Speaking to Games Radar, Aaron Keller addressed the hero ban system, saying that the Overwatch 2 development team now believes it was an “obvious inclusion.” According to Keller, this feature has been debated for...