Overwatch 2 Director: Competition is a good thing. Recent changes are not a fight back at Marvel Contest.

2025-07-16 23:52:18|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Since the launch of Overwatch, it has been the number one player in hero shooting games over the past years, and many potential opponents have failed to compete with it.But with NetEase launching "Marvel Contest" last year, things have changed.

This free hero shooting game based on the Marvel Universe has taken the title of hero shooting game from Blizzard Overwatch 2, and given its firm control over players, this situation doesn't seem to change in the near term.

Blizzard Entertainment seems to be in response to this situation, and has made major adjustments to Overwatch 2 by launching new arena modes, new enhancements, etc.But Blizzard said the changes were not targeted at all on Marvel Contest.

In an interview with YouTuber Jay3, Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller was asked how he views Marvel Contest and whether this competition is healthy.Jay3 made a metaphor, saying that this is like the wrestling world. The rise of WCW in the past forced WWE (which was called WWF at that time) to work hard to improve product quality in order to win audiences from competitors.

Keller responded: "My answer to this question can be said to be 'yes/no' or 'no'. I think competition is really healthy, it forces people to innovate more and force teams to come up with the best things forever. But I don't think the Overwatch changes you're seeing now are in response to Marvel Contest. A lot of what we did this year, such as strengthening the system, arena mode, map voting, and we've got the hero ban system one season or two ahead of time.The season, these things are actually in the works for a long time.We are developing a new strategy for the game – there is a big update at the beginning of each year as the annual launch.Yes, I think there is this strategy.While it may not always be so comfortable for the game development team, I do see the benefits of competition.But for now, what we do is not entirely because of Marvel Battle, but over time, maybe you’ll see our team make bigger moves to deal with the competition.”

Ultimately, the players will benefit.Both games need to continuously improve themselves, otherwise players on one side may switch to the other side.I hope that the continuous evolution of Overwatch 2 will continue to retain existing players and even attract more new players.

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