This is one of the mechanisms that is being regularized the most by the State Governments themselves.
The wait has been long, but finally this year we will finally have the expected release of Overwatch 2a sequel to the 2016 GOTY that, in practice, will absorb and replace the original title, so that all players will be able to continue their progress in the new installment.
Also, it seems that from the development team at Blizzard they have wanted to take things with some suspicionsince they have taken care of release multiple betasspecifically two, to be able to calibrate the title, to know what they need to improve, what they need to fix, among many other tasks, although, yes, they have already communicated that there will be no more betas, so we will have to wait for the launch in order to fully play Overwatch 2.
Loot boxes won’t arrive at launch of Overwatch 2
Having said all of the above, it should be noted that Overwatch 2 will bring changes from the originalleading this to some elements being modified and even eliminated, which is manifested with monetization and loot box changesthis being a highly criticized mechanic because they can be bought with real money and randomly come up with anything, which in many sectors has been compared to habits that can cause pathological gambling.
Under this premise, the official Blizzard forums have revealed, following a question from a fan and from its administrator, that loot boxes become unavailable after the current event, that is, the Anniversary Remix Vol 3., so as of August 30 these will no longer be available. To reinforce this, the same has been confirmed via a patch note Overwatch recently received.
What will apparently remain will be free loot boxes until the release of Overwatch 2, but you’ll need to open them before transferring data to the new game, as any closed ones will be lost.
For the rest, it only remains to remember that we are getting closer to Overwatch 2 is releasedbeing so that this title will have a format of free to play and will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch and PC on October 4.