Blizzard renames Overwatch 2 to Overwatch, 4 years after deciding Overwatch was Overwatch 2, because "Overwatch is more than just a digit: it's a living universe," called Overwatch

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Overwatch 2 is now Overwatch after being Overwatch which was Overwatch 2

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Blizzard has taken a bold stance against number-two and is dropping the disgraced digit from the Overwatch 2 title. The hero shooter will henceforth be known as simply "Overwatch." Again.

It was only four years ago that Blizzard reinvented Overwatch as Overwatch 2 – an awkward, fledgling thing halfway between a major game update and an actual standalone sequel, as we observed in our Overwatch 2 review.

Ashley Bardhan
Ashley Bardhan
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Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.

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