Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 have been postponed, probably for 2023.
The release of Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 is now planned a little later than imagined, Activision Blizzard said. There are still no specific dates mentioned, but as soon as they postpone games that didn't even have a release date, then it's probably a slightly bigger postponement - maybe until 2023.
Activision Blizzard says they are postponing the release of the games so that their teams can develop a support strategy for their games after their launch. But the real truth is that projects are delayed due to numerous departures and cancellations in Blizzard. Both games have been left without key developers in the last year. Both Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 lost their directors - the only difference is that one was fired and the other left of his own free will.
Restructuring in Blizzard is not over yet. It was announced yesterday that Jen Oneal, who has been Blizzard's host in a duet with Mike Ybarra since the age of eight months, and who previously ran the Vicarious Visions studio, is leaving the company.
The role of Blizzard leader has now been taken over by the already mentioned Mike Ybarra. To make matters uncomfortable for Blizzard, Ybarra found himself in a rather affair last month after publicly selling World of Warcraft boosters for real money.