Overwatch Classic will be available for three weeks as an Overwatch 2 game mode, continuing the trend of fun, experimental game events.

The original Overwatch came out in 2016 and it was a huge success in the competitive online games scene, pushing the Hero Shooter genre into the spotlight. Back in 2022, the game was shut down and a free-to-play sequel was released.

It's an interesting thing to see Overwatch 2 pull back the OW1 format even if its for a limited time. Players have been quite divided or even downright turned off by the format switches that came with Overwatch 2 replacing the original. And it wasn’t really much of a massive upgrade at that, as shared in our Shacknews review.