Overwatch League’s 2022 season will start on an early build of ‘Overwatch 2’

by Shivendra Singh · September 3, 2021

Though the Overwatch League’s post-season gets underway this weekend, league officials are already making plans for next year. OWL vice-president Jon Spector wrote on Twitter that the current plan is to kick off the 2022 season in April, but there’s an interesting wrinkle, as Dot Esports first reported. As things stand, the next season will start on an early version of Overwatch 2, the long-awaited sequel to the current game.

“The plan right now is for the Overwatch League’s 2022 season to begin on an early build of Overwatch 2,” an Overwatch League spokesperson told Engadget. “We’ll have more details to share about our 2022 season as we get closer to the planned start date in April of next year.”

I’ve seen a lot of speculation regarding a 2022 start date for OWL. We can confirm that our plan is to begin next season in April 2022. We will share more details about 2022 roster construction timelines soon and more info generally on our 2022 season as we get closer to April.

— Jon Spector (@Spex_J) September 3, 2021