The sequel to Overwatch was one of the biggest announcements made at this year's BlizzCon. Many fans are pumped to see what the sequel has in store for Blizzard's team-based shooter franchise, and what sort of different Overwatch tricks they can pull off in the game.

It turns out there may be even more in store for the shooter franchise than anticipated. In an interview with Edge magazine, director Jeff Kaplan hinted there may be some spin-off games and even movies based on the Overwatch universe in the future.

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In the interview, Kaplan said his team "dreams" of making even more Overwatch games, and not necessarily just shooters. When asked to clarify on the first-person shooter's future, Kaplan replied that Blizzard has always thought of the franchise as "a universe, not a single game." He then hinted that there could be different types of games set in the Overwatch universe, and that the franchise could even branch into different types of media, such as movies and even an animated series.

Overwatch's animated shorts are just as famous and critically-loved as its gameplay, so it makes sense that the development team would want to branch further in that direction. Blizzard's parent company, Activision Blizzard, has also stated that it would like to turn the game into a movie, so this could be a very real possibility sometime in the future. Overwatch already has an excellent story that could easily be adapted to film, and it seems Overwatch 2 will greatly expand on that story.

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Kaplan also took time to settle an issue some critics have had with Overwatch 2, arguing it's "clearly a sequel." Some people have claimed that since players of the original game will be getting all the same characters, maps, and game types available in the new title, Overwatch 2 is really more like an expensive expansion pack. Kaplan disagrees, saying "Overwatch 2 is an order of magnitude larger than the original game," thus making it a sequel.

Making a new game with updated graphics and a brand-new story mode has no doubt taken a lot of time and work for the developers, so much so that developments and updates on the original Overwatch became much less frequent. In another interview, Kaplan admitted that he had developers so focused on making the sequel, they had to resort to using recycled versions of old seasonal events instead of making all new ones, like Halloween Terror and Summer Games. Kaplan has assured fans that this is only a temporary slowdown, though. Once production on Overwatch 2 is complete, he's confident they'll be able to regularly update both games.

Overwatch is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Overwatch 2 does not yet have a release date.

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Source: PCGamesN