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Overwatch’s Stadium mode, which transformed Blizzard’s hero shooter into something more akin to a third-person MOBA, won’t be receiving new heroes or maps moving forward.
Game director Aaron Keller announced the news in a blog post discussing the game’s various formats, along the way revealing Stadium in both its ranked and unranked versions are Overwatch’s least played modes by far. Only 3% of Overwatch’s daily players dip into either version of Stadium, according to Keller. By comparison, 54% of daily players participate in unranked 5v5 role queue.
“Stadium, meanwhile, has settled into a dedicated, smaller audience,” Keller said. “With this in mind, while we’ll continue supporting Stadium with seasonal balance updates, rank resets, and rewards, we’re not planning on expanding Stadium with new heroes or maps.”
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Instead, Keller said the team will take lessons learned from Stadium and apply it to “future plans,” though he did not elaborate on what those might be.
Stadium released in April of 2025, a few months after Overwatch’s main hero shooter competitor, the third-person Marvel Rivals, seemed to be popping off. In addition to its third-person perspective, Stadium introduced a full on MOBA-esque item store, invoking Valve’s still-not-technically released hero shooter/MOBA-hybrid
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