For a game as highly anticipated as Overwatch 2, audiences have heard very little about the game outside of the public playtest last September. But, it appears that this Overwatch drought is about to end soon. Eagle-eyed fans noticed something interesting on Blizzard's game launcher, Battle.net, that could hint at a beta test.
According to BlizzTrack, Overwatch's version build number went from 1.68 to 2.0 on Thursday, February 3. Specifically, the current Overwatch 2 build is listed as 2.00.7.0.93221, which is a significant change since Blizzard has launched every major Overwatch patch on a 1.0. Unfortunately, this is the extent of the information available about the new developer build for Overwatch. Because the build is encrypted, data miners haven't been able to crack the launcher to see potential content.
The good news here is that the patch exists, so we should hear Blizzard acknowledge the changes that it made in the next couple of weeks. Also more telling is the new build pushed to Battle.net alongside the February 3 update.