Blizzard has recently opened up about the cancellation of Hero Mode and has teased an unannounced co-op mode for its shooter Overwatch 2. This comes just days after it was announced that it would be scrapping its PvE Hero Mode.

Thanks to a Blizzard blog post, we know Blizzard plans to add Story Missions to Overwatch 2. These missions are described as "fast-paced, co-op gameplay, as well as story, cinematics, and cutscenes that expand the world of Overwatch." The blog post also says that these missions will take place on huge maps and players will have new enemies to fight. Story Missions will become available to players during Season 6.

In addition to Story Mode, Blizzard talked a bit more about Hero Mode, which was a mode that would allow players to upgrade their favorite heroes via skill trees and has replayable PvE elements. From the very beginning of Overwatch, the dev team considered themselves an FPS MMO and had a "crawl, walk, run plan." According to Blizzard, the crawl phase was the game itself while the walk portion was introducing PvE, and the Run would be the MMO.