Here’s why Overwatch 2 Stadium won’t launch with heroes like Tracer and Hanzo

Overwatch 2 is just a few days away from launching its radical new Stadium mode. Aiming to be a new core pillar for the hero shooter alongside its Competitive and Quick Play modes, its gameplay innovations and ability reworks look awesome, but it comes at the price of having a limited hero pool. Now, Blizzard has lifted the lid on how it decided on Stadium’s lineup of launch heroes, and why certain characters like Tracer, Widowmaker, and Hanzo have been left on the sidelines - for now, at least.