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\nBlizzard is doing what it can to alleviate any concerns its community may have about microtransactions in Overwatch 2.\n<\/p>\n

This follows on from the news that the company is ditching its predecessor’s lootboxes<\/a> in favour of a seasonal battle pass and in-game store.<\/p>\n

\nAs shared by Twitter user Portergauge<\/a>, earlier this year Blizzard asked those taking part in the Overwatch 2 beta their thoughts on paying $45 for the new, highest rarity, skin in the upcoming sequel.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blizzard is doing what it can to alleviate any concerns its community may have about microtransactions in Overwatch 2. This follows on from the news that the company is ditching its predecessor’s lootboxes in favour of a seasonal battle pass and in-game store. As shared by Twitter user Portergauge, earlier this year Blizzard asked those<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14550,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4981,735,3802],"class_list":["post-14549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","tag-alleviate","tag-blizzard","tag-doing"],"yoast_head":"\nBlizzard responds to fan outcry after Overwatch 2 microtransaction debacle | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Blizzard responds to fan outcry after Overwatch 2 microtransaction debacle for free, here on XtremeServers. 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