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Blizzard has outlined what changes it has planned for Overwatch 2's third season. In a brief blog post shared on the official website, director Aaron Keller admitted that the new Ranked mode "suffered from poor comprehension", acknowledging that there was "confusion around players' real rank and how that translated to skill level, difficulty forming groups with friends, and a negative impression of the matchmaker when players of different ranks were put in the same match". "We will be implementing some changes in S3 and quite a few more in S4 all aimed at creating more clarity in the system. More details on short-term changes and long-term vision will be coming soon," Keller said. Read more View the full article

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has reaffirmed the company's commitment to the Halo franchise, insisting that the series remains "critically important to what Xbox is doing". In an interview with IGN, Spencer stressed that the series will "always be iconic for Xbox" despite the "missteps that [they] made as a team". "What we're doing now is we want to make sure that leadership team is set up with the flexibility to build the plan that they need to go build," Spencer explained. "And Halo will remain critically important to what Xbox is doing, and 343 is critically important to the success of Halo. Read more View the full article