Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says he completely avoids Overwatch content for his own mental health. In a new interview he said that hasn’t played the game since April 2021 and deliberately avoids following what has happened to the game since leaving Blizzard. Kaplan described his departure as an “almost clinical separation” and explained: “I’ve literally not played the game since April 2021. We had added Echo. She was the last hero. And that’s my memory of Overwatch — how it played in April of 2021.” He also explained why he avoids the community and content surrounding the game: “I don’t, for my own psyche, I don’t read the subreddits. After I said my goodbye to competitive Overwatch and the Overwatch subreddit, I never go back and read. I don’t watch YouTube. I don’t search for my name in Overwatch. I don’t search for Overwatch. I sort of just disconnect.” Kaplan says he even tells recommendation algorithms that he isn’t interested in Overwatch anymore: “I actually tell all the algorithms like, ‘Yeah, I’m not really interested in Overwatch anymore. I know you think I’m the Overwatch guy, but like, that’s just not for me anymore.’” He says the distance is intentional because he wants a “healthy separation” from something that was such a major part of his life.

While the Sombra rework was great I fear that if they keep doing THE SAME THING with roadhog and just buff him into viability his rework is a failure What's dumb about this hero is the concept of his hook and survivability, if he can hook you across the map he SHOULD HAVE RISK.