'Overwatch 2' is free, stripped of Loot Boxes, and led by new rules. Is it enough?

How do you follow a legend like Overwatch? That's the question the Overwatch 2 team needs to answer in its sequel, which arrives on Oct. 4 as a wholesale replacement of Blizzard Entertainment's bona fide cultural phenomenon, which first launched in 2016.

It didn’t take long for the competitive shooter to effortlessly muscle...