Overwatch 2 series was reportedly in development with Netflix

Activision Blizzard was making an Overwatch 2 series with Netflix, which not many fans of the title know about. However, the planned series will never see the light of day. While the specifics of why this happened are yet to be revealed, there are some speculations about it. However, the most shocking thing right now remains that fans could have got an OW2 series, be it animated or live-action.

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The Overwatch 2 Netflix series was reportedly canceled due to a lawsuit

A recent Reddit post from industry insider Jason Schreier shared that Blizzard had plans to branch out its popular franchises like Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo into multiple Netflix series in 2020. Unfortunately, the developers and the steaming platform got tangled in a lawsuit shortly after, resulting in the series going into a cold bag.

Back in 2020, Activision Blizzard slapped Netflix with a lawsuit for employee poaching, claiming the streaming platform poached their then-CFO while he was under a contract. While this lawsuit had nothing to do with the development of the Overwatch 2 series, it did murk up the relations between the two companies.

Hence, the series never saw the light of the day and was never announced either. As soon as this revelation was made public, fans of the franchise mourned for the series that never was.

This whole incident is explained in detail in Jason Schreier's book PLAY NICE: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. He also revealed many other facts about Blizzard like:

• Blizzard was briefly owned by a company called Cendant
• StarCraft II did pretty well but it didn't meet the company's expectations
• How Activision did Blizzard's corporate takeover

While the Overwatch 2 Netflix series will never be a reality, fans can find assurance that Blizzard did try to bring the lore of their games to a wider fan base via other media.