Background
Overwatch 2 used to be available in China thanks to a partnership between NetEase and Blizzard. Unfortunately, they failed to renew a contract which led to Overwatch 2 being unavailable in China since 2023-01-23. One might hope that the Microsoft deal and new leadership will make it easier to get a new contract. There's been some news about a new contract with NetEase, but will it lead to anything?
Will Overwatch 2 become available in China again before 2025?
Resolution
This question will resolve YES when Blizzard makes the game available in China. Resolves NO otherwise.
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3.00Shouldn’t this resolve YES?
Chinese people are legally playing a Chinese language Overwatch in China, without a VPN.
https://nikopartners.com/chinese-gamers-reaction-to-overwatch-2/
While the debut on Steam will technically allow Chinese gamers to play Overwatch again, thanks to the international version of Steam being accessible without a VPN in China and the game shipping with a Simplified Chinese localization, it hasn’t led to much positive sentiment.
Another more positive aspect is that Overwatch 2 achieved 75,000 global concurrent players on Steam at launch. It was also the 10th highest grossing title on the international version of Steam in China for the week ending August 15, indicating that Chinese PC gamers were still jumping back into the Steam version despite the complaints.
@OP The question itself seems to be asking about an official return not really covered by the article you are sharing.
The most important context is that the article is from last year and the question was posed this year. So either @Pazzaz was misinformed about what they were asking or the intention of the question excludes this "technical" resolution