by John Hoskin on Aug 12, 2016
Jeff Kaplan confirms new features incoming to Overwatch.
We are very excited to get the opportunity to work on both of the features that you mentioned -- a replay system and a spectate only feature.
Both have been on our schedule for some time but have gotten bumped for different reasons. The same people who would work on those features ended up being re-prioritized to working on high bandwith server technology, Season 2 competitive mode changes and matchmaking improvements. We also have another feature request in front of the replay system -- the ability to save highlights. Some of the work here is a step towards replays (another top requested feature) so it makes sense for this to come first when the time comes.
We're as excited as you guys are for these features. We're really hoping to get time on them.