Overwatch 2 devs say a "world where both 5v5 and 6v6 exist permanently" is on the table as they experiment with a return to 12-player modes
Among all the changes in the switch from Overwatch to Overwatch 2, the biggest - and most controversial - was the move from 6v6 to 5v5 matches. Earlier this year, Blizzard indicated that a return to 6v6 wasn't entirely off the table, and now the devs are laying out some concrete plans toward deciding what that return might look like.