Blizzard revealed on its official forum that while preparing for Season 11 of Overwatch 2, it reviewed the game modes and checked how much time players were removing them.
The studio realized that the Hero Mastery Gauntlet PvE mode "it hasn’t resonated with players," and it will be removed from the game with the start of Season 11. Since the mode was added in March, it was only available for about three months in total.
Hero Mastery Gauntlet is a mode where players team up to defend a point against waves of enemies. It utilized small, unique maps rather than existing maps.
Many players found the mode boring, and so its removal from the game didn't upset them too much. However, in the big picture, this is another step towards the complete abandonment of any PvE modes.
As previously written in the media, Overwatch 2 is already unlikely to get such PvE content as story missions, as their developers were cut and the first set of missions failed.
