It seems unbelievable, but Season 15 of Overwatch is already here. Blizzard Entertainment has announced exciting new features for Overwatch 2, especially for this Season 15, which will be released on February 18. The introduction of a new third-person gameplay mode promises to offer players a different and more immersive perspective when facing their opponents. The thrill of opening loot boxes hoping for your favorite skin. In addition, unique advantages have been introduced for the heroes, allowing players to further customize their experience and enhance their strategies during matches. These […]
It seems unbelievable, but Season 15 of Overwatch is already here. Blizzard Entertainment has announced exciting new features for Overwatch 2, especially for this Season 15, which will be released on February 18. The introduction of a new third-person game mode promises to offer players a different and more immersive perspective when facing their opponents.
The excitement with which you opened the loot boxes waiting for your favorite skin
In addition, unique advantages have been introduced for the heroes, which will allow players to further customize their experience and enhance their strategies during matches. These additions have generated great interest among the gaming community and critics.
The return of loot boxes has been one of the most discussed aspects of this announcement. According to the press release, players will be able to earn various cosmetic rewards through these boxes, which will be available through weekly rewards and special events. However, after their initial removal at the launch of Overwatch 2, the developers have opted for a more transparent approach regarding the probabilities of obtaining items, ensuring that each box provides at least one Rare item and concrete promises of obtaining Epic and Legendary items in successive batches.
It is important to highlight that, although the loot box system offers more clarity, obtaining items in Overwatch 2 is more limited compared to its predecessor. This has generated criticism, as there have been reports of fewer free rewards available for players, which contrasts with the Overwatch experience, where many were able to obtain a variety of skins at no cost.
As the community prepares for Season 5, expectations are high, and many are wondering if these new features will be enough to revitalize interest in the game, especially with the uncertainty about how Blizzard will innovate in the near future.
The Moth Meta, one of the most controversial periods in Overwatch history, returns to Overwatch Classic from February 4 to 18, allowing players to relive the 6v6 experience in its old format. This return has generated both excitement and skepticism among the player community, especially due to Mercy’s prominent role. Because Mercy is not only a guardian angel who heals, but she can also quickly resurrect players with a cooldown on her resurrections and the ability to revive two team members with her […]
The Moth Meta, one of the most controversial periods in Overwatch history, returns to Overwatch Classic from February 4 to 18, allowing players to relive the 6v6 experience in its old format. This return has generated both excitement and skepticism among the player community, especially due to the prominent role of Mercy. Because Mercy is not only a guardian angel who heals, but she can also quickly resurrect players with a cooldown on her resurrections and the ability to revive two team members with her ultimate, which lasts 20 seconds.
The inclusion of Mercy in this meta is no small feat, as her resurrection ability often unbalances matches, making her an almost essential figure in every team, and of course, heavily criticized by many. This was highlighted by the developers through the official Overwatch X account, recalling the experience of a game where Mercy’s presence determined success or failure. Alongside Mercy, it will also be possible to play with Doomfist as a DPS hero and Orisa, who returns with her Shield Generator and the gravitational energy sphere.
Despite the nostalgia that Overwatch Classic brings, some players reflect that the gameplay in the current 5v5 format has improved compared to the past. The Moth Meta can cause frustration because an overpowered hero can make eliminations redundant, notes an analyst, reflecting the concerns of many about the game’s balance during this period.
The community is divided, with some celebrating the arrival of this classic state and others expressing concern about the chaos that may arise. As the start date approaches, the question remains whether players will be able to enjoy without the Moth Meta overshadowing their strategic skills.
Overwatch isn’t your average FPS. Unlike other shooters like Call of Duty, where you can customize loadouts and weapons to suit your play style, each Overwatch character has a set of unique weapons and abilities. Playing effectively means finding the character that is right for you. However, with 29 playable heroes and more on the way, doing so can take some trial and error. If you can’t wait to jump into the game but aren’t sure where to start, the five heroes below are perfect for anybody new to Overwatch.
With her signature angelic attire, Mercy is one of the game’s most iconic heroes. As a support hero, her duty is to keep her teammates at full health… and also boost the damage of their weapons in close encounters. Support is one of the most important roles in the game, but can be easily overlooked by new players who are used to dealing damage.
Mercy has a very simple play style. Her main “weapon” is a staff that locks onto the nearest teammate and fires a steady stream of healing energy. All you have to do is stick close to your team and keep the fire button held down. In a firefight, the staff’s alternate fire will boost the damage of your team’s weapons. If you get separated from the team, Mercy also has an ability that lets her quickly fly to the nearest teammate, making sure you’re always in range. This “lock on” mechanic that defines Mercy’s abilities is what makes her so easy to play. If you’re in a sticky spot and your team needs a healer, Mercy is a solid go-to choice for anybody who isn’t used to playing the Support class.
4. Reinhardt – Tank
Reinhardt is essentially a walking shield, and that’s not a figure of speech. His primary ability is the massive energy field that he projects from his armor, which turns him into moving cover for his team. When the shield depletes, Reinhardt’s huge health bar ensures that he’ll stay standing. His warhammer can do a lot of damage to the enemy team, and when Reinhardt charges in swinging, it’s an easy way to scatter enemies. Reinhardt is excellent for getting your team to an objective, and then making sure that your opponents stay off of it. This is the goal of playing any Tank, and playing Reinhardt is a great way to get acclimated to this style of play.
3. Reaper – Damage
Reaper is another one of Overwatch’s most iconic characters, and for good reason. With his dual shotguns, he excels at dealing a lot of close-range damage quickly. What’s key to playing Reaper, though, is mastering his movement abilities. These abilities focus on teleportation, allowing Reaper to shift into his ghostly form and quickly move from place to place or warp to another location entirely.
Reaper does best when flanking, so the best Reaper players will look to use these movement abilities to get behind enemies and take them by surprise. A quick barrage of shotgun shells will ensure that they don’t have a chance to fight back. Reaper offers familiar shooter mechanics with just enough of a twist to make him a perfect character for new players who are looking for something a little more unique.
2. Ana – Support
Want to play Support but more used to traditional shooters? Ana is the perfect character for you. Her main weapon is a rapid-fire, bolt action sniper rifle. There’s a twist, though: shots from her rifle will heal any allies that they hit but do damage to enemies. You don’t have to worry about switching from damage to healing, all you have to do is point and shoot. Ana also carries a grenade with the same healing/damage ability for clusters of opponents… or teammates.
Ana’s playstyle is very worry-free, allowing players to focus on landing shots instead of cycling through abilities. It’s easy to forget sometimes that Ana is a Support character with all the overlap she shares with Damage classes. And hey, who doesn’t love a character that encourages friendly fire?
1. Soldier 76 – Damage
Soldier 76 is maybe the most approachable character in the game, bar none. If you’ve played a shooter in the last decade, you can play Soldier 76. His main weapon? A rapid-fire assault rifle. His alternate fire? A missile launcher. His abilities? Sprinting and healing. If this all sounds familiar, it should. These abilities are par for the course in any shooter from Battlefield to Call of Duty.
Soldier 76 is a great way to jump right into the game for new players who might be intimidated by some of the more niche characters. All you have to do with 76 is point and shoot. It’s a classic, tried and true experience that doesn’t feel at all out of place among Overwatch’s more eclectic cast of characters. To quote Soldier 76 himself, “Old soldiers never die, and they don’t fade away.”
The more Overwatch you play, the better you’ll get. Once you’ve mastered these characters, start experimenting. Every single one of Overwatch’s 29 heroes offers a totally unique way to play. Whether you use these characters just to jump in or play them until you’re an expert, you’ll be a hero in no time.
The Overwatch roster currently features 28 playable heroes, with players able to take control of everything from a talking gorilla to a robotic monk. With such a huge list of characters to choose from, trying to find the hero that best suits your play style might seem like an impossible task. Whether you’re a new player or just trying to switch things up, here are a few tips to help you quickly find your best hero.
With 28 playable characters, your first goal should be narrowing down that list to a handful of characters that you think might be right for you. The best way to start your search is to think of the games you already play. Though there are a few more unique options, most Overwatch characters fit into some familiar play styles. If you’re a fan of classic first-person shooters like Call of Duty or Battlefield, starting with Soldier: 76 can be a great way to get the hang of the game. Doomfist has a lot in common with characters from fighting games like Mortal Kombat, and Widowmaker is just one of the sniper heroes that should appeal to all the marksmen out there. Team Fortress 2 veterans will also find some familiar classes: turret-building Torbjorn is reminiscent of the Engineer and Mercy will feel familiar to fans of the Medic. Take a look through the classes and see if anything sounds familiar to you. You might be surprised at what you find.
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Rather than trying to settle on an individual character from the list, it can help to think of what role you want to fill. The hero roster is subdivided into Damage, Support, and Tank roles.
Damage heroes focus on dealing damage to the enemy team, as the name implies. This role would be most suited to a player with quick reflexes who prefers fast-paced, frontline combat.
Support characters are the healers of the game, and play an important role keeping the team at full health while at the same time enhancing their abilities with damage boosts and other buffs. This class may be tricky to get the hang of for more casual multiplayer gamers, but it can also be extremely fun and gratifying.
Finally, Tanks have huge amounts of health and armor, and generally come equipped with some kind of shielding or defensive ability. Tanks soak up damage from the enemy team while leading the charge to the enemy objective, and keep other players on their team safe from harm.
If one of these roles appeals to you more than the others, start testing out the characters in that role. Selecting your character by finding the role you want to fill is a much easier way to narrow down the list than sifting through each hero one by one.
Don’t Get Stuck
This is maybe the most important thing to remember when choosing your hero. We all have our favorites, whether it be Tracer, Reaper, or Reinhardt. It’s a tough thing to realize, but your favorite character might not be the character you’re best at playing. Focusing on playing a single character or a character that you like may be preventing you from finding the character you actually excel at. So instead of trying to play a character that just isn’t working for you, experiment and test out some new heroes.
Don’t Play Just One
Overwatch is much more fun once you start playing characters based on what your team needs. After you’ve found and mastered your first hero, try to master at least one hero in each role. Don’t be afraid to leave your comfort zone. There’s actually quite a bit of overlap between the roles. There are Support characters that play like Damage characters, Tanks that play like Support, and everything in between. There’s a bit of a learning curve to each hero, but the only way to learn them is to pick one and start playing!
One final tip to keep in mind: have fun. Overwatch is one of the most accessible multiplayer games out there, and such a huge roster means there’s a hero for everyone. Using the tips on this list will make finding your best hero easier, and the faster you do that, the faster you’ll start winning.
Overwatch has long made it a point to combat toxic behavior in their community. One of Blizzard’s key goals is to make Overwatch an enjoyable experience for everyone, and that means more than just tweaking maps and adding new characters. With the new endorsements mechanic, Overwatch offers a new point of focus. Now, rather than just calling out toxic players, you can also give shoutouts to players that shine.
So, what actually are endorsements? Blizzard has them split up into three categories: Shot Caller, Sportsmanship, and Good Teammate.
Shot Callers are players that take charge and coordinate the team. Usually, this means a player who is on mic, communicating and strategizing to make sure that the team is working as one unit.
Sportsmanship is an endorsement for players who contribute to making the game an all-around positive experience. This is a pretty ambiguous award, so feel free to hand this one out to anyone who you feel made the match better in whatever way that might be. This one can also be handed out to opposing players, like a nod of respect to the Reinhardt that kept you off the point or an enemy Mercy that you noticed working overtime to keep her team at full health.
Good Teammate goes to the shining stars that excel as team players. These are the people that play the objective, switch roles to make sure the team has a strong composition, and work to help the team win, rather than looking out only for themselves.
If you feel like you’ve encountered a player you want to endorse, you’ll be given the option to do so at the end of the game, during the Play of the Game screen. You can select the type of endorsement you want to give out and the player you want to give it to. You can endorse up to three players per match. As a nice added bonus, you’ll receive 50 XP for giving an endorsement. This means a potential extra 150 XP on top of what you earned in a match. Though this may not seem like much, it can add up quickly, especially for someone who loves giving out compliments.
There are some catches, though: endorsements aren’t available in Arcade modes and can’t be given out to the same player twice in a 24 hour period. You also can’t give out endorsements to players you’re in a group with, so anybody thinking that they could game the system by grouping up with their friends and endorsing each other back and forth is out of luck. Blizzard wants to make sure endorsements are used in as genuine a manner as possible.
Also part of this new mechanic is an endorsement level. Every player has one, and it’s determined by the number of endorsements you receive. Blizzard hasn’t indicated how many endorsements it takes to level up, but we know that the maximum endorsement level is 5. Careful though; even if you make it to the max level, it’ll start to degrade over time and harsh penalties can be incurred if you’re reported for bad behavior. So, if you want to get to a high level and keep it that way, you need to make sure you’re playing in a consistently positive way.
Having a high endorsement level can net some neat little perks. It adds an additional layer of customization when finding a match by allowing players to specify what kind of endorsement roles they want to play with, and can also improve their standing in queues. Blizzard has also hinted at other, more tangible rewards, but is mum on the details. Unique skins, perhaps? Or perhaps other cosmetic items, like sprays or emotes for players with high endorsement levels?
As the old saying goes, “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” It seems that Blizzard has taken this old adage one step further. If you have something nice to say about the people you’re playing Overwatch with, they want you to say it, and say it loud.
Once you get the hang of it, Overwatch is a tremendous amount of fun. Here are three easy tips to help you improve your game and start racking up wins.
Overwatch is arguably the biggest thing to happen to first person multiplayer gaming in years. With distinctive characters and unique gameplay, it’s not hard to see why it’s taken the gaming world by storm. If you’re unfamiliar with class-based multiplayer or objective-based gameplay, Overwatch can be a tough game to jump into. Once you get the hang of it, though, Overwatch is a tremendous amount of fun. Here are three easy tips to help you improve your game and start racking up wins.
Overwatch has 28 playable characters, all with their own unique play styles and characteristics. Finding the characters that are right for you will take some trial and error. Before you even think about jumping into your first match, head to the practice range and take a few characters for a spin. This map is populated with AI controlled bots and allows you to switch characters at any point, making it easy to figure out which playstyles suit you best. Used to first-person shooters like Call of Duty? Take Soldier 76 for a spin. Fan of fighting games? Try Doomfist. It may take a bit, but such a huge cast of characters means there’s someone for everyone.
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Once you’ve found a character that suits your style, it may be tempting to stick with that one character. This is a common mistake. Winning matches in Overwatch depends on a solid team composition, meaning a good balance of Damage, Support, and Tank classes. Having too many players in any one class is an easy way to lose, and if you main a single character, you won’t have the versatility that’s necessary for team play. Though specializing in one of these classes is a great way to get into the game, learning at least one character in each class is what separates good players from great players. Whether it be slicing and dicing as Genji, lobbing grenades with Junkrat, holding down the point as Orisa, or rallying your team as Brigitte, you’ll always be prepared to fill whatever role your team needs to win.
Above all else, Overwatch is an objective-based game. Though it may be tempting to simply rack up the kills, unless you’re playing a Deathmatch game type, you won’t actually be helping your team win. Pay attention to your objective, whether that be capturing a point or escorting a payload. Your first priority should be the objective, and although getting kills might help with that, it shouldn’t be at the forefront of how you play. You’re not in this alone; work with your team. If you work well as a unit and keep playing the objective, you’ll find yourself playing better overall and achieving far more wins than lone-wolf players.
Now that you have these tips under your belt, you should be well on your way to becoming an Overwatch MVP. To quote the chipper British-accented words of Tracer, “The world could always use more heroes!”
Over the past couple of weeks, Blizzard’s Pink Mercy campaign has raised over $12.7 million for breast cancer research. Donations were sent to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in what was the largest corporate donation in the BCRF’s 25-year history. These millions will fund the BCRF’s research into treatment, prevention methods, and the search for a cure for breast cancer.
Blizzard ran the campaign through its hit class shooter Overwatch. For $15, players could purchase an exclusive new pink skin for the hero Mercy, the sales of which went directly to the BRCF. In Overwatch, Mercy is far and away most popular healer in the game, making her thematically fitting for a breast cancer awareness skin.
The runaway success of this campaign is a testament to the generosity of the Overwatch fanbase. For more information on the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, you can check out their website here.
After a series of cryptic hints and teasers, Overwatch has finally revealed the identity of the game’s newest playable hero. Hammond, also known as Wrecking Ball, is the 28th hero added to the game, and he’s a hamster. Yes, that’s right, a hamster.
In a short reveal clip and origin story video released on June 28th, Hammond literally rolls into the game in a giant, gun-toting mech reminiscent of a hamster ball. So, what else do we know about this mysterious but well-armed rodent?
We know that Hammond was a test subject at the Horizon Lunar Colony, the same scientific program that endowed Winston with his advanced intelligence. However, the experiment came to an end when the intelligent gorillas rebelled, killing the scientists in charge. Winston and another test subject, presumably Hammond, escaped to Earth. Hammond’s role in the uprising remains unclear. Up to this point, no indication was given that Horizon used anything but gorillas as subjects, leading many to conclude that Hammond would be a gorilla, like Winston.
Hammond’s origin story trailer reveals that he built the mech suit, which he used to escape the Lunar Colony uprising. He crash-landed in Junkertown in the Australian Outback, where it seems that he used his mech suit to fight in arena battles of some kind. This led him to fame and fortune, and is also how he acquired the “Wrecking Ball” nickname.
In this developer update video, Game Director Jeff Kaplan reveals more details about Hammond’s class and play style.
Hammond is a Tank, with his most notable ability being the ball mode showcased in the trailer. A grappling hook will allow him to swing around the map rapidly and slam down onto enemies from above. Like other tanks, Wrecking Ball has a unique shield ability that increases according to the number of enemies surrounding him, encouraging players to charge into clustered enemies and play more offensively. Finally, his ultimate is a barrage of mines that can be launched in a surrounding area, with predictably explosive results.
All these details indicate a new Tank aimed at more aggressive players, and Wrecking Ball’s inclusion in the Overwatch roster should lead to some interesting changes to how the game is played.
Overwatch was released in 2016, and the game has continued to grow in popularity ever since. The game has won numerous awards, and the development of the official Overwatch League has established the game as a serious e-sport, with the first season beginning in 2018. However, many new players find that the game has a steep learning curve. Overwatch differs from more traditional first-person shooters in several major ways, and catching on to those differences early is the key to success in the game.
Most Overwatch players focus primarily on Competitive mode. Unlike Quick Play or Arcade, Competitive has stakes. Players risk losing Skill Rating (SR) points every match, and with too many losses they may even lose their rank. Those high stakes lead to intense matches, and the rush that players feel in Competitive mode keep them coming back for more. However, the path to victory is not as straightforward in Overwatch as it is in traditional shooter games like Call of Duty or Battlefield. While other games are often nothing more than a race to hit a certain number of kills before the enemy team does, Overwatch matches have a variety of objectives. Rather than simply competing for kills, teams must escort a payload across the map, capture or defend certain areas, or juggle a combination of these two objectives in the Hybrid game mode. This article will cover the basic strategies you will need to succeed in Overwatch’s Competitive mode.
Many new Overwatch players feel most comfortable in offensive roles, playing DPS (damage per second) heroes with the primary objective of dealing damage to the enemy team. However, it’s important to remember that even as a DPS hero, damage and kills aren’t everything. The ability to threaten the enemy team and control their movements is often equally important. When your team is attempting to defend a point in the Control game mode, the real objective is just that – defend the point. You can chase after a player on the enemy team to try to get a kill, but you might be better off behind a shield, keeping the enemy from advancing. Getting kills won’t help your team if you leave the objective unprotected.
This might seem obvious, but it’s more important than you might think. Overwatch teams (the good ones, at least) operate as groups. The DPS heroes deal damage and keep the other team at bay, support heroes take care of healing, and tank heroes absorb damage while protecting everyone else. If any single hero falls, the team is left at a severe disadvantage until that hero can respawn and run back to the battle – and by then, the fight might already be over. Epic, aggressive plays can work, but they frequently end badly. It’s usually best to stay with your team and stay alive.
It is also necessary to note that not every hero is equal in certain situations. If you are playing Soldier:76, and you die while taking out the enemy’s Ana, you have probably made a poor trade. You may have killed the enemy team’s healer, but your team is now at a disadvantage in terms of firepower, and may be unable to hold its ground against the enemy team’s counterattack. A self-sacrificial play where you kill someone but die in the process might feel heroic, but it doesn’t do much for your team.
Every hero in Overwatch is different, and every hero has a counter. One obvious example is Soldier:76 and Pharah. Pharah’s flight abilities make her difficult to hit for many heroes, but Soldier’s long-range gun is perfect for taking her out. Take advantage of counters! If the enemy team has a Tracer, try playing Winston. If the enemy team has a Winston, try Reaper. Learning each hero’s strengths and weaknesses and successfully exploiting them is one of the keys to success in a Competitive match.
On the same note, make sure the enemy team doesn’t counter your own picks. If you realize that one player on the other team is constantly killing you or preventing you from being effective, simply trying harder is not likely to work! Instead, try switching to another hero – maybe one that counters your new nemesis.
The most crucial element of good teamwork is good communication. Good communication is often the only difference between an effective team and a disorganized mess. If you decide to break away from your team to sneak behind enemy lines in hopes of eliminating their healers, your team needs to know so that they won’t count on your absent firepower in another part of the map. If you play Zenyatta, your Orb of Discord can increase the damage an enemy takes by 30%, which provides your team with a huge advantage – but only if you call it out and make sure your team knows where it is. If you are playing Reinhart and you need to lower your shield, let your team know so that they can find cover elsewhere.
If you want to be successful at Overwatch, you need a microphone. You can find a decent quality mic for less than $30, and it will drastically improve your in-game quality of life. (Need some suggestions? See what our Solutions community recommends.) If you can’t get one, at least join the voice chat so you can hear what other players are saying. If you don’t even do that, don’t expect to win.
Protect Your Healers
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Good healers can extend the lifespan of everyone on your team. They’re arguably the most valuable heroes on the team, and the enemy team will target your healers before anyone else. The death of a healer can put the team at a huge disadvantage, so protect them! If your team needs to retreat, don’t run away and leave the healers to die. DPS should cover the healers and try to keep the enemy from focusing on them effectively, and tanks should always position themselves between their healers and the enemy team. Finally, if you’re the one playing the healer, don’t overextend! Stay near your team, and stay safe.
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Overwatch is a team game, and it’s very uncommon for a team to win without a well-balanced team composition. This usually means two DPS heroes, two tanks, and two supports. Teams composed of four or more DPS heroes rarely experience victory. Unfortunately, this happens all too often, and many players consider other players’ refusal to switch to more useful heroes one of the most irritating aspects of the entire game. Nobody loves a one-trick – a player who only uses a single hero, regardless of the circumstances. Players who choose a hero that is optimized for defense on an attack map are particularly reviled, but those who choose to play as a team’s third or fourth DPS hero instead of a tank or support are just as bad.
Don’t be that guy! Your team will hate you, and you’ll lose a lot of matches that way. As your SR drops, you’ll end up playing with progressively worse teammates, and it won’t be easy to crawl back up the ranks. You can’t count on your team to choose helpful heroes, so the task of balancing your team will often fall to you. Fortunately, Overwatch is a well-designed game, and all of the heroes are enjoyable once you get used to them. We strongly recommend that you try every hero at least once in Quick Play or Arcade mode, and then continue to practice and improve with the heroes you enjoy the most. To guarantee that you will be a valuable player on any team, learn to play well with at least two heroes in each class. Attack and Defense heroes are designed for slightly different situations, but both classes are essentially DPS. If you want to be great at Overwatch, you’ll need to be good at a minimum of six heroes: two DPS, two tanks, and two healers.
Stay Positive
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Admit it: Overwatch can be infuriating, but only if you let it be. Sometimes your teammates will be uncooperative. You will occasionally run into trolls. There will be times when you and your team do everything right, but you still lose match after match to teams that are just slightly better. Adrenaline runs high, and it’s easy to lose your temper. When this happens, take a step back and relax. Don’t allow yourself to become negative, because you’ll only play worse if you get tilted. If you become negative, you’ll drag your team down with you. Angry teams don’t play well. Lift your team up! Accept shortcomings, don’t let bad plays get you down, and treat your teammates with respect. When the team feels good, everyone plays well. You win more often, and everyone has more fun – and in the end, isn’t that the point?
Titan may be dead but Blizzard has a new game that will make you forget all about it. The developer’s next big game is called Overwatch, a six versus six team-based first person shooter that strongly resembles Team Fortress 2.
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Not much is known about the game other than what’s seen in the above gameplay trailer. There will be capture point and payload type game modes but apparently no team death match.
Overwatch will also focus on its twelve “heroes” instead of classes like Team Fortress 2. However, it looks like each hero can be part of a class like slow-moving heavies or support engineers who construct automated turrets.
The heroes introduced in the gameplay trailer are varied and feature female characters, unlike TF2. Some heroes have wings and there’s even a transforming robot named Bastion that turns into a giant submachine gun.
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Blizzard will start a public beta some time in 2015 and you can sign up here. No word on when to expect the finished game but Blizzard says it’ll be out “sooner than you think.”
