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Blizzard’s Overwatch enjoyed an incredible first week. The team shooter has since May 24th welcomed over 7m players, who between them have logged over 119m hours of gameplay time. The total number of players does not necessarily equate to total sales, as households and friends can use multiple accounts on …
Read More »Blizzard being ruthless with its Overwatch cheating bans
Those who decide to cheat at Overwatch can expect the very harshest retaliation from developer Blizzard. In an age where PC players of titles like Dark Souls 3 and The Division have to endure some quite serious hacking among the online community, Blizzard says it is determined to make sure …
Read More »Overwatch shoots straight to No.1, is Blizzard’s fastest selling console title
Blizzard’s new IP Overwatch debuts at the top spot in the UK. The shooter is the publisher’s fastest-selling console game to yet. 47 per cent of physical sales were for PlayStation 4; 36 per cent for Xbox and a sizeable 18 per cent of sales were for PC. Uncharted 4: …
Read More »The Big Game: Overwatch
As a developer, Blizzard is famed for taking complex and often impenetrable genres and making them accessible to the mass market. In 2004, it launched World of Warcraft to critical acclaim: millions signed up to play Blizzard’s take on the MMO. And as recently as 2014, the firm has given …
Read More »Blizzard: We hope fans will love Overwatch as much as Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo
Publisher Blizzard hopes that its brand new shooter IP Overwatch becomes one of its pillar franchises. Speaking to MCV, senior game designer Michael Chu said that his aspiration is for Overwatch to be up there with Blizzard’s other huge IP, such as Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Overwatch launched on May …
Read More »Blizzard thanked by fan with cerebral palsy for ‘endless control customisation’ in Overwatch
‘Because of your extensive options I am able to play every character in the roster and it feels great,’ wrote Zak. ‘Because of you I made my first snipe in a video game today’
Read More »Battleborn price dropped as Overwatch arrives worldwide
UK High Street retailers have dropped the price of 2K shooter Battleborn just in time for the arrival of Blizzard’s rival team shooter Overwatch. Supermarkets such as Sainsburys and Tesco have dropped the game to 30. Online retailers such as Amazon, GAME, ShopTo, Gameseek and GameStop have all dropped their …
Read More »Blizzard artist turns kid’s Overwatch drawing into polished concept art
Fans of upcoming character-based shooter are now campaigning for the inclusion of ‘Birst’ in the game
Read More »Overwatch releasing a day early at US stores
US gamers who intend to buy the physical version of Blizzard’s Overwatch will be able to get their hands on the game a day early. The game officially launches on May 24th, but GameSpot reports that Best Buy has been informing its customers that they will be able to grab …
Read More »Overwatch beta sees 9.7m players
A record-breaking number of gamers played the beta for Blizzard’s upcoming release Overwatch. Over9.7m consumers tried the team shooter, making it Blizzard’s biggest ever beta. Not only that – 4.9bn minutes of gameplay (more than 81m hours) were played. Comparing this to the performance of other betas – over nine …
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