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The Overwatch beta returned from winter hibernation this week, boasting a new progression system, and a look at how competitive games will be established. The custom games mode, replacing private games to better communicate the aim of the tool, allows players and tournament organisers to create their own rulesets and …
Read More »Overwatch post-launch content to be free of charge
Blizzard says that heroes and maps coming to its team shooter Overwatch after the game is out will be entirely free. In a video on the Overwatch YouTube channel (below), game director Jeff Kaplan addressed questions from the title’s community, specifically how the developer would be approaching post-release content. Kaplan …
Read More »Blizzard to offer Overwatch content for free ‘to alleviate player concerns’
Full-priced game will be supported with post-launch heroes and maps
Read More »Blizzard settles Overwatch trademark dispute with Innovis Labs
Blizzard has settled a trademark dispute with Innovis Labs over the use of the Overwatch name. Polygon reports litigation proceedings were dimissed upon Innovis filing paperwork last month – in which the company stated it was handing the trademark over to Blizzard. What specifically happened for the settlement to take …
Read More »Overwatch is not going to be free-to-play
Many folk expected Blizzard’s upcoming team shooter Overwatch to be a free-to-play title. These folk were wrong. As well as revealing the game will be coming to PS4 and Xbox One as well as PC, the developer has also confirmed that the Standard Edition of the game on PC will …
Read More »Blizzard shooter Overwatch is coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Blizzard’s upcoming shooter Overwatch has been confirmed for a console release, having previously only been revealed for PC. The title, which grew out of the studio’s cancelled Titan MMO project, is a class-based first-person shooter which features a number of distinct characters with unique abilities – not unlike MOBA games …
Read More »Blizzard details beta access for Overwatch
Blizzard has detailed the beta release schedule for its upcoming multiplayer FPS Overwatch, with festivities kicking off next week. A post on theBattle.net blogreveals a closed beta for the game will begin October 27thin North America, and will arrive later at an unspecified date for Europe and Asia. Open beta …
Read More »Blizzard ‘trying hard’ to add diversity to Overwatch
New character Zarya "a step in the right direction" as consumers call for more varied casts in video games
Read More »Blizzard hopes new Overwatch character will help address female diversity criticisms
World of Warcraft and Hearthstone developer Blizzard has said that the latest character revealed for upcoming shooter Overwatch demonstrates an renewed commitment to diversity in games. New character Zarya eschews many of the typical traps that female games characters fall victim to – such as unpractical armour designed purely to …
Read More »Blizzard aiming for diversity with Overwatch line-up
Characters in WoW studio's new FPS designed to make all players feel "equally represented"
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