Blizzard Overwatch

[Bowiii]

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Overwatch

Game developer Blizzard, best known for World of Warcraft, has announced an entirely new game called Overwatch.

The game is a team-based shooter that pits squads of six players against each other for control of various maps.
The characters that players control all have different superpowers that let them fulfil different roles, such as medic or tank, in their team.
Test versions will be released in 2015 but Blizzard has not said how much it will cost.



Abandoned project


Overwatch marks a departure for Blizzard which is best known for World of Warcraft - the long-running massively multiplayer online game - and combat game Diablo which are both set in fantasy worlds.
By contrast, Overwatch is set in the near future and revolves around small teams of super-soldiers that have individual abilities, such as teleporting, and equipment, including rocket hammers, they use to battle rival teams.
The skill in playing the game will come from combining different characters in the right way to unlock more powerful abilities, it said.
The success of the game is important to Blizzard because the numbers of people playing World of Warcraft is on a steady decline. Currently WoW has about 6.8 million subscribers, far fewer than the 12 million it enjoyed at its peak of popularity.
Blizzard showed off Overwatch and its initial roster of 12 characters at its annual Blizzcon gaming convention. More characters, locations and history of the world will be unveiled as development of the title continues.
Writting on the rock, paper, shotgun game news site Ben Barrett said the game looked to have a lot in common with the fast-moving Team Fortress 2 game made by Valve but which has Blizzard's "spin and polish on it".
He said it was "not the most original of ideas" and added: "Showing in what way they're different will be vital of course, to stop general cynicism getting in the way of people checking it out."
Mr Barrett wondered if the game has drawn on some of the work Blizzard did on a cancelled project called Titan. This was supposed to be a multi-player game set in the near future but Blizzard abandoned it after years of work.
Initially, Overwatch will just be developed to run on PCs but Blizzard did not rule out a console version.
People can sign up now to be part of the testing, or beta, programme for Overwatch.

[Labrador]

Cod:AW but with Monkeys

[GRiiM]

The game sure does look pretty great, maybe it could be like Team Fortress 2 except without the shitty gameplay.
I think it'd make an awesome movie as well going off of the cinematic trailer.

[Labrador]

I think it'd make an awesome movie ^^

Already done, Planet of the Apes

[GeorgeTheBoy]

Moved to game discussions.

[Bowiii]

The game sure does look pretty great, maybe it could be like Team Fortress 2 except without the shitty gameplay.
I think it'd make an awesome movie as well going off of the cinematic trailer.

Exactly!
All the down rates on this game because it's a "rip off" is really sad. 
I too believe it's gonna be a amazing game!

[StillAlive]

Absolutely going to grab this when it comes out. The gameplay looks really fast-paced yet also pointed towards teamplay and strategic maneuvring. I really like how they decided to take something from different genres and put it together. It also seems as if they're going to support some sort of competitive scene related to it. Can definitely see that happen.

[Bowiii]

I do believe and hope this game is going over all expectations and will be the best team based fps in year 2015. Remember guys. If you would like to sign up to beta ( Which is required if you want to play the beta ) the link will be below.

http://eu.battle.net/account/management/...pt-in.html