Official Site:Â Overwatch
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â May 24, 2016
Genre: Team-Based OFPS
Business Model:Â B2P
Platform:Â PC, Xbox One, PS4
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Hearthstone’s Tombs of Terror, Overwatch’s Brick Challenge, and Blizzard’s Pencils of Promise charity sale
Even outside of World of Warcraft, Blizzard's been busy busy busy this week.
First, take a peek at Hearthstone: The MMOTCG opened the Tombs of...
Not So Massively: How unrealistic expectations hobbled Heroes of the Storm
I find myself in the odd position of feeling compelled to both defend and criticize Heroes of the Storm. The game's taken a huge...
Blizzard confirms Overwatch is launching on the Nintendo Switch on October 15
The rumors were true: Blizzard is indeed porting Overwatch to the Switch in the form of the Overwatch Legendary Edition. The game will run...
A retailer release list doubles down on rumors for an Overwatch release on the Switch
With the next Nintendo Direct event for fans in the very near future, the rumors of Overwatch arriving on the Nintendo Switch are flying even...
Massively Overthinking: The future of WoW and WoW Classic
With WoW Classic finally launched, perfectly capping off the summer with jokes about queueing like it's 2004, we can't help but look to the...
Today in bizarre gaming promos: Roblox and the NFL, Overwatch and Cheez-Its
Step aside, bubble tea and video game candles: We've got new weird cross promotions for you today.
First, Roblox announced a partnership with the NFL....
Amazon listing hints at Overwatch on Nintendo Switch
This is probably not how Blizzard wanted to reveal the latest destination for its hit team shooter Overwatch.
An otherwise innocuous Amazon listing for a...
Perfect Ten: Creating the worst MMO ever
Here at Massively Overpowered, we learn about some games, folks. We learn a whole lot about a whole lot of games! We know MMOs....
Overwatch’s latest patch adds Sigma and a (briefly bugged) role queue
Another Overwatch patch has arrived, bringing with it a brand-new hero for players to fling at enemy teams. Or, perhaps more accurately, fling things...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2019: Revenues dip again, WoW subs rise, expanded teams en route for Blizz
Remember in February when Activision-Blizzard posted record high financials but followed it up with a devastating round of layoffs? And then remember when the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best player-run event you’ve ever witnessed in an MMO?
It'd be tempting to think that back in the long, long ago when MMOs were still young, MMO players weren't quite as jaded about...
MMO Business Roundup: Video game gambling, toxicity, post-lawsuit reconciliation, and successful UX design
Welcome back to another mish-mash roundup of MMO-business-related happenings that just don't fit in anywhere else. To wit:
On game gambling: Remember the bizarrely bad...
SuperData June 2019: WoW’s back in the top 10 as Overwatch players have spent $1B on in-game content
There's good news for MMOs in the June SuperData video games global revenue charts, most notably the fact that a "real" MMORPG has finally...
Overwatch’s next hero is an astrophysicist gone rogue
We have all known for years that the greatest threat to life as we know it are mild-mannered and well-intentioned scientists who trample in...
The MOP Up: Ragnarok Online EU is relaunching
Ragnarok Online is changing hands in Europe, and as part of that, the long-running fantasy MMO is relaunching with a different spin under 4game....
Overwatch’s new role queue matchmaking system goes live on the PTS
In Overwatch, getting stuck with an imbalanced team can be rough, and good team composition can often make the difference between a hard-won victory...
Overwatch’s 2019 Summer Games kicked off today with Lucioball and new weekly events
Although we aren't slated for another Summer Olympic Games until next year here in meatspace, Overwatch players can prove their own virtual athletic prowess...
Cheating cheaters and the online video game companies that fight them
I'm so tired of cheaters in video games. Well, I mean, also cheaters at life, but we're on a video game website, so today,...
Overwatch’s latest development update promises summer games sooner and the next hero later
If you think you can predict what Overwatch will do next with its updates, the latest development update from Jeff Kaplan is here to...
More eyeballs lingered on League of Legends than Fortnite this year – so far
So, battle royale - was it just a fad? Probably not, or at least, if it is, it's not even close to being over....
