overwatch

Official Site: Overwatch
Studio: Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date: May 24, 2016
Genre: Team-Based OFPS
Business Model: B2P
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PS4

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SuperData August 2017 revenue report: PUBG bumps WoW, disrupting PC market

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SuperData's August 2017 global revenue report confirms what anybody even casually watching PUBG already knows: The upstart game that's kicking butt on Steam is...

EVE Valkyrie’s Warzone overhaul nukes VR requirement, adds capture-the-flag mode

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EVE Valkyrie's Warzone overhaul is live today for those with $29.99 rattling around in their space piggybanks, unless you already own the game, in...

The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World’s Tokyo reveals (September 24, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Permateam aims to reduce toxicity by avoiding random grouping in games like Overwatch and League of Legends

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Players feeling the frustration and sting of random grouping in Overwatch and other e-sports games might have a new ally in the form of...

Overwatch: Fan designs an awesome Thai character, competitive bans start soon

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Overwatch's next great character isn't a product of Blizzard's labs at all but the imagination of a masters student who whipped up a Thai...

Overwatch League adds Philly and Texas teams, will play at new Blizzard Arena

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Blizzard continues raking in the big bucks for its grand vision of Overwatch League, adding three new teams to its roster this week: one...

Overwatch escorts players to the dusty and dangerous Junkertown

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From the moon to Mad Max, Overwatch is keeping its playerbase on its toes as to the next destination for its endless battles. This...

EVE Evolved: How much toxic, antisocial behaviour should MMOs tolerate?

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The EVE Online community is aflame this week after alliance leader gigX was permanently banned for making threats of real-life violence against another player...

The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battleground and the fog of war (September 17, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Good work, great idea.

Overwatch is running a free weekend starting September 22

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Are you mollified by the latest statements that Blizzard is going to fix toxicity in Overwatch for real, we mean it this time, seriously?...

Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on how needing to babysit toxic turds slows down game dev for everyone

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"I'm Jeff from the Overwatch team," the outrageously famous Blizzard game director Jeff Kaplan says in this week's Overwatch developer video. I get a kick...
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Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore

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In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.

WoW sells charity pet for hurricane relief, plus more on Overwatch’s Junkertown & Hearthstone’s Oktoberbrawl

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We've got a fun roundup of Blizzard's doings, so let's get started! The studio is selling a new "Shadow" fox pet with adorably huge...

Here’s what is in this year’s BlizzCon goody box

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Whether you're attending BlizzCon or not, you can be the proud owner of this year's BlizzCon goody box. Physical attendees get $10 off a...

Global Chat: Overwatch’s stalled story

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With all of the attention, fandom, e-sports, and development given to Blizzard's Overwatch, have you ever suspected that the team shooter has a critical...

Blizzard to open an e-sports arena this fall

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Everybody knows that if you are truly serious about being a legitimate force in the e-sports industry, you have to own your own arena....
The issues for the game have to do with depth, viability, and being locked in place, not with the business model.

Overwatch: Behind the scenes of the Mei short, 14th comic ‘Wasted Land’

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Everyone loves Mei; she's funny, cute, smart, soft, and just all-around cool. But she's different from the focus of previous Overwatch animated shorts because...
Gothier than thou.

Underage Overwatch player lands six-figure e-sports contract

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He may not be old enough to vote, but 17-year-old Jay Won is already making more money than you. Probably. Won, an Overwatch player who...
We could have planned better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 134: You are my… Destiny

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Wander, ARK, Funcom, Destiny 2, Cloud Pirates, Perpetuum, EVE Lifeblood, Villagers & Heroes, and helping out with Harvey, with mailbag questions on favorite MMO moments and finding a good guild.
IT'S ALL JUNK

Overwatch opens up Junkertown and major changes to heroes on the test realm

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The test realm for Overwatch is going to get trashed. The latest test realm patch is bringing players to Junkertown for a new escort...

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