overwatch

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

The MOP Up: SMITE’s console mea culpa (May 7, 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...
Here's Mei! You like mei, right?

Overwatch: Hero leaks, lockbox probabilities, and Korean political humor

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As Asian countries are cracking down on online games with lockbox gambling, gaming companies are complying with transparency. To wit: Blizzard's Chinese Overwatch website...
Fight for something, probably, whatever.

Activision-Blizzard Q1 2017: Blizzard’s online games drove Activision-Blizzard profits last quarter

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Activision-Blizzard can't claim "biggest quarter ever" for the quarter ending March 2017, but it continues to rake in huge sums of money, enough to at...
Heroes do actually die, but...

Fan-made Overwatch short explores Mercy’s backstory

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If you've played a single Overwatch game with Mercy as your support hero, you've heard her rallying shout at least once - "Heroes never...
The world needs heroes willing to put up with SO MUCH crap.

Overwatch players get one extra day of Uprising

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While Overwatch's most recent event, Uprising, was scheduled to conclude yesterday, it got a brief, second lease on life with a one-day extension. So...

Superdata report shows Overwatch slipping, Hearthstone rebounding

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Looking back at March's digital sales, the industry was up 15% year-over-year from 2016, Superdata Research reports. Mobile was the largest area of growth,...

Overwatch hits 30M players, makes Chinese free-to-play test plans

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Blizzard has just announced that Overwatch has just counted 30 million players. That's buyers, mind you, as the game is buy-to-play. However, a limited free-to-play Overwatch is...

Heroes of the Storm overhauls game, adds Overwatch’s Genji, and gives away 20 free heroes

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It is an absolutely massive week for Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm, so let's dig into all of the news. Yesterday, the game launched...
Another Overwatch L.

Overwatch pro player sees career ended over racist diatribe

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It's probably not the best idea to start shouting racial abuse in the middle of a live stream if you're public figure with a...
Oh. Good.

A new job listing for Blizzard suggests another mobile title is in the works

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Is there a Blizzard franchise you want to carry around in your pocket? Obviously, you can already play Hearthstone on your phone, but perhaps...
hax

Overwatch adjusts competitive win conditions for Assault maps

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When both teams lose, who wins? That might sound like an oxymoron, but the latest Overwatch adjustment to competitive play is aimed at exactly...

Massively Overthinking: Disassembling MMORPGs for parts

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Xijit -- and I think you'll agree it's quite timely. "In light of The Secret World getting reworked into...

Overwatch’s Genji and Hanamura map leap into Heroes of the Storm

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A fourth Overwatch toon is coming to Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard revealed today: The assassin Genji will join Lucio, Tracer, and Zarya in...

The MOP Up: Overwatch gives smurfing a pass (April 16, 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...
There has to be money here somewhere.

SuperData CEO discusses the money problem of e-sports

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Whether you're a big fan of the e-sports scene or you would be quite happy never hearing about it ever again, you are no...
STORY IS FOR CHUMPS

Overwatch Uprising event is live today

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So it's not called Insurrection. It's called Uprising. English has a lot of words that mean the same thing, so we'll forgive the leakers. Yep,...

Rumor: Overwatch leak reveals Insurrection PvE event launching tomorrow

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Who had "PvE event" in the Overwatch teaser rumor pool? Oh, everyone? OK then, you all win, because that is indeed what appears to...
Wow, color coordination.

Overwatch releases a comic about the past; next hero is far along in development

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The backstory of Overwatch could probably be a game in and of itself, considering that the game takes place after the eponymous organization formed,...
Another Overwatch L.

Blizzard awarded $8.5M in Bossland WoW and Overwatch bot lawsuit

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German bot company Bossland has lost another battle in its war with Blizzard, though that's to be expected since it didn't even show up...
The Olympic committee looks really different now.

Blizzard has opened an e-sports stadium in Taiwan

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Blizzard already has an unlicensed amusement park -- so why not a licensed stadium? That's indeed exactly what the company has built in Taiwan. The...

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