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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The MOP Up: SkySaga meddles with trading methods (October 9, 2016)
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...
Overwatch has two new heroes in development and more character adjustments planned
What's next for Overwatch? Well, not a version of Symmetra that heals, that's for darn sure. The latest video featuring director Jeff Kaplan covers...
Global Chat: The MMORPG blogosphere reacts to Amazon’s New World announcement
Judging by the number and passion of comments posted on the announcement of Amazon Game Studios' new MMORPG, a lot of you have no...
Atlas Reactor launch impressions: Who should step into this eclectic PvP arena?
As Massively OP's SWTOR and Elder Scrolls Online columnist and an unapologetic MMORPG fan, I'm not usually the first person people turn to when looking...
Paladins touts one million early access players, starts console beta sign-ups
Is Hi-Rez Studios' Paladins having a good week or a bad one? It's... kind of hard to tell, to be honest. It probably didn't...
Superdata: WoW now charges a full monthly sub in China
Superdata's digital games market report for August 2016 landed in our inbox today. Those of you who've been consistently frustrated and confused over the...
Battle Bards Episode 83: Triumphant Victory!
Triumph and victory — are they the same thing? Sometimes, but not always. On today’s breathtaking episode of Battle Bards, the team tackles triumphant...
Jukebox Heroes: Great music tracks from MOBAs
If you were ever to go to Vegas and place a bet that I would one day become a dedicated, passionate MOBA player, any bookie...
Paladins expands e-sport tourney after early access ‘Steam success’
Hi-Rez is touting Paladins' successful early access open beta launch in a press release out earlier this morning.
The studio says that "within the first...
Overwatch puts its next patch up on the test server
Want to play with the next Overwatch patch before it's live? The game's next patch is currently up on the test server for PC...
Heroes of the Storm goes full StarCraft with Machines of War
These days, it might feel as if Blizzard is all about one very specific game that involves worlds, wars, and angry things on fire....
Paladins’ Todd Harris rebuts ‘Overwatch clone’ allegations
A lot of folks who'd never paid Hi-Rez's new shooter/MOBA Paladins any mind started paying attention to it last week when it soared into open...
Chronicles of Elyria teases online store, taiga biome
Chronicles of Elyria's weekly update to Kickstarter watchers is brief, but it heralds the 2.1 release of the website, which now includes a private...
Here are the virtual goodies BlizzCon attendees will take home in November
If you're headed to BlizzCon this year -- virtually or in the flesh -- you're surely anticipating the swag, much of which comes in...
The Daily Grind: Do MOBAs and shooters compare with modern MMORPGs when it comes to social play?
Last month in an Overthinking topic, Massively OP's Andrew Ross issued what I thought was a provocative opinion:
"I'd argue Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone,...
Mercy gets less love in the latest Overwatch patch
Are you tired of seeing Mercy's Resurrection use as a Play of the Game in Overwatch? Because dedicated support players were probably pretty tired...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 82: Boldly go
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, GW2, RIFT, STO console, Otherland, EVE F2P, Camelot Unchained, Dual Universe, and Hero's Song, with mailbag questions on what games MMO devs play and Stranger Things vs. The Secret World.
Fan finishes up Blizzard’s Warcraft Adventures and releases it to the public
Video game history buffs know well that not every Blizzard project resulted in a launched game. Starcraft Ghost and Project Titan, anyone? Of particular...
Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on team size and development time
There are around 100 developers working on Overwatch right now. That number comes from director Jeff Kaplan directly in a thread on the game's...
The Daily Grind: What class from a non-MMO do you want to see in an MMORPG?
Last week, I was chatting with my husband about SMITE and Overwatch, and I joked that I reaaaaaallly needed to stay away from both...