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First-Person Shooter
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 90 /100 Critics Rec: 96%
Released
May 24, 2016
ESRB
T for Teen: Blood, Use of Tobacco, Violence (online interactions not rated)
Developer(s)
Blizzard
Publisher(s)
Blizzard

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Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. Power up your railgun and disrupt the battlefield as Sojourn, or yield your axe and command attention as Junker Queen. Battle to take control of a robot and move it toward the enemy base in the new Push Mode. Bring the fight to new destinations across the globe in iconic locations like New York, Rome, Monte Carlo and Rio. Daily challenges and frequent updates mean there is always something new to play.

Genre(s)
First-Person Shooter
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Overwatch Origins: Ana Was Almost Like Bane

Overwatch assistant art director Arnold Tsang reveals that Ana was initially supposed to wear a hazmat suit full of vials and tubes as opposed to a hoodie.

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Overwatch Player Gets Emotional After New Feature Announced

An Overwatch player has been seen crying tears of joy after Blizzard announced that a particular game feature has been updated to be more useful to players.

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New Overwatch Update Adds Busan Map

Overwatch adds its newest control map, Busan, to the live game, allowing players to battle it out in the city, as well as the MEKA base that D.Va calls home.

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How to Get Overwatch for Only $12

Through the Humble Monthly subscription service, which sends subscribers monthly bundles, Overwatch is currently available for download at an incredibly low price of $12.

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New Overwatch Animated Short Puts the Spotlight on D.Va's Backstory

After announcing a new Busan map for Overwatch, Blizzard releases the latest animated short Shooting Star, which features the fan-favorite character, D.Va.

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Overwatch Summer Games Event Adding New Legendary Skins

Blizzard takes to Twitter to reveal five new legendary tier skins that are coming to Overwatch as part of the Summer Games 2018 event that begins tomorrow.

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Overwatch: D.Va's Light Gun Becoming Real-Life Nerf Gun

D.Va's Light Gun is the next Nerf Rival weapon revealed in a line of Overwatch-themed Nerf weapons, which along with Reaper's Hellfire Shotgun, will release in 2019.

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Overwatch Summer Games 2018 Adds New Map

A new map is coming to Overwatch as a part of this year's Summer Games event. This new multiplayer space is called 'Busan,' and it is heavily implied to be a Lucioball map.

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Overwatch Summer Games Event Release Date Revealed

Blizzard teases the return of Lucioball in the Overwatch Summer Games, also revealing a release date for the event that is a lot closer than previously thought.

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Overwatch Reveals All-Star Skins for Tracer and Genji

Following the end of the first Overwatch League season and London Spitfire winning the Grand Finals, Blizzard reveals new All-Star skins for Tracer and Genji.

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Overwatch Free Weekend Begins Today

The free-to-play weekend that Overwatch announced earlier this week alongside the release of hero number 28 goes live today in most regions exclusively for PC.

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Overwatch Hosting Another Free-to-Play Weekend on PC

Following the introduction of a brand new character earlier this week, Overwatch will host another free-to-play weekend starting July 26th, exclusively for PC.

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Overwatch Releasing Nerf Reaper Shotguns

Blizzard Entertainment and Hasbro officially team up to release replica Nerf weapons modeled after the Overwatch character Reaper's Hellfire Shotguns.

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Overwatch: Mercy is Getting Another Nerf

On an Overwatch forum post, developer Geoff Goodman detailed changes that will make their way into an upcoming patch that will bring balance changes to support heroes.

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Overwatch Reveals When Wrecking Ball Arrives in the Game

After recently revealing the identity of hero 28, Overwatch indicates that the release date for the new champion, Wrecking Ball, is closer than we thought.

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Overwatch New Hero Wrecking Ball Weapons and Abilities Revealed

Overwatch's new hero, Wrecking Ball, strings together disruptive powers with bruiser style tanking to cause chaos in the game with these weapons and abilities.

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Overwatch Could Make Major Changes to Sombra

Overwatch developer Geoff Goodman takes to the Blizzard forums to discuss some major changes that could be in the works for the damage class character Sombra.

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Overwatch Play of the Game Feature Patented by Blizzard

Blizzard has recently received approval on a patent for the Play of the Game feature in Overwatch, which details the step by step process of how the system works.

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Overwatch Teases New Rolling Character?

Blizzard releases a new version of the cryptic 'Before the Storm' Overwatch clip that features a rolling object that some fans believe could be the next playable hero.

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Overwatch Reveals Cryptic 'Before the Storm' Teaser

A short teaser clip appears on the Overwatch Twitter account, leading fans to speculate at what's coming from a new map to the long-rumored space monkey, Hammond.