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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 Changes Streak Multiplier to Make Losing Feel Better

A new tweak is introduced to Overwatch's Competitive Play streak multiplier system, which should hopefully alleviate player frustrations over unforgiving losing streaks.

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Overwatch Uprising Event Starts Today With New Mode

Overwatch players can now jump into the Uprising event and explore the new cooperative game mode in hopes of obtaining new skins, sprays, emotes, and highlight intros.

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Overwatch Adds Mei to Nendoroid Toy Line

The video game publisher and developer Blizzard adds the Chinese scientist Mei alongside Tracer to the team-based shooter Overwatch's Nendoroid toy line.

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Overwatch Insurrection Trailer Leaks Latest Event

The next Overwatch event arrives soon, and a leak from PlayStation France's YouTube page unveils the Player vs AI-themed Insurrection trailer a little too early.

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Blizzard Explains How Overwatch Could Come to Nintendo Switch

Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan expands on his comments about bringing Overwatch to the Nintendo Switch, detailing the difficulties involved with the process.

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Overwatch: King's Row Uprising Skins Leak on Xbox Store

The Xbox Store accidentally posts an image promoting the King's Row Uprising event in Overwatch, leaking four new skins coming to the game on Tuesday.

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Xbox Spring Sale Includes Overwatch, Titanfall 2, and More

Xbox announces the upcoming Xbox Spring Sale, which offers significant discounts for popular games, including Overwatch, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, and more.

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Is This Heroes of the Storm's Next Overwatch Character?

Leaks point toward Heroes of the Storm's next hero being everyone's favorite Japanese robot ninja from Blizzard's team-based shooter Overwatch, Genji.

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Overwatch New Hero is 'Very Far Along in Development'

The next Overwatch hero is 'very far along in development,' says game director Jeff Kaplan, with recent speculation suggesting that the character will be Doomfist.

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Overwatch Aimbot Maker Arrested in Korea

A young South Korean aimbot maker gets arrested after creating various hack services assisting players with cheating in Blizzard's team-based shooter Overwatch.

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Overwatch: King's Row Uprising Teaser Points to April 12 [UPDATED]

Blizzard takes to Twitter to tease what seems to be a new Overwatch in-game event scheduled for April 12th, currently known as the King's Row Uprising.

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Overwatch World Cup 2017 Announced for BlizzCon 2017

Blizzard announces the second annual Overwatch World Cup, a four-phase all-star event culminating in the playoffs and championship held at BlizzCon 2017.

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Overwatch: Blizzard Unveils $150 Widowmaker Statue

The video game developer Blizzard officially unveils a nifty-looking statue for the Overwatch hero Widowmaker, with the model holding a price point of a $150.

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Overwatch: Orisa Is Live in Competitive Play

The 24th playable character in Overwatch, the tank-class hero Orisa, is now available in Competitive Play, one week after she was introduced to the game.

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Overwatch Adding 'Save Your Play Of The Game' Tool

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan announces the impending addition of a tool letting fans save and export Play of the Game highlights without the use of external programs.

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Overwatch Might Add a Map Editor

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan tells players that a map editor is a possibility for the future, as Blizzard is interested in where user-generated content could take the game.

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Uncharted 4 Wins Game of the Year at SXSW Awards 2017

Naughty Dog is riding high today following Uncharted 4's victory at the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards, where the title took home the coveted prize of Game of the Year.

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Overwatch Director Calls Zelda: Breath of the Wild a 'Masterpiece'

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan takes to Reddit to answer some fan questions, and gives The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild some great praise in the process.

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Overwatch: Tracer Originally Shot Lasers from Her Eyes

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan reveals that before Blizzard had finished animation and gun models Tracer originally shot lasers from her eyes as an attack.

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Overwatch Director Confirms Symmetra Has Autism

Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan sends an Overwatch fan a personal letter in which he confirms that the well-loved support hero Symmetra is on the autism spectrum.

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