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[zenith16]

Two artiles from the same place.

Overwatch stats site reveals mechanics behind every character ability



11 hours ago
Just over 24 hours until Blizzard lets us all back into the playground of heroes, a site has appeared to make your return that little bit more...Read more

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Overwatch's latest cinematic explains why Soldier: 76 hates glow-in-the-dark skulls

8 hours ago​

Just over a day until Overwatch releases to the world, Blizzard begin the final countdown with another cinematic trailer, this time centred on...Read more



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[Gee]

Just pre-ordered the Origins Edition so I can also get Tracer hero for HotS.

Enjoyed playing during the last closed beta weekend and the recent open beta one. Can't wait for tomorrow!

 

[Matt Mortem]

Picked my copy up about an hour ago. Now I'm waiting, impatiently, until 4pm so I can play the damn thing.

 

[Gee]

Picked my copy up about an hour ago. Now I'm waiting, impatiently, until 4pm so I can play the damn thing.

Oh, thanks for the heads up. I didn't know we could play in advance today.

A little bit over three hours to go...

 

[Matt Mortem]

45 minutes and I'll be playing Overwatch finally. I'm expecting the servers to be hell. Everyone's gonna be hopping on at the same time.

 

[Gee]

45 minutes and I'll be playing Overwatch finally. I'm expecting the servers to be hell. Everyone's gonna be hopping on at the same time.

Well, looks like we'll have to wait a tiny bit to play.

-edit- Servers are now online!

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Got mine downloaded. Don't think it's unlocked yet tho.

 

[zenith16]

I'm late with this first article, sorry about that. But the other articles that fallow should make up for it all .

Overwatch comes out at 16:00 PDT, 00:00 BST - here's all the info

9 hours ago
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Update May 20, 2016: Blizzard have released the official release times for Overwatch, and they match up with earlier speculation.In response to...
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Overwatch competitive mode likely coming late June says Kaplan in Facebook Q&A

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Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan has spent the last hour or so being subjected to questions from people with access to Facebook, which must be one of life's...
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Get yourself into an Overwatch clan with the two best group finders currently available



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Overwatch releases in just a short while. Being a team game where a communicating team with complimentary skills will always beat a collection of...
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Blizzard offer cryptic hints on Sombra and Athena as Overwatch characters




3 hours ago

If you’ve spent a little time in the Overwatch community the past few weeks, you’ve likely heard whispers of characters called Sombra and...
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Here are the prices for Overwatch's microtransaction loot boxes

3 hours ago​

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Update 24 May, 2016: Overwatch has gone live and we can now confirm the prices of the shooter's loot boxes.
Overwatch is finally out, and we can...
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[ProjectPat2280]

Really not digging the whole loot box/credit system. Credits deff shouldn't be tied to the random loot boxes.

I also don't understand why they nerfed Genjis ultimate ability. His attack is almost useless now. They're gonna have to rebuff that s**t

 

[Matt Mortem]

I don't know what was going on last night, but I was getting my ass stomped in in nearly ever match. I think I won two last night. Every other game out of the five or so hours I played was an absolute massacre. I am getting better with Mcree though. His flashbang, six shot combo is a lot of fun. Junkrat is my main though, hands down. He's got a lot of utility on offense and defense.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Haha sounds like my experience. We started the night off with a string of dominating wins, then it stopped and like the last hour was just all big losses.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Got me a back to back play of the game with Junkrat. His ult is so much fun. I'm also wrecking with Tjorbjorn's Turret. If you get it set up in the right place it's game over. I wish I could get skins unlocked faster. I guess that'd kinda kill any long term unlockables though.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I wish I could get skins unlocked faster. I guess that'd kinda kill any long term unlockables though.

That's been my biggest complaint so far. They're artificially extending the content of the game by locking things like skins behind the random loot boxes. They know there's not much here, so they do that to keep players who have to constantly be working towards something engaged.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Got me a back to back play of the game with Junkrat. His ult is so much fun. I'm also wrecking with Tjorbjorn's Turret. If you get it set up in the right place it's game over. I wish I could get skins unlocked faster. I guess that'd kinda kill any long term unlockables though.

Unless it's changed, Junkrat and Farra can destroy his turrets really easily.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Unless it's changed, Junkrat and Farra can destroy his turrets really easily.

Yeah, those guys can definitely take out his turrets quick, but when I play Tjorbjorn I'm pretty good about finding a place that's a little tougher for them to get to.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Hell, my aim sucks. I can be valuable to a team only as a character, that doesn't require much aim. Junkrat, Tjobjorn, Symmetra and other. I want to get better as Widowmaker.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I wish Winston did more damage. I like the character, but never find a reason to use him. If I go tank I'll play Reinhardt. His Shield is amazing for moving payloads.

 

[X Knight]

so is Reaper considered the villain of the game?

or is he more of an anti-hero?

 

[ProjectPat2280]

so is Reaper considered the villain of the game?

or is he more of an anti-hero?

I don't think any of the characters are villains. I think they're all fighting on the same side. But I'm not 100%. None of that really matters match to match though.

 

[X Knight]

I don't think any of the characters are villains. I think they're all fighting on the same side. But I'm not 100%. None of that really matters match to match though.

ah.

but from the animated shorts, it looks like he is fighting the other heroes like Winston and Tracer.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

ah.

but from the animated shorts, it looks like he is fighting the other heroes like Winston and Tracer.

Yea I have no idea. I haven't looked any further than what the game offers and there's no real story there. I just remember them saying this group was fighting against some invading force and tbst group was Overwatch. I assumed all the characters were part of that but I'm not really sure

 

[zenith16]

so is Reaper considered the villain of the game?

or is he more of an anti-hero?

he's sorta of one of the people that went bad he used to be a hero.

anyways as to your convo with pat.

I have this for ya.



Blizzard on the future of the Overwatch cast - “We could definitely use some more villains in the universe”

15 hours ago​

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We may be barely 24 hours on from the release of Blizzard’s first new franchise in nearly two decades but sitting down to chat with Michael Chu,...
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[X Knight]

^ thanks guys.

also, is it true that you can't "main" any one character, because the game forces you to change up your character after a certain period of time?

that's what I read somewhere.

 

[Tron Bonne]

^ thanks guys.

also, is it true that you can't "main" any one character, because the game forces you to change up your character after a certain period of time?

that's what I read somewhere.

What? Unless this changed from the beta, I don't think it's true. You could just keep choosing the same character over and over again in regular. It's a poor strategy and all, and you'll going to probably die a lot, but you can do that. There is a mode that switches the character you have after each spawn randomly, maybe this is what you're thinking about.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

^ thanks guys.

also, is it true that you can't "main" any one character, because the game forces you to change up your character after a certain period of time?

that's what I read somewhere.

No, you can choose whoever u want, but like Tron says, that's a poor strategy. I played a few different characters and change them based on map/mode/team layout.