Overwatch: What 10 rounds of Blizzard’s chaotic shooter taught me

The biggest stars at this year’s BlizzCon event had nothing to do with space aliens or the denizens of Azeroth. A bespectacled gorilla with a lightning gun and a cheery, time-traveling English soldier stole the show.

At its annual fan convention, developer Blizzard Entertainment announced Overwatch, its first new game in 17 years that isn’t a part of its Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo franchises. Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer shooter for PC that has a variety of superpowered characters to choose from (12 heroes were available to play at BlizzCon, and Blizzard promised it’s working on adding several more). The company wasn’t ready to talk about how it’s going to sell Overwatch just yet, but it did say a beta is coming in 2015.