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Overwatch first impressions, Part 2: all the defense heroes, all the tanks

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 29, 2015
7 min

Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch, now in closed beta testing, adds an interesting mechanic to first-person team shooters: tanks. More Overwatch impressions All maps, all the...

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Overwatch first impressions: all the maps, all the support, & all the offense

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 28, 2015
9 min

Blizzard’s new first-person 6-on-6 team shooter Overwatch — the storied game company’s first new game franchise in more than 14 years — combines the...

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Blizzard’s Overwatch enters closed beta on October 27

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 14, 2015
1 min

Correction: This story originally stated that Overwatch is entering an open beta. It’s entering a closed one. Some of us won’t have to wait...

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Best of 2014: The year’s most memorable game trailers

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 31, 2014
3 min

Our 12 game trailer picks of 2014 featuring goats, zombies, and some very different takes on war.

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Best of 2014: Gaming’s biggest surprises

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 24, 2014
2 min

We look back at the year's biggest gaming surprises.

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Don’t call it a comeback: How Blizzard reinvented itself for a post-Titan world

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
November 20, 2014
10 min

The Irvine, Calif.-based developer was in a dark place after Titan's cancellation, but a series of new projects helped it find its footing again.

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

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
November 12, 2014
5 min

GamesBeat learned a few lessons about Overwatch at BlizzCon 2014.

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BlizzCon trailer roundup: Overwatch, StarCraft 2 expansion, and Hearthstone add-on

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 7, 2014
1 min

World of Warcraft publisher Blizzard has a busy weekend ahead of it with all of the events its holding at its BlizzCon fan event in Anaheim, Calif., and the company decided to kick off the festivities with several huge announcements.

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Blizzard announces new IP: Overwatch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 7, 2014
1 min

Well, it happened. After 17 years of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo (and crossovers of them), developer Blizzard is making a new franchise. It’s called Overwatch, and it’s set in a futuristic world where cybernetically enhanced heroes and villains are a reality.

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Startup aims to bring Call of Duty-like tech to live paintball games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 30, 2013
3 min

Overwatch lets players enjoy the benefits of smart tracking on the paintball battlefield.

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3 min

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