Overwatch

Tejstar · 7 Nov 2014 at 19:51

Blizzard has just announced Overwatch, a new franchise. This will be their first new franchise in 17 years.

Details:
- Team based, multiplayer shooter.
- Beta starts in 2015. Sign up here.

Tune · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:02

http://eu.battle.net/overwatch/en/

Looks pretty good tbh, signed up for beta.

Craig1981 · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:05

I signed up for the beta as well

Deehjay · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:06

So hyped, sneak peak looked amazing.

Vuvuzela · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:20

Team Fortress 3?

^JP^ · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:22

Does it have a capture the flag mode?

Zerolimitz · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:24

blizzard just reinvented the wheel... just wow.

Tune · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:25

^JP^ said:
Does it have a capture the flag mode?

The attacking team's objective is to move the payload to a delivery point, while the defenders must halt the attackers' progress until time runs out.

Two teams battle over control of the map, one team on offense, the other on defense. The attackers' goal is to capture critical objectives, while the defenders must maintain control over them until time runs out.

The two modes so far. Doesn't seem so.

^JP^ · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:26

Aww man, I hope they add it, CTF is my favorite game mode!

NexusK · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:29

Looks fun, TF2 similarities or not.

JimAroo · 7 Nov 2014 at 20:39

Looks like Firefall and TF2 had a baby.

Bawheidbob · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:13

Watching the panel - Sounds like they have lots of good ideas. Could finally be a mulitplayer FPS that I might actually pay attention to.

Bawheidbob · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:15

http://youtu.be/XZnJc_JJKN0 - Some gameplay footage

Rroff · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:17

Looks like it doesn't know what its trying to be.

Fuggan · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:18

Looks like Halo/TF2 mashup.

Meh.

benjii · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:26

It looks like all these features they made would be great in a single player game, but will have limited use in multiplayer.

NexusK · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:37

Just saw this article from September posted elsewhere regarding the scrapped Titan game

http://kotaku.com/heres-what-blizzards-titan-actually-was-1638632121

All of the people who described the game to me made a lot of Team Fortress comparisons both in terms of aesthetics and gameplay. Three people who saw the game have compared the aesthetics to Team Fortress 2, with one source describing it as a cross between StarCraft II's in-game cinematics and Pixar's The Incredibles.

Sounds like this Overwatch could be a cut down version of that cancelled project.

Teaf · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:39

Just saw a full game being played out on the live steam. Looks really fun!

Craig1981 · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:42

Yeah, looked good! The defenders just held on by the skin of their teeth!

sharpygsxr · 7 Nov 2014 at 21:49

i relly like the aesthetic of the game also the fact that the female toons have full armour and not bikinis is a nice change.

Looks like plenty of scope for decent strategy also, will sign up for the beta for sure