Category: Overwatch News

The latest Overwatch video developer update has been posted by Blizzard. In this episode, Game Director Jeff Kaplan takes about ten minutes to discuss what is coming up after the holiday hiatus. Kaplan tackles the subject of progression, how previously implemented progression reward systems have failed and how the team is planning to try again with the restart of the Overwatch beta in January.

Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan has posted a new video developer diary in which he discusses several hot topics within the game’s community. The most interesting tidbit is the news that all DLC after Overwatch launches will come to players free of charge. This includes both additional heroes and new maps.

Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan has posted a new video developer diary in which he discusses several hot topics within the game’s community. The most interesting tidbit is the news that all DLC after Overwatch launches will come to players free of charge. This includes both additional heroes and new maps.

Beginning on December 10th, Blizzard will be taking Overwatch offline until January. During the intervening weeks, the team will be analyzing mountains of data and digging through player bug reports in order to bring a new and improved version to players come January.

Overwatch fans who have been waiting for a beta invite may soon get their wish with this weekend’s invite-only beta event. As said on the notice, "a lot more players from our Americas and Europe gameplay regions" will be added to the test that runs through Monday, November 23rd.

On day 2 of BlizzCon, we sat down with the devs of Overwatch to discuss the highly-anticipated shooter. We spoke to Senior Game Designer Michael Chu (story and worldbuilding) and Senior Designer Jeremy Craig (system design and user experience).

Blizzard unveiled the final three Overwatch heroes at this year’s BlizzCon and I have to say that all three really piqued my curiosity. The new characters joined the Overwatch beta roster in yesterday’s patch and I’ve spent a bit of time taking them all for a spin.

Bill Murphy sent along this tidbit of information straight from Blizzcon: Prior to the commencement of Overwatch beta testing, per-hero progression similar to that found in Heroes of the Storm was removed as it "goes against the idea they want about players being able to swap heroes on the fly."

Check out our Overwatch Live Blog from Blizzcon!

Razer has announced the release of a trio of Overwatch themed peripherals: DeathAdder gaming mouse, BlackWidow keyboard and Goliathus Extended mouse mat. To celebrate the announcement, Razer has released a video showing each of them in action during an Overwatch match.