This is Overwatch's "comeback," says Blizzard, as Season 1's player stats beats the game's launch weekend's
There was a world in which Marvel Rivals eclipsed Overwatch. NetEase's comic-styled hero shooter came out of the gate sprinting, blowing past Blizzard's seminal FPS game and cementing itself as the next new thing. But, for all the time I plowed into Marvel Rivals, it never had the same feel. While its destruction systems and vibrant art style are unique in themselves, it didn't have the soul that Overwatch did despite its ties to a franchise so dear to my heart. I think we were all secretly praying that Blizzard would someday 'fix' Overwatch; while the PvE dream felt doomed from the get-go, the game's nostalgia-tinged sparkle survived, albeit buried by seemingly endless pop culture crossovers. With Season 1 and the rebrand back to Overwatch proper, this is the shooter's best era in years, and that's got Blizzard excited. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:Blizzard reveals an Overwatch x Nier Automata collab too early, and you'll never guess who's getting the new skinsBlizzard wants to free Overwatch's Jetpack Cat from her perma-ban cage, but needs to work out the limits of her anticsThat Overwatch mobile game is real, and it's yet another win for Blizzard's hero shooter
There was a world in which Marvel Rivals eclipsed Overwatch. NetEase's comic-styled hero shooter came out of the gate sprinting, blowing past Blizzard's seminal FPS game and cementing itself as the next new thing. But, for all the time I plowed into Marvel Rivals, it never had the same feel. While its destruction systems and vibrant art style are unique in themselves, it didn't have the soul that Overwatch did despite its ties to a franchise so dear to my heart. I think we were all secretly praying that Blizzard would someday 'fix' Overwatch; while the PvE dream felt doomed from the get-go, the game's nostalgia-tinged sparkle survived, albeit buried by seemingly endless pop culture crossovers. With Season 1 and the rebrand back to Overwatch proper, this is the shooter's best era in years, and that's got Blizzard excited.Read the rest of the story...
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That Overwatch mobile game is real, and it's yet another win for Blizzard's hero shooter
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