PC Gaming Week: All of our burning Overwatch questions have been answered

By Joe Osborne

Overwatch Q&A

Blizzard Entertainment is one of PC gaming’s stalwarts, responsible for the poster children of some of the most popular genres in the scene. World of Warcraft is to MMO games what Starcraft is to strategy games: the first place your mind goes to.

Now, the studio looks to make another game synonymous with a genre this month: Overwatch, technically Blizzard’s first 100% original property in 20 years. Not to mention the studio’s first shooter game to ever get into players’ hands. (Set for release on May 24 for PC, Xbox One and PS4, it’s also Blizzard’s first game to release on three platforms at once.)

More specifically, the game exists in a bit of a new genre: team-based shooter, is what lead Overwatch team members are calling it. You know, games like Team Fortress 2 and more recent entries like Battleborn?

With Overwatch, Blizzard sits in a moment similar to just before it launched World of Warcraft back in 2004. Blizzard then entered a burgeoning genre only to dominate it to this day, albeit with more brand cache.

As I spoke recently with Overwatch assistant game director Aaron Keller (pictured), the sense of excitement and …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming