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Despite Marvel Rivals players using Overwatch's worst meta and DPS mains refusing to swap, the hero shooter's lead says the team is "not considering a role queue"

"We want people to have a Marvel experience where they’re free to select what they want"

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Marvel Rivals revives another classic Overwatch issue – insta-locking DPS players who won't switch – and with it the debate over whether role limits are a good idea

Some players suggest there should be a limit on the number of DPS heroes on each team

GamesRadar

Marvel Rivals is blissful chaos, which makes me worry that—like Overwatch—it'll have all the fun drained out of it once the balancing wars begin

The tryhard conundrum.

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Marvel Rivals review – discomfitingly slick hero shooter makes you worry about gaming’s future

It’s Overwatch with Marvel characters, and it’s well-made and fun to play – but Marvel Rivals is also so devoid of new ideas that it leaves a nasty aftertaste

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It's only taken 3 days for Overwatch's worst meta to manifest in Marvel Rivals: "Games change. GOATS is inevitable."

One of Blizzard's biggest Overwatch-shaped headaches is now NetEase's to solve

GamesRadar

Marvel Rivals players are complaining that nobody is playing healer, and the grizzled Overwatch vets knowingly nod in solidarity

Time is a flat circle, and healers are getting ignored in Marvel Rivals.

PC Gamer

Marvel Rivals review: "So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths"

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Former Blizzard president reckons Marvel Rivals has too much in common with Overwatch, comparing it to a viral Horizon Zero Dawn lookalike others called "shameless"

Mike Ybarra doesn't seem too excited about the new hero shooter

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Marvel Rivals release time - the countdown begins as the Overwatch rival nears launch

Here's when Marvel Rivals will release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X in your time zone

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Overwatch's two new theme songs won't make your playlist, but they're perfectly fitting for its post-OWL esports matches

Both tracks will debut at the Overwatch Championship Series finals later this month.

PC Gamer

Overwatch: Classic has me reckoning with the fact that OG Overwatch kind of sucks, but also that Blizzard could learn a few lessons from it

The rose-colored glasses have been torn right off.

PC Gamer

Overwatch 2 is getting the WoW Classic treatment with a limited-time mode featuring the hero shooter's original 2016 lineup of 21 heroes, 12 maps, and 4 game modes

Overwatch Classic will be available from November 12 to December 2

GamesRadar

Overwatch: Classic brings the 2016 game back as a limited-time event and promises to 'capture the charm' of its original heroes and maps

The real 6v6 mode returns.

PC Gamer

Days after shutting its AAA game studio filled with former God of War and Overwatch talent, Netflix announces a "new initiative" powered by AI

It was apparently "actually a planned transition"

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Inverse

‘Overwatch 2’ Could Finally Be Rolling Back Its Most Controversial Decision

'Overwatch 2' shrank team sizes compared to the original game, and it's caused controversy since launch. Now, Blizzard could be preparing to bring the original format back.

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Netflix reportedly shutters its AAA game studio, dismantling a team of former God of War, Overwatch, Halo, and Gears of War devs

Talent included Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny and God of War Ragnarok art director Rafael Grassetti

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Overwatch 2 teases a new tank hero in its season 13 trailer and his name could be 'Spiker'

The Halloween-themed season might end with a playtest of the new hero.

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Blizzard's axed MMO Project Titan reportedly "cost the company $80 million," and was like Animal Crossing or The Sims meets Overwatch

"It was just a debacle for the company as a whole"

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UK arms firm scraps plan to test bombs at Scottish World Heritage Site

AN ARMS firm has scrapped plans to test bombs in the middle of a Scottish World Heritage Site ...

The Guardian - UK

Arms company drops plan to test bombs at Scottish world heritage site

Firm says it had no idea proposed test site on Lib Dem peer’s land included part of Strathmore peatlands in Flow Country

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Marvel's Overwatch-style hero shooter has players scrambling to log in and push a payload as their favorite superheroes

After a rocky start, the closed beta is now live.

Inverse

‘Overwatch 2’s Newest Hero Is Already A Hit — But Some Fans Aren’t Impressed

'Overwatch 2' adds Juno, a speedy support hero, to the game for free this weekend ahead of her Season 12 launch. Most players already seem smitten, but others are voicing concerns over her design.

PC Gamer

Steamy 'Overwatch cabaret club' where you can pay to have women fall asleep on voice chat with you gets obliterated, is immediately replaced by even steamier Apex version

What a world.

GamesRadar

Beyond its A-list roster, Marvel Rivals' attempt to steal Overwatch's crown falls dramatically short

Preview | This isn't much of a rivalry just yet

PC Gamer

After only 4 months, Blizzard will axe one of Overwatch 2's last PvE modes because it 'hasn't resonated with players in the ways that we hoped'

Hero Mastery Gauntlet didn't make a big enough splash, apparently.

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