Overwatch coming in Spring 2016

Retail versions announced for upcoming multiplayer shooter

Posted on Nov 7, 2015 - 2:51pm EST

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its team-based first-person shooter Overwatch is coming in spring 2016.

Overwatch is a 6v6 shooter that takes place on Earth in the near future, where teams of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities clash for control of locations around the world. The game features a cast of 21 heroes — each with their own unique arsenal of weapons and abilities — who bend time and defy physics as they work together to complete objectives with their allies.

At BlizzCon, the publisher also unveiled a new map — Hollywood — along with the final three heroes in Overwatch’s 21-character roster. Genji, a cybernetic ninja, is an expert assassin capable of feats of agility, including reflecting enemy attacks with his blade. D.Va is a former pro-gaming superstar who pilots an experimental military mech in defense of her home country. Mei travels the globe applying her scientific expertise to protect the natural world; in battle, her arsenal of climate-manipulating technology has the power to put the opposition on ice.

Fans can get the Overwatch: Origins Edition for $59.99, which comes with hero skins for five characters as well as a cache of Overwatch-themed content for several Blizzard Entertainment games, including a Baby Winston pet for World of Warcraft and Tracer hero for Heroes of the Storm.

Overwatch will also be available in a limited-edition, retail-only Collector’s Edition ($129.99), which contains all of the content listed above along with a full-color art book, the Overwatch soundtrack, and a collectible statue of Soldier: 76—the vigilante alter ego of former Overwatch commander Jack Morrison.

Windows PC fans also have the option to download a digital PC edition ($39.99), which includes all 21 heroes and provides players with the core Overwatch experience. Players who pre-purchase this or any other edition of Overwatch will also receive the bonus Noire skin for Widowmaker upon the game’s launch.

Overwatch will be released for PC, Xbox One, and PS4.

Overwatch Collector’s Edition