Soldiers. Scientists. Adventurers. Oddities. In a time of global crisis, an international task force of heroes banded together to restore peace to a war-torn world: OVERWATCH. Overwatch ended the crisis, and helped maintain peace in the decades that followed, inspiring an era of exploration, innovation, and discovery. But, after many years, Overwatch’s influence waned, and it was eventually disbanded. Now, conflict is rising across the world again, and the call has gone out to heroes old and new. Are you with us?
The news was posted by video game analyst and analyst at Niko Partners David Ahmad (@ZhugeEX)
Overwatch now has over 15 million players globally. pic.twitter.com/uRddgcHJpr
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 4, 2016
For a new IP that released in May that truly is a massive success for Overwatch. When we reviewed Overwatch earlier this year, we called it “the best multiplayer first person shooter this gen thus far.” It also made this quarter Blizzard’s most successful ever:
Blizzard just had its best quarter ever thanks to Overwatch.
Just like I said it would. pic.twitter.com/ESpoNebjAI
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 4, 2016
Blizzard just confirmed that more than $500 million of that $738 million generated this quarter was from Overwatch.
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 4, 2016
Our verdict:
Overwatch is unlike anything else on the Xbox One and PS4. Yes, Battleborn exists and I’ve enjoyed that game for what it is and even reviewed it positively (you can read that here) But it’d be incredulous to not admit that Overwatch just brings something ‘special’ to the genre that makes it stand out from other shooters of a similar nature. Personally, I’d even go as far as calling it the most enjoyable multiplayer shooter on console to date. That’s not to say that other multiplayer shooters have been bad; they certainly haven’t but the Pixar-grade visuals mixed with everything else that makes Overwatch so great just puts it above the fray compared to other shooters. If you’re looking to get some genuine fun out of a multiplayer game then you can’t go wrong with Overwatch.
