Overwatch
 | This Work page is a stub. You can help All The Tropes by expanding it. If you have checked or updated this page and found the content to be suitable, please remove this notice. |
Overwatch is a multiplayer First Person Shooter developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Unveiled at BlizzCon 2014, the game emphasizes cooperative gameplay using a cast of various "heroes," each with their own abilities and roles within a team. The game entered closed beta in North America and Europe in October 2015, with plans to bring the beta to Asia at a later date. The final closed beta weekend began in April 2016 and primarily served as a stress test for Overwatch's servers, lasting 36 hours. The game was released for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worldwide in May 2016.
Tropes used in Overwatch include:
- All There in the Manual: At least for now, much of the plot, character backgrounds and overall backstory can be found in various media, including comics and animated trailers instead in the game itself.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: A meta-example as this is Blizzard's first foray into the genre and a different beast from either World of Warcraft or Heroes of the Storm.
- Dueling Games: With both recent releases like Battleborn and established online mainstays like Team Fortress 2.
- Multinational Team: Overwatch, both in its original "peacekeeper" state and "current" form, is comprised of characters from various countries, along with a sentient ape and robots.
- Twenty Minutes Into the Future: The game it set at some point in the not-too distant future, though enough time has passed that an A.I. uprising called the "Omnic Crisis" has already happened.