Overwatch

We've spent several weeks talking about the history of the Overwatch organization -- everything that's gone before, from the Omnic Crisis to the infighting that led to the downfall of Overwatch itself to the global fallout from the Omnic Crisis that continues to affect the world.

Often, the most fascinating aspect of Blizzard games is watching what the community does with them.

The way Overwatch heroes are balanced to counter each other is a thing of beauty.

As you can guess, Overwatch's hybrid maps consist of elements from both Assault and Escort objectives.

Lúcio is one of my favorite characters to play in Overwatch, but the art of wall-riding completely eludes me.

Blizzard's betas are usually extremely polished, and if you played in the recent Overwatch beta you know what I mean.

Not long ago, Blizzard released the minimum system requirements for the upcoming World of Warcraft: Legion expansion — and the requirements for Overwatch are pretty hefty too. Responses to these requirements ranged from, "That's really not a big jump at all" to "My poor potato is going to explode." One thing seemed overwhelmingly clear, though: a lot of players weren't really sure what the requirements meant in terms of their own computers.

Blizzard designed Overwatch so that you can change your hero every time you die during a match.

As if the heaps of new Overwatch merchandise on Blizzard's gear store wasn't enough, J!NX's Overwatch line of apparel has appeared on Amazon.

In the days preceding the launch of Overwatch, enormous statues of Tracer, Pharah, and Genji hit the streets of Hollywood, Paris, and Busan.