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Overwatch Reaches 20 Million Players

Overwatch Reaches 20 Million Players

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Blizzard used a press release today to reveal that they have no reached more than 20 million players since release, making the game one of the most successful launches in recent times. The success is even more remarkable considering how Overwatch has only been available for some five months and is a full retail game rather than a free-to-play title like Team Fortress 2. While 20 million players may not equate exactly with that many sales, it is likely that the game is approaching the kind of sale numbers that only blockbuster titles like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto can achieve. Overwatch is currently hosting a Halloween Terror event. This means that Loot Boxes have been changed to jack-o-lanterns that contain specially made spooky content and a new horse mode has been introduced to give players the chance to battle a variety of new enemies. The new cosmetic items include profile icons, sprays, victory poses, skins, emotes, amongst a variety of other items. Last week, the developer revealed

Overwatch Available To play For Free Next Weekend

Overwatch Available To play For Free Next Weekend

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Those who haven’t played Blizzard’s intensely popular shooter yet will have their chance next weekend when the game will be available to download and play for no charge. Starting from September 9 and running to September 12, players can download the game and play it on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The only restriction of playing is that Xbox One players will need to have an active Xbox Live Gold membership. The same limitation doesn’t apply to PlayStation 4 users, meaning a PlayStation Plus members isn’t required. You’ll need plenty of hard drive space in order to get a chance to play though. The PlayStation version of the game requires 9GB of space, while the Xbox edition needs a whopping 15GB. This Is because all the maps, characters, and game modes are available to play in the free trial.

You Can Now Stream Blizzard Games On Facebook

You Can Now Stream Blizzard Games On Facebook

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It is now possible for those playing any of Blizzard Entertainment’s modern titles to stream their footage directly to Facebook. The news means that users will be able to share their gameplay with their friends using Facebook Live, in an exclusive arrangement between the two companies. The arrangements, which was first announced in June, also gives players the chance to use their Facebook account details to sign up and play games such as Overwatch, rather than having to create a brand new Battle.net account. Unfortunately, the service is not available in all territories. Only those in the Americas, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand can take part – though the publisher has said it is working to bring streaming to other locations as soon as possible.

Overwatch Graphic Novel In The Works

Overwatch Graphic Novel In The Works

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With more than 10 million players across all platforms, Overwatch has become a huge success in its short lifespan. That popularity is now crossing over into other mediums as Blizzard has revealed that a graphic novel based on the game is being developed. According to a report by IGN, the publisher has signed an exclusive deal with Dark Horse to release the Overwatch comic series in physical form in addition to creating their own 100-page graphic novel. It is set to be available from April 2017, though an exact release date has not yet been given. This will be followed in the summer of the same year with a hardcover book called The Art of Overwatch. Although Dark Horse and Blizzard are not giving away much detail about the comic series or the graphic novel, they have revealed that they will expand on the story of the original strike team, giving some backstory and additional details that were purposely left blank in the game.

SDCC: Dark Horse Making Overwatch Comic

SDCC: Dark Horse Making Overwatch Comic

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At San Diego Comic Con, Blizzard announced a partnership with Dark Horse Comics to create an Overwatch comic. First, the 8-page shorts that Blizzard released to hype the game will now come to Dark Horse’s online service as well. Then, Dark Horse will publish a 100-page Overwatch graphic novel that will debut in April of 2017. At this time, the book doesn’t have a name or a creative team attached. But, the publisher did confirm that this book will tell the story of the original Overwatch strike team. Finally, Dark Horse will follow that release with “The Art of Overwatch”, an oversized hardcover featuring previously unseen concept art and illustrations. This book will be released in the summer of 2017. Look for more details about these projects to be revealed at Blizzard’s “Behind the Scenes of Overwatch’s Newest Hero” panel, which will be held at SDCC at 6:30pm on Thursday, July 21 in Room 6A.

Overwatch Designer Admits Total Failure Of Titan MMO

Overwatch Designer Admits Total Failure Of Titan MMO

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Overwatch is the highly anticipated new game from Blizzard. But before that game ever came to be, the team behind Overwatch were working on the mysterious “Titan” MMO also for Blizzard. It was in development for years until it truly crashed and burned. Being scrapped entirely. Even though Overwatch came as a result of that, Designer Jeff Kaplan, still remembers the failure. He told Gamespot: “You had a really amazing group that was working on Titan,” he said. “They were really talented individuals, but we failed horrifically in every way … In every way that a project can fail. It was devastating. You had these people who either came from other companies or from within Blizzard, and were used to working on games that were very successful like a World of Warcraft, for example. To go through such a complete and utter failure is very hard for people who are used to experiencing success.” Ultimately, the failure of Titan helped lead the team to work harder on their next project,

Battle.Net Is Down, Blizzard Looks To Restore It

Battle.Net Is Down, Blizzard Looks To Restore It

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A massive DDOS attack has left all of Battle.Net and its games down in the US and Europe. A hacking group called Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for this, saying on Twitter: “US Blizzard #Offline – WoW #Offline, Diablo 3 #Offline, Starcraft 2 #Offline, Hearthstone #Offline @fbiarelosers @AppleJ4ckxoxo” Many fans have taken to Battle.Net to see if this attack is for real, and indeed it is. The hackers are even claiming that they have access to Blizzard employee emails, though those have not been confirmed to have been hacked as of yet. Blizzard is making an effort to restore the games on Battle.Net, including making a statement on the forums: “It looks like we experienced a potential DDoS on one of our datacenters. Initial impact appears to have ended and our engineers put up some buffers to resolve the issue, and realms should start recovering. We’re continuing to monitor and work on mitigating the impact. Apologies for the inconvenience, and we’ll be sure to provide updates as they continue to

Overwatch Animated Shorts Launching This Week

Overwatch Animated Shorts Launching This Week

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Later this year, Blizzard Entertainment is launching what is sure to be its next big franchise in Overwatch. As a supplement to the game, Blizzard is also producing a new animated web series to supplement the game. In addition, the first of these animated shorts will debut online tomorrow. Per Blizzard’s website, the first short “Recall” will premiere tomorrow on at Xbox.com. The first short, “Recall,” will tell the story of Winston. Winston is the game’s genetically engineered gorilla, who also happens to be a brilliant scientist. Winston longs for the days of heroes to return. Recall will explore Winston’s thoughts and memories as he grapples with the decision to recall the agents of Overwatch., while the forces of Talon stage an attack on his lab in the abandoned Watchpoint: Gibraltar. Overwatch is a dynamic looking franchise with a colorful cast of characters that looks heavily inspired by western comic books and superheroes. Having an animated web series to supplement the games seems like a strong choice. It should be

Hearthstone: Whispers of the Old Gods Announced

Hearthstone: Whispers of the Old Gods Announced

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Dark being are coming to Hearthstone, from the depths of Azeroth lore. Blizzard Entertainment has announced the next expansion for Hearthstone, which is called Whispers of the Old Gods. You can check out the cinematic reveal trailer for the expansion in the video player below. The new expansion was confirmed during the kickoff of Hearthstone’s Americas Winter Championship tournament. Blizzard confirmed that the expansion will feature 134 new cards for the game. The expansion is themed around the Old Gods, who are evil Eldritch of the Warcraft mythos who have incredible power. This looks like it will be a fun expansion for H.P. Lovecraft readers and fanatics. The new expansion is expected to launch later this Spring by late April or early May. It will be available for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices. Card packs will also be available through the in-game Shop for either gold or real money at the same price as previous Hearthstone card packs. There should be a new update patch to prepare for the expansion, which

Activision Blizzard Studios Moving Forward With Film and TV Content for Video Game Franchises

Activision Blizzard Studios Moving Forward With Film and TV Content for Video Game Franchises

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Earlier this week during BlizzCon, Activision Blizzard officially announced the launch of Activision Blizzard Studios, a new film and TV studio division of Activision and Blizzard to develop original content based on the company’s video game franchises and intellectual property. Nick van Dyk, formerly of Disney, has been named the co-president of the studio, with another senior creative executive to be announced soon. Properties that the studio will be developing film and TV projects for include Skylanders, Diablo, Hearthstone, and StarCraft. The first production for the studio will be an animated TV series, Skylanders Academy, based on the Skylanders and Spyro the Dragon franchise. The show is currently in production and has Eric Rogers (Futurama) as its showrunner. The show is set to feature Justin Long (Ask Me Anything, Alvin and the Chipmunks) as Spyro, Ashley Tisdale (Phineas and Ferb, High School Musical) as Stealth Elf, Jonathan Banks as (Breaking Bad) as Eruptor, and Norm Macdonald (Saturday Night Live, Mike Tyson Mysteries) as Glumshanks. Harland Williams and Richard Horvitz are

Destiny Now Has 25 Million Players

Destiny Now Has 25 Million Players

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In preparation for an upcoming investor’s call, Activision Blizzard has released information about the number of players that have registered on Destiny. According to the report, the shooter from Bungie now has 25 million players, which is an impressive growth of 5 million users in just three months and approaching double the number of people who had played the game in February. Much of this could be put down to the latest release for the game that saw Destiny change radically, with new weapons, story missions, gameplay and stats added to the overall experience. The publisher also revealed that the average time players spend playing the game has increased to 3 hours, though they didn’t reveal how many players are actively playing the title. “Day-one downloads broke PlayStation records, day-one engagement saw the highest number of active players in Destiny’s history, daily player engagement is now well above 3 hours per day and the Destiny community has climbed to over 25 million registered players,” said Activision of the The Taken

Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood Companion Graphic Novel Announced for New Film

Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood Companion Graphic Novel Announced for New Film

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Legendary Pictures’ upcoming, live-action Warcraft film is still about a year away from hitting theaters, but the film will have some additional transmedia material to go along with its upcoming release. This includes a new graphic novel prequel for the film that was recently announced by Blizzard during the company’s panel at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con last week. The prequel story will feature a new story written by Paul Cornell (Doctor Who) and conceived by Blizzard developer Chris Metzen. Artist Mat Broome (Batman: No Man’s Land, WildC.A.T.S., Witchblade) will be serving as the penciler for the book. Legendary and Blizzard have not revealed too many story details, but the upcoming film is set to be a “first contact story” between the humans and orcs. The orc characters do not appear to be featured on the sample artwork that was provided to Pop Geeks by Blizzard and Legendary (see below). Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood will hit the shelves in May 2016, about a month before the upcoming big, budget live-action

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