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Blizzard had teased Juno at BlizzCon 2023, then codenamed "Space Ranger", and described her as a mobile hero focused on vertical movement. Her character was teased with various map changes at the start of Overwatch 2 season 11, and was revealed midway though the season with an open weekend playtest in July 2024. She was released as a fully ...
Overwatch 2 is a hero shooter, where players are split into two teams and select a "hero" from a roster of over 40 characters.Characters are organized into a "damage" class, responsible for offensive efforts; a "support" class, responsible for healing and buffing; and a "tank" class, responsible for creating space for their team.
Blizzard World: The map, introduced in January 2018, is set in a fictional theme park that is a tribute to other Blizzard properties, including World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and StarCraft. [46] Eichenwalde: Taking place in the ruins of a German castle, Eichenwalde was the first new map added to Overwatch following its release, in August 2016 ...
In Overwatch 2, Kiriko is the last hero rounding out the competitive game’s launch roster. Marking the third Japanese character in the game, this new support brings a high healing output with ...
[150] [151] [152] Changes made to online character bios following the launch of Overwatch 2 received criticism from fans. [153] On August 10, 2023, Overwatch 2 was released on Steam, garnering an "overwhelmingly negative" rating on Valve's platform which is the lowest rating any video game can get.
Both Overwatch and its sequel lack a traditional campaign or story mode; its lore and character backgrounds, including D.Va's, are instead shown in-game through map design and character voice lines. [21] In Overwatch, D.Va is the screen name of Hana Song, a 19-year-old former professional gamer, known for becoming the No. 1 ranked StarCraft II ...
The Junker Queen is a character who first appears in a small role in the 2016 video game Overwatch, a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter.Designed by Arnold Tsang, she was introduced as a background character in a 2017 update for Overwatch to help establish the game's "Junkertown" setting, she serves as its ruler.
The sequel Overwatch 2 was released in October 2022, and will continue the seasonal events. According to Kaplan, while the game will be a sequel, they want to allow all content from the first Overwatch to be brought forward into Overwatch 2, requiring them to slow down new content development for the original game, particularly new heroes and maps.