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Overwatch
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2016 multiplayer first-person shooter video game
OverviewAI-generated
Overwatch is a video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released on May 24, 2016. The title belongs to the Overwatch franchise and utilizes a proprietary engine. It is categorized under the Casual, Shooter, Massively Multiplayer, Action, and Strategy genres. The game features multiplayer modes and is available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. The Entertainment Software Rating Board assigned it a Teen rating.
The game received various review scores, including 91/100, 90/100, 73/100, and 96%. Additional ratings include a Metacritic score of 91, a user rating of 4.13, and an IGDB rating of 82 based on 1,168 votes. Critic ratings on IGDB averaged 89 from 24 reviews. The software version identifier is 1.74.0.0.104319, and the game had 3,581,312 social media followers. Overwatch was discontinued on October 3, 2022.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
Metacritic 91- Released
- 2016-05-24
- User rating
- 4.13 / 5
- Genres
- Casual, Shooter, Massively Multiplayer, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
- ESRB
- Teen
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Join the fight for the future in the world of Overwatch and choose your hero from a diverse cast of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities. Bend time, defy physics, and unleash a dizzying array of extraordinary powers and weapons. Engage your enemies in iconic locations from around the globe in the ultimate team-based shooter.
- Released
- 2016
- Genres
- Shooter, Strategy
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Multiplayer
- Engine
- Proprietary Engine
- Franchise
- Overwatch
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment, Square Enix
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- hero shooter
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Series
- Q99569678
- Followed by
- Overwatch 2
- Director
- Chris Metzen
- Narrative location
- United States
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Platform
- Q19610114
- Game mode
- multiplayer video game
- Distribution format
- ROM cartridge
- Designed by
- Jeff Kaplan
- Official website
- overwatch.blizzard.com
Show 18 more facts
- list of characters
- characters of Overwatch
- Stack Exchange tag
- gaming.stackexchange.com/tags/overwatch
- publication date
- 2016-05-24
- Commons category
- Overwatch (video game)
- review score
- 88/100
- topic's main category
- Category:Overwatch (video game)
- title
- Overwatch
- set in period
- 2070s
- input device
- gamepad
- intended public
- gamer
- distributed by
- NetEase
- language of work or name
- Thai
- media franchise
- Q99569678
- software version identifier
- 1.74.0.0.104319
- social media followers
- 2960000
- discontinuation date
- 2022-10-03
- different from
- Q99569678
- game mechanics
- loot box
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Overwatch (video game) may refer to:
Overwatch (2016 video game), retroactively referred to as Overwatch 1 or Overwatch Classic
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