Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainment‘s team-based multiplayer shooter, is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in addition to PC in spring 2016 (before June 21), the company announced.
The game will be available in “Origins” and collector’s editions.
Origins Edition ($59.99)
- 21 extraordinary heroes: Choose your hero from a diverse cast of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities.
- Iconic environments: Fight on futuristic battlefields around the globe: the cobbled streets of King’s Row in London; the mysterious Temple of Anubis; Numbani, where human and omnic live in harmony, and more…
- 5 character skins:
- Blackwatch Reyes (Reaper)
- Strike-Commander Morrison (Soldier: 76)
- Overgrown (Bastion)
- Security Chief (Pharah)
- Slipstream (Tracer)
- Overwatch-themed content for several Blizzard Entertainment games:
- Heroes of the Storm – Tracer Hero
- World of Warcraft – Baby Winston Pet
- StarCraft II Portraits (Tracer, Reaper, Pharah, Winston, Bastion, and Soldier: 76)
- Hearthstone Cardback
- Diablo III – Mercy Wings
Collector’s Edition ($129.99)
- Everything included with the Origins Edition
- Visual Sourcebook
- Soundtrack
- Soldier: 76 Statue
Pre-orders include a Noire skin for the Widowmaker character.
Here’s a short rundown of the game:
Overwatch is a 6v6 shooter that takes place on Earth in the near future, where teams of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities clash for control of iconic locations around the world. The game features a diverse cast of 21 heroes—each with their own unique arsenal of weapons and abilities—who bend time and defy physics as they work together to complete objectives with their allies. Teamwork is critical as players swap heroes on the fly and combine their powers to game-changing effect—the action is intense, with a focus on immediacy and fun.
Watch a new set of trailers below.