{"id":24733,"date":"2016-09-08T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T06:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/?p=24733"},"modified":"2016-09-08T17:54:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T10:54:35","slug":"overwatch-15-million-players-3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/overwatch-15-million-players-3-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch: 15 million players in less than 3 months!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After 17 years, Blizzard Entertainment released its first new IP: Overwatch. The game gained more than 15 million players in less than 3 months since its launch date! Why is Overwatch receiving\u00a0so much attention?<\/strong><\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- ph_pricepony_article_top_desktop -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8052937650\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/overwatch1280jpg-6daa73_1280w.webp 444w,https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/overwatch1280jpg-6daa73_1280w-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/overwatch1280jpg-6daa73_1280w.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/overwatch1280jpg-6daa73_1280w.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/overwatch1280jpg-6daa73_1280w-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24932 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"overwatch\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<h3>Overwatch &#8211; the hero-based shooter game sensation of 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Overwatch release date was on May 24<sup>th<\/sup> 2016, but on August 5th, Blizzard announced that the game have already attracted over 15 million players with players logging 500 million hours of game play thus far!\u00a0This objective-based combat game got 6.9 user score based on 3669 ratings and metascore of 91 by 59 critics on Metacritic. Furthermore, they were given a 9\/10 review and 7.7 user average on Gamespot, as well as 88% review on PC Gamer.<\/p>\n<p>Overwatch is a competitive multiplayer first-person shooter video game that requires the players to form hero-based teams in order to compete in completing missions. The game emphasizes the importance of teamwork and makes usage of tactical battle positioning skills. \u00a0The game previously had 21 characters and in July, Blizzard added one more hero and it was all free! Overwatch lets the players choose between diverse characters that are grouped into 4 main groups &#8211;\u00a0Offense, Defense, Tank and Support &#8211; but none are the same!<\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- ph_pricepony_article_incontent_1 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7528541080\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<!-- ph_pricepony_article_incontent_2 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2964262507\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all_overwatch_characters_by_plank_69-d9m78x6.webp 596w,https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all_overwatch_characters_by_plank_69-d9m78x6-300x126.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all_overwatch_characters_by_plank_69-d9m78x6.png\" height=\"250\" width=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all_overwatch_characters_by_plank_69-d9m78x6.png 596w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all_overwatch_characters_by_plank_69-d9m78x6-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24931 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"all Overwatch characters\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<p>Each of the heroes have their own sets of skills, unique appearances as well as character-specific\u00a0dialogues and personalities. One of the main highlights is also the fact that players are allowed to switch their heroes mid-match in order to adapt to a given battle situation, which gives the game a tactical-depth for each uniquely designed map.\u00a0Each character, map and battle effect in the game\u00a0is diverse, and shows a good level of design and artistry.<\/p>\n<h3>Overwatch- artistry and multiplayer shooter video game<\/h3>\n<p>The Overwatch price is\u00a049,99USD for PC, PS4 and Xbox One, which puts it in a slightly higher price-range games. However, the price does include\u00a0new patches of fun and interesting map and character tweaks without additional charges.\u00a0The producer announced that new characters are still coming, and just recently a new competitive mode was released as well! So, with diverse and unique gameplay and good design, plus continuous improvements, this game certainly lives up to the hype! Are you impressed by Overwatch so far?<\/p>\n<div class=\"31e97817518902a1d132cf665aa26f91\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- ph_pricepony_article_bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7613953952\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 17 years, Blizzard Entertainment released its first new IP: Overwatch. The game gained more than 15 million players in less than 3 months since its launch date! Why is Overwatch receiving\u00a0so much attention? Overwatch &#8211; the hero-based shooter game sensation of 2016 Overwatch release date was on May 24th 2016, but on August 5th, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[536,103,539,537],"class_list":["post-24733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-blizzard","tag-game","tag-multiplayer","tag-overwatch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Overwatch: 15 million players in less than 3 months! - Price Pony<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After 17 years, Blizzard Entertainment released its first new IP: Overwatch. 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