Overwatch Beta - October 27th

[MarshallX]

Announced on Towelliee's stream just now.

http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/bl...oon-10-14-2015

[Sesshomaru]

Unless it has been officially stated by Blizzard, then don't listen to other streamers unless they have been given permission to do so.
Quite misguiding if everyone does it and says completely different dates even.

[Adlian]

Its legit. http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/blog/19919176/

[MarshallX]

It has been officially stated by Blizzard as well and pretty much every other gaming site on the internet.

[BraiNSlobbeR]

It wasn't announced on his stream... He was just waiting for it to pop up on news feeds like anyone else could have... It's not like he was given insider info and he made the announcement.

[Sesshomaru]

My fault, found it on Reddit.
Beta Release Date 27th of October 2015

[BigAssBoy]

I'm ready for all the Youtubers and Streamers to get in on day one and the general public having to wait a few months.

[Eleccybubb]

I'm ready for all the Youtubers and Streamers to get in on day one and the general public having to wait a few months.

You mean for maximum publicity yeah?. And it's more than likely a few non streamers will get in to.

[Feali]

RIP EU. Always later...

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You mean for maximum publicity yeah?. And it's more than likely a few non streamers will get in to.

It's a Blizzard game. And their first new franchise in years. Not sure if it needs anymore publicity.

[Candy Cough]

Let's just hope it becomes buy to play

[xskarma]

So good. Preview stream tomorrow to get a taste then full on stream watching on the 27th, waiting for EU beta and hopefully an invite. Going to be awesome.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Chris Metzen @Blizzcon 2014: "Friends, Overwatch is closer than you think! Beta this Spring!"
*11 and a half months later*
Blizzard: Beta at the end of the month, two weeks before Blizzcon 2015!

#Soon™

[Crackleslap]

The day Halo 5 comes out. \o/

[Mammoon]

The day Halo 5 comes out. \o/

Wouldn't be a Blizzard release unless a competitor also had a game releasing.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Wouldn't be a Blizzard release unless a competitor also had a game releasing.

The Quake esque/TF2 clone/whatever Overwatch isn't really competing with Halo, which is a of a completely different genre of FPS along with CoD. Furthermore, Halo is an Xbox exclusive, while OW is computer exclusive, so there's pretty much no overlap. OW isn't even selling anything ATM so really it boils down to who's going to get the most streams, and I think it's pretty obvious which of the two will.

[DeadmanWalking]

What time will this be eastern time?

[t1saif]

8 minutes until it starts

http://www.twitch.tv/Ellohime
http://www.twitch.tv/Haylinic

[Deleted]

Thinking it will be some invites, and perhaps later beta for money.
Hopefully I get in for free, got lucky in Hots and even ended up in alpha... my best bet is that I'm not lucky twice =)
Ah, and also EU... so the wait is real in that way as well :P

[Mister K]

I got into Hots and HS, only games that I never actually cared enough to be in for Beta ... Well, lets hope il get lucky with this one. Fingers crossed, for all of ya!

[Deleted]

Why EU??? WHY?