Blizzcon 2014 liveblog
http://wow.joystiq.com/2014/11/07/blizz ... -liveblog/
11:41AM Metzen says the game is "nearer than you think." He's introducing Jeff Kaplan, game director of Overwatch, former director of World of Warcraft. Last we heard, Kaplan was on Titan. Overwatch is definitely remnants of Titan.
11:42AM Overwatch is a team-based shooter. Earlier comparison to Gearbox's in-development Battleborn seems appropriate.
11:43AM "Would you guys like to see Overwatch?" Kaplan asks. Another trailer is playing. In-game environments. Egyptian-themed. Oddly similar to one of the new maps shown for Heroes of the Storm.
11:44AM First hero shown blinks around the map. Second hero places turrets. Third is using a jetpack. Didn't manage to catch their names. Interestingly, first three heroes were all women. Very different from Warcraft's lack of them last year.
11:45AM Hanzo, a hero with Japanese aesthetic using a bow and arrow. Reaper appears to be a bulletstorm. Giant gorilla-man. A dwarf, which looks to be like Team Fortress 2's engineer with Warcraft dwarves' Avatar ability. Things are happening faster than I can type!
11:47AM Bastion, a robot character ... with a pet bird of something? Mercy, an angel medic. They're showing off a TON of content for a brand new announcement. Widow(maker?), a sniper character. Zenyatta, a buddhist assassin? There's a LOT happening here.
11:47AM Reinhardt with a warhammer and kickin' set of heavy armor.
11:48AM Maps are all on Overwatch's version of Earth. Egypt, Japan, and so on. Very stylized versions of the locales, not actual real world maps.
11:50AM Titan rumors suggested a Destiny-like game set on Earth, using real world maps of real world locations. Overwatch is less Destiny, more Team Fortress 2. Locals are stylized rather than realistic, small maps rather than MMO-scale cities. Titan the MMO was almost certainly scrapped for Overwatch the team-based shooter.
