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'Marvel Rivals' Could Fulfill 'Overwatch's Long Lost Promise To Gamers

Marvel Rivals has come out of the gate strong, and it might be the hero shooter that can finally deliver on the promise set in place by Overwatch.

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Marvel Rivals still can't escape the Overwatch comparisons as it introduces a very familiar limited-time mode for its Spring Festival event: "Can't believe we're getting Lúcioball again"

Marvel Rivals' Spring Festival kicks off later this week

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Marvel Rivals has recaptured the silliness of Overwatch's first beta, and it's all thanks to the beefy boys

Opinion | Vanguards are messy and magnificent, and I hope that doesn't change

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'The team wants every kind of player to enjoy the game': Marvel Rivals director wants to foster a competitive scene, but not at the expense of fun

I've definitely heard that before.

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As Marvel Rivals booms, a former Overwatch pro is begging players to "let me move on" from the C9 meme

Some memes never die

GamesRadar

'I created it, let me move on': Ex-Cloud 9 player, the Overwatch team whose blunder inspired the infamous 'C9' slang, watches in horror as the term moves onto Marvel Rivals

Some things are just unforgettable.

PC Gamer

Twitch star Shroud argues Overwatch is "absolutely a much better game" than Marvel Rivals, and "people forget" how good it was at launch: "That game took over the world"

"Don't ever disrespect the GOAT"

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Hopes that Overwatch 2 will fully return to 6v6 matches are raised as the playtest is extended thanks to "continued player interest"

Not quite the Wild West of the early days, but close enough

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It took a whole team to put an end to this unstoppable Overwatch streamer's 210-kill streak in a Marvel Rivals tournament

Are you not entertained?

GamesRadar

Despite Marvel Rivals players using Overwatch's worst meta and DPS mains refusing to swap, the hero shooter's lead says the team is "not considering a role queue"

"We want people to have a Marvel experience where they’re free to select what they want"

GamesRadar

Marvel Rivals revives another classic Overwatch issue – insta-locking DPS players who won't switch – and with it the debate over whether role limits are a good idea

Some players suggest there should be a limit on the number of DPS heroes on each team

GamesRadar

Marvel Rivals is blissful chaos, which makes me worry that—like Overwatch—it'll have all the fun drained out of it once the balancing wars begin

The tryhard conundrum.

PC Gamer

Marvel Rivals review – discomfitingly slick hero shooter makes you worry about gaming’s future

It’s Overwatch with Marvel characters, and it’s well-made and fun to play – but Marvel Rivals is also so devoid of new ideas that it leaves a nasty aftertaste

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It's only taken 3 days for Overwatch's worst meta to manifest in Marvel Rivals: "Games change. GOATS is inevitable."

One of Blizzard's biggest Overwatch-shaped headaches is now NetEase's to solve

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Marvel Rivals players are complaining that nobody is playing healer, and the grizzled Overwatch vets knowingly nod in solidarity

Time is a flat circle, and healers are getting ignored in Marvel Rivals.

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Marvel Rivals review: "So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths"

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Former Blizzard president reckons Marvel Rivals has too much in common with Overwatch, comparing it to a viral Horizon Zero Dawn lookalike others called "shameless"

Mike Ybarra doesn't seem too excited about the new hero shooter

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Marvel Rivals release time - the countdown begins as the Overwatch rival nears launch

Here's when Marvel Rivals will release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X in your time zone

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Overwatch's two new theme songs won't make your playlist, but they're perfectly fitting for its post-OWL esports matches

Both tracks will debut at the Overwatch Championship Series finals later this month.

PC Gamer

Overwatch: Classic has me reckoning with the fact that OG Overwatch kind of sucks, but also that Blizzard could learn a few lessons from it

The rose-colored glasses have been torn right off.

GamesRadar

Overwatch 2 is getting the WoW Classic treatment with a limited-time mode featuring the hero shooter's original 2016 lineup of 21 heroes, 12 maps, and 4 game modes

Overwatch Classic will be available from November 12 to December 2

PC Gamer

Overwatch: Classic brings the 2016 game back as a limited-time event and promises to 'capture the charm' of its original heroes and maps

The real 6v6 mode returns.

GamesRadar

Days after shutting its AAA game studio filled with former God of War and Overwatch talent, Netflix announces a "new initiative" powered by AI

It was apparently "actually a planned transition"

Inverse

‘Overwatch 2’ Could Finally Be Rolling Back Its Most Controversial Decision

'Overwatch 2' shrank team sizes compared to the original game, and it's caused controversy since launch. Now, Blizzard could be preparing to bring the original format back.

GamesRadar

Netflix reportedly shutters its AAA game studio, dismantling a team of former God of War, Overwatch, Halo, and Gears of War devs

Talent included Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny and God of War Ragnarok art director Rafael Grassetti

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