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Prepare For The Battle.net Voice Chat

Overwatch players assemble: prepare for the Battle.net Voice Chat coming your way. Blizzard are trying to sort out their priorities with online competitive games, especially since they seem to want to make a solid stand in eSports. This is why, way ahead of the game’s release, the company is implementing a chat system for its infamous shooter. Bear in mind that it is beta, however, so flaws will soon follow.

The announcement was given via a post in the Overwatch blog, stating that Blizzard wants to make the Voice Chat as an integrated part of the Overwatch beta. Players were also advised not to get too excited about the feature because it is “still in its early development and testing stages”. Blizzard is a heavy name with good gaming notoriety, so players tend to get super excited but lose faith quickly once they hit the first bump.

There are a few twists and turns that are not exactly accurate about the Voice Chat, but the good news is that they are hinting at a greater experience. You will notice that Battle.net Voice Chat is used several times, not Overwatch Voice Chat, so does this mean that we might be getting a new system for all the other Blizzard games as well?

If we are, this is exceptional news. World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2 are both notoriously known for the poor quality of their voice system. People do not even use is anymore because it simply does not help. But if Blizzard decide that it is time to add a new voice system that actually works, they are going to make a huge step forward.

It could also help Heroes of the Storm, which also focuses on cooperation and a proper voice system could save the day. Imagine that a team formed of 3 or 4 people who are playing along can lead to some pesky solo actions that throw games. But with the aid of a proper Voice Chat, many of these mistakes could be avoided and better decisions could be mate.

Either way, this inaccuracy might lead to a great demand from players across all Blizzard games. Looks like we do need to prepare for the Battle.net Voice Chat because it is going to make our gaming experience a lot safer faster and more pleasant than we have ever experienced it before.

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Blizzard Entertainment is the studio that brought us the hugely popular strategy game World of Warcraft. After announcing that they will be releasing a documentary film about the game, Blizzard has made it into the tech news again, this time with the announcement of their first game in more than 17 years, called Overwatch.

The upcoming Blizzard game called Overwatch is a first-person shooter game, which makes it Blizzard’s first squad-based multiplayer game. Overwatch takes place in a very stylized sci-fi planet Earth, with all kinds of futuristic maps set in hologram lit cities like London, and landmarks like Egyptian bazaars. There are similar elements from previous Blizzard games like the MMO Titan (which was never released on the market) but Overwatch is a totally different game, in esthetics and story.

The Overwatch players can choose from a selection of characters that cover different genders, nationalities and abilities. For example, one of the characters that can be chosen as a player is an English pilot who can teleport himself in different places, a very big German soldier, a Japanese mercenary or an Indian architect woman. In an official statement, Blizzard said that with the new Overwatch game they wanted their players to be “equally represented” by the games diversity.

Overwatch has 12 different characters so far and the team players can combine the powers and gain an advantage. Players will have to compete in teams made of 6 players, something Blizzard described as “pick-up-and-play first-person shooter”, that will give the players an “emphasis on accessibility and pure fun.” Some compared the new Overwatch game to Team Fortress 2 by Valve, mixed with the talent for creating amazing fantasy visuals of Blizzard.

The CEO and cofounder of Blizzard said in a statement that:

“Overwatch is our take on a vibrant, near-future universe with amped-up characters and action-packed team-based gameplay. With every new Blizzard game, we look at our favorite aspects of a genre and put our own spin on things. Our goal with Overwatch is to create an awesome FPS experience that’s more accessible to a much wider audience while delivering the action and depth that shooter fans love.”