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Blizzard: "Overwatch beta is coming soon"

We chat with game director Jeff Kaplan and senior game designer Michael Chu.
Tor Erik Dahl 24 September 2015

At this year's Gamescom the GRTV team caught up with game director Jeff Kaplan and senior game designer Michael Chu from Blizzard Entertainment, and the game in question was the promising shooter Overwatch.

We talked about some of the characters you'll get to play as, but we also touched on what the different maps would bring of new experiences:

"Some places you can knock your opponent entirely off the map," Kaplan says. "We also tempt the player with shortcuts that exist on these outsides of the map, allowing you to flank your opponent."

We also asked Blizzard about the plans going forward, and their first comment is getting the beta started this fall:

"The most important thing is beta, and it is coming soon this fall," Kaplan says.

Watch the interview in its entirety below.

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