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Announced as part of the Activision Blizzard Q3 results

Blizzard Entertainment began closed beta testing for Overwatch™ on October 27, 2015, with over 7 million players signed-up to participate, not including China.

http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=939963

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Holy.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Crap.

 

[Oni Link 666]

All you have to do is check a box in your Battle.net settings.

 

[RandomExpletive]

No wonder nobody got in






Game looks like LOADS of fun, hopefully all 7 million beta hopefuls get to experience it before it comes out

 

[truestatic]

Never tell me the odds!

Spoiler

I'm not getting in, am I?

 

[Crono27]

all you do is check a box. Not really hard. Enjoyable game so far from what i've played but meh. Not really seeing it last competitive wise.

 

[Rocketz]

Holy.

Crap.

Was this planned?

 

[Sn4ke_911]

and only about 1% got in so far.

 

[truestatic]

and only about 1% got in so far.

70000 invites sounds about an order of magnitude too high.

 

[gnexus]

"Many will enter, few will win!"

 

[Sn4ke_911]

70000 invites sounds about an order of magnitude too high.

Yeah Blizz said it but when you look at the streams it doesn't really look like so many people got in.

Saw plenty of streamers in lobby just waiting for people to join.

 

[Numb]

omg
omg indeed

 

[GrandiaX]

7M people that might be bored after playing TF2. Makes sense.

 

[texhnolyze]

Was this planned?

Seriously, I'm genuinely curious.

 

[Ibuki]

I'm glad the interest for the game is high, no chance of me getting an invite though.

 

[Tagyhag]

not including China.

Goddamn, this game is going to be huge.

Guess I'm waiting for the open beta then.

 

[SDBurton]

Wow.

 

[Usobuko]

RIP Battleborn.

 

[T.O.P]

Holy shit

 

[BreezyLimbo]

RIP Battleborn.

rip lawbreakers too. Or whatever that game is called.

And rip uh...what other shooter arenas bang bangs coming out..Evolve? Rip evolve

 

[Renekton]

RIP Battleborn.

Like HS and Scrolls. RIP

 

[AzureSkies]

I can't wait to get in, I'm hyped for it.

 

[HowZatOZ]

RIP Battleborn.

From the closed beta, it was dead on arrival anyway.

 

[Teknopathetic]

"And rip uh...what other shooter arenas bang bangs coming out..Evolve? Rip evolve"

Lawbreakers isn't an Arena Shooter. Neither is Overwatch. Nor is Battleborn.

 

[Orthogonal]

Overwatch will be the next Juggernaut franchise. Crazy numbers for a Beta.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Rip in peace Battlefront.

 

[bounchfx]

holy shit. that's nuts.

it's really fun.

 

[Marvel]

 

[Pearson]

Wow. Just Wow.

It doesn't actually look that appealing to me though.

 

[maouvin]

So, incoming multi-million flagging wave, right guys?

 

[Goldenhen]

Rip in peace Battlefront.

You mean Battleborn?

 

[scoobs]

and 42 got in. Classic blizzard beta (yes, I'm salty)

 

[Finaika]

RIP Titanfail.

 

[Alienups]

It's a fun looking game but it seems very cluttered visually. Bad HUD, particles everywhere, text popups, massive viewmodels on some weapons etc

 

[Forkball]

MLG box checking skillz 360 no scope

 

[Dec]

Isn't it a battle.net account-wide "yes I want to be eligible for beta tests"?

 

[Herbspiceguy]

Open the floodgates!

 

[maouvin]

Isn't it a battle.net account-wide "yes I want to be eligible for beta tests"?

You need to check a box to apply, there's one for each franchise.

 

[Permanently A]

Well now I understand why I didn't get in.

 

[Shy]

Yeeeep. Barring a miracle, i'm not getting in anytime soon. :_:

 

[AzureSkies]

Yeeeep. Barring a miracle, i'm not getting in anytime soon. :_:

I feel your pain.

 

[Shy]

I feel your pain.

 

[phoenix296]

I want in Blizzard. Pretty please?

 

[Stevey]

Hope I get in, looks really fun.

 

[Possumowner]

Wow..didnt expect such a high number for that...explains why im not in

 

[Dr. Buni]

Yeeeep. Barring a miracle, i'm not getting in anytime soon. :_:

;( I already gave up.

 

[Acidote]

We're all in pain.

 

[dnmt]

RIP Titanfail.

What's Titanfall? Not sure that I've seen it.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

"And rip uh...what other shooter arenas bang bangs coming out..Evolve? Rip evolve"

Lawbreakers isn't an Arena Shooter. Neither is Overwatch. Nor is Battleborn.

@_@

Well, team-based shooter.