At the same time.

Li Tianke, who had just entered the country, was watching the Overwatch video on his mobile phone.

Below the video, there's also the evolution of Overwatch.

In May 2013, under the responsibility of my brother-in-law, Blizzard's large-scale online game project "Titan", which had been planned for many years, declared bankruptcy due to flaws in the game design. For his brother-in-law and his team known as "Team 4", they will face the end of being disbanded because of this failure. ”

"At this time, there is only one way out in front of my brother-in-law, to come up with a game idea that is good enough to be recognized by the top management within 6 weeks."

"Cornered, Team 4 racked its brains, referencing Blizzard's own titles, such as StarCraft and World of Warcraft......"

"BlizzCon 2014 featured Overwatch in full demo video, including three maps, the Temple of Anubis, Flower Village, and King's Road; 12 Heroes: Sky Hunter, Grim Reaper, Black Lily, Pharaoh's Eagle, Reinhardt, Angel, Tobiang, Hanzo, Winston, Zenyata, Bastion, Light of Order. Each map is very well made, almost indistinguishable from the current version, and the skills of each hero are displayed in a very cool way, which left a very strong impression on all audiences. ”

"The most important thing is that all the demos are real-life demos, not just CG trailers or a few vague image designs."

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"After BlizzCon, the entire team of Team 4 was back in full swing. This time, they had to do more than just design heroes and maps, in order to build a perfect game, Team 4 needed to put more effort into the game's world view and game balance settings. ”

"After nearly a year of struggle, on October 28, 2015, Blizzard announced the first inward launch of Overwatch."

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"Because the game is not very perfect, the first closed beta of Overwatch only allows players from Europe and the United States to participate, which also leads to the fact that most domestic players cannot get in touch with Overwatch in the first place."

"However, this does not prevent some domestic game streamers and insiders from obtaining the internal test accounts through various channels, and these accounts were quickly hyped up to sky-high prices by fanatical players, when the market price of an internal test account quickly exceeded 5,000 yuan, and it also faced a great danger of being banned."

"In November 2015, BlizzCon was held again. Overwatch announced this time is a huge improvement over the previous year, with more polished graphics and more fleshed out content. ”

"On top of the addition of more new maps and new heroes, the story of the whole game and the relationships between the heroes have also been created."

"The reaction of the countries of the world in the face of the crisis of intelligence machines, the robbery plans of road rage and rats, and the reasons for the disbandment of Overwatch......"

On November 14, 2015, the first Overwatch event in the history of the United States and the first event in the entire history of Overwatch, the "sombrero.gg Overwatch Cup #1" was held online. ”

"The winner of this competition was won by the Not enigma team of seagull."

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On November 28, 2015, the first event in the history of the European server, "GosuGamers Overwatch Weekly EU #1", was held online, and although the total prize fund was only $120, the event attracted 16 teams, including many of Europe's oldest esports clubs such as fnatic. ”

"The first championship in the history of the European server was won by the French team melty eSport Club."

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In February 2015, the first round of closed beta testing ended, and the competitions were suspended. However, after nearly a month of closed beta, almost all players who participated in the closed beta were attracted by Overwatch's gameplay and competitiveness, and "Overwatch" became the hottest word on game forums in Europe and the United States. Renming is obsessed with discussing hero skills, lineups, story backgrounds, character settings...... Anything that can be discussed will be taken out by enthusiastic players and carefully analyzed. Although it is not possible to log in to the game for the time being, the enthusiasm of players is even higher, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the closed beta restart. ”

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"On February 9, 2016, the internal test of the European and American servers was opened again. A week later, the closed beta test of the Asian server was also announced, which made players in Asia excited. However, there is still no national uniform in the beta area. ”

On April 4, 2016, the first event in the history of the Asian server, "HOT Season 1", was held, and all the participating teams were from South Korea. ”

In the end, Team luxuryWatch won the race.

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"On April 25, 2016, Overwatch's second closed beta test ended."

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"After the second closed beta, Blizzard announced an exciting news: Overwatch will start the open beta on May 3, which will include the China region, and the beta will last until May 9. After a long wait, Overwatch finally came to the land of China. Although the price is expensive, some players decisively choose to pre-order in order to be able to play Overwatch in the first place. ”

"After the public beta began on May 3, there was a wave of national play watch in China. Due to the simplicity of the game and the beautiful graphics, many players were addicted to the world of Overwatch and couldn't extricate themselves, and some players even claimed that they had a withdrawal reaction similar to that of drug addiction after the open beta, which eventually evolved into the "let me take another sip" meme that swept the entire Internet at the time. ”

"Just as everyone was expecting the arrival of Overwatch, something unfortunate happened. On May 23, 2016, just the day before the official launch of Overwatch, Wu Hongyu, a college student in Province G, died while chasing thieves at the age of 20, and he had been looking forward to the arrival of Overwatch before his death, and the last circle of friends he wrote before his death said: "Is there anyone waiting for the launch of "Overwatch" tomorrow? He died on May 23. In order to commemorate his heroic deeds, Blizzard specially pasted the name tag of "Hongyu" on the spacesuit in the game map "Lijiang Tower", and wrote a line of words "Hero Immortal" on the red background behind it, which also became one of the most touching moments left by Overwatch back then. Although the hero is gone, his spirit will forever stay in the world of Overwatch and will always be remembered by us. ”

"May 24, 2016, is an important day that will be etched in the history of Overwatch. On this day, the official versions of Overwatch: Digital Play Edition and Legendary Collector's Edition were officially launched, and players from all over the world were able to participate in the game. ”

"According to statistics, Overwatch attracted more than 7 million players in its first week of release, which is quite a staggering statistic. As the slogan says: The world needs more heroes. In response, the players gave their best response. ”

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