Greg Miller

Oh, okay, yeah. So, like, you know what the combat's like, right? It is, like, a lot of melee. It is, you got the shield. I do like some of the magic stuff they have. And, like, you're building on kind of those abilities. They have guns in this game, too, which I like a lot.

But, yeah, there's something... I think there is something about those combat scenarios that doesn't necessarily hit as strongly for me. And I think I just don't prefer, like... First-person melee. Yeah, first-person melee isn't really my jam. And I think the way they do it, there's kind of, like, a balance of... I got my...

But, yeah, there's something... I think there is something about those combat scenarios that doesn't necessarily hit as strongly for me. And I think I just don't prefer, like... First-person melee. Yeah, first-person melee isn't really my jam. And I think the way they do it, there's kind of, like, a balance of... I got my...

my magic meter I'm throwing this thing I'm busting out my sword I'm you know pairing with my shield that all sounds fantastic for some reason as I'm going through the motions for me I'm like alright cool I feel like I've been here done that before in a way that doesn't feel like I need to see this thing all the way through but I think a lot of people are going to really like this game I think it's good yeah

my magic meter I'm throwing this thing I'm busting out my sword I'm you know pairing with my shield that all sounds fantastic for some reason as I'm going through the motions for me I'm like alright cool I feel like I've been here done that before in a way that doesn't feel like I need to see this thing all the way through but I think a lot of people are going to really like this game I think it's good yeah

Let's move on to story number five. Overwatch 2 is adding a CSGO-style mode and bringing back loot boxes. This is Quentin Kenimer at The Verge. Overwatch 2 is getting quite the shakeup in 2025 as it faces growing competition from other online shooters.

Let's move on to story number five. Overwatch 2 is adding a CSGO-style mode and bringing back loot boxes. This is Quentin Kenimer at The Verge. Overwatch 2 is getting quite the shakeup in 2025 as it faces growing competition from other online shooters.

It starts with the Season 15 update that's coming on February 18th that will tease a new hero and introduce an in-game perk system for existing ones, plus the return of the 6v6 competitive queues Blizzard tested late last year.

It starts with the Season 15 update that's coming on February 18th that will tease a new hero and introduce an in-game perk system for existing ones, plus the return of the 6v6 competitive queues Blizzard tested late last year.

There's also the return of loot boxes, and then, in April, a Counter-Strike-like mode, two new characters, and a revamped rank queue that lets you ban heroes and vote on maps. A Counter-Strike-like mode in Overwatch?

There's also the return of loot boxes, and then, in April, a Counter-Strike-like mode, two new characters, and a revamped rank queue that lets you ban heroes and vote on maps. A Counter-Strike-like mode in Overwatch?

I feel like you're doing a bit, and I can't help it. No, no, no bit. Like, I'm being serious. Oh, you're being serious? Uh...

I feel like you're doing a bit, and I can't help it. No, no, no bit. Like, I'm being serious. Oh, you're being serious? Uh...

I don't know if I'd use the word desperation, but I think there is a hint of we got to do something.

I don't know if I'd use the word desperation, but I think there is a hint of we got to do something.

We got to do something. Like Overwatch 2 in its years of being out, I don't think has done enough to like... really, I think, pull in the audience in a major way. Overwatch, I think, has had the convenient thing of being able to rest on its laurels of, we're the only player in town of this kind of game.

We got to do something. Like Overwatch 2 in its years of being out, I don't think has done enough to like... really, I think, pull in the audience in a major way. Overwatch, I think, has had the convenient thing of being able to rest on its laurels of, we're the only player in town of this kind of game.

Marvel Rivals coming out, I think, really has done a lot for, fuck, we should actually, we gotta do something, right? We gotta lock in and make sure we're retaining audience. And I'm not saying that this is a direct response to Marvel Rivals, because I'm sure this update has been in the works for a minute, but I do think that maybe Marvel Rivals being announced

Marvel Rivals coming out, I think, really has done a lot for, fuck, we should actually, we gotta do something, right? We gotta lock in and make sure we're retaining audience. And I'm not saying that this is a direct response to Marvel Rivals, because I'm sure this update has been in the works for a minute, but I do think that maybe Marvel Rivals being announced

last year and those betas hitting and all this stuff right like i think that lights a fire under you in a way where it is all right what what is the genre moving towards like what are people looking for in a first-person shooter nowadays can we have our cake and eat it too by having a valorant style mode and then also you know being overwatch at the same time can we use the overwatch systems that are already there and create a valorant style thing that's going to be exciting in a