Overwatch Rush Announced — A New Top-Down Mobile Game Developed by Blizzard

Overwatch Rush is simply a marque caller mobile rubric from Blizzard that it describes arsenic an “entirely caller crippled - not a port.”

The archetypal Overwatch has seen somewhat of a resurgence successful caller weeks, acknowledgment to an overhaul of the astir 10-year-old leader shooter that saw it suffer the “2” from its title, adhd 5 caller heroes, and revamp its menus and attack to storytelling. And it seems Blizzard isn’t keen connected letting that momentum gaffe anytime soon, with the announcement of the full caller game.

Overwatch Rush is simply a “top-down leader shooter designed specifically for mobile acceptable successful the Overwatch universe” that is crucially not conscionable a larboard of the PC and console game, but its ain task being crafted by the Diablo and Warcraft studio.

“Overwatch Rush is being developed by a dedicated squad astatine Blizzard, abstracted from Team 4, each of whom person heavy mobile experience,” a property merchandise states. “Team 4 remains afloat focused connected Overwatch, which volition proceed to bring breathtaking and caller fresh experiences for PC and console players successful its precocious launched Season 1 and beyond!”

A abbreviated previewvideo showcasing aboriginal improvement gameplay has besides been shared, which shows that classical Overwatch enactment from a caller perspective, arsenic the camera hovers supra fan-favorite heroes similar Mercy, Reinhardt, and Tracer arsenic they vie connected the South Korean Busan map.

A power strategy tin besides beryllium seen connected screen, suggesting that your near digit volition beryllium utilized to power the question of these characters, portion their superior occurrence and accomplishment buttons beryllium to the close of the frame. From this aboriginal glimpse, it surely looks similar Overwatch’s frantic 5v5 action, albeit astatine a somewhat much casual pace.

Updates connected the task are promised soon, with Blizzard going connected to corroborate that “as we hole for investigating Overwatch Rush successful prime countries and regions, cheque retired our authoritative Discord server for updates connected the game.

“While determination remains a batch of enactment to do, we’re anxious to spot however players bask what we’ve built truthful far, and to perceive from them connected what we should absorption connected successful the coming phases of development. Our ngo is to proceed to grow the Overwatch beingness by bringing caller fresh adventures to players crossed each platforms. We'll proceed to support you updated connected however things are progressing.”

I, personally, haven’t stopped playing Overwatch ever since my beloved Domina entered the crippled a mates of weeks ago, truthful if I’m fixed the accidental to transportation connected playing erstwhile I’m retired of the house, it truly could origin occupation for me. What bash you deliberation of Overwatch Rush? Let america cognize successful the comments!

Simon Cardy is simply a Senior Editor astatine IGN who tin chiefly beryllium recovered skulking astir unfastened satellite games, indulging successful Korean cinema, oregon despairing astatine the authorities of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him connected Bluesky astatine @cardy.bsky.social.