Tag Archive

Overwatch won’t return until February


Posted on January 22, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

If you caught the Overwatch bug and have been hoping to get your overwatch fix on in the new year, you’ll have to wait a little longer. The world heaved a collective sigh when Overwatch  took a break in December, but Blizzard promised us it wouldn’t be forever. Now, game director Jeff Kaplan has put that any speculation to rest, writing in a new blog post that it won’t return until next month.

Widowmaker_Overwatch_005

BUT! Do not despair there is a good reason. In the blog post Kaplan says “While progress has been great and the team has been working super hard to get everything implemented on time, we’re not quite ready to bring the Closed Beta back online just yet, We’ve been pretty open about the fact that we could slip into February from the beginning, but a big reason for this delay is that we really wanted to add one more big feature to the next beta patch.”

Rejoice! A new game mode! (at least that’s what we think that big new feature is) Having another game mode along side payload and capture will bring some much needed change to the line up on the game, and while its not as good as a new hero, its still pretty good.

When asked about the delay Kaplan said “By [delaying the beta], we can make sure we can include the new game mode along with the new maps. This will also allow us to do some additional polish to the game’s progression and reward system. Though all these features will still technically be a work-in-progress during the beta, we’d like them to be at a certain quality bar before releasing them for testing.”

Players will be able to return in Feburary for the second part of the beta and the game proper will go on sale in June of 2016.


0

Rainbow Six: Siege Open Beta Commences Next Weekend


Posted on November 18, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rainbow Six Siege

Ubisoft has announced than an open beta for their upcoming tactical multiplayer shooter Rainbow Six: Siege will be taking place from November 25th until the 29th. If you weren’t part of the previously extended closed beta that took place last month here is your chance to try a slice of Rainbow Six’s unique take on competitive team based multiplayer before the full game blasts its way into retail.

In terms of content the open beta will offer up 14 of the final game’s 20 operators and 3 different maps. Returning from the closed beta are the maps House and Hereford with this being the public’s first chace to try out the Kanal map. It’s not just competitive team based multiplayer that’s available in the beta either: Player Vs Environment Terrorist Hunt will also be included!

Players on all platforms (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC) will be able to pre-load the beta on November 23rd ahead of the servers going live. If you were part of the closed beta you’ll get 24 hours of additional access starting on November 24th!

We wrote a rather exhaustive piece about our experience with the closed beta last month if you need a brief on how the game plays.

More information on the beta including minimum specs (for PC Players) are available on Ubisoft’s website.

R6_beta

[Source]


0

Get the latest articles and news from BrokenJoysticks and a selection of excellent articles from other sources.

Simply fill out the form below and you’ll be on your way to getting our upcoming newsletter.