Overwatch Beta delayed

There's a lot of hype in the gaming world for Overwatch, a totally new multiplayer game from Blizzard - their first new IP since the debut of Starcraft back in 1998. That's a very long time.

It's a colourful first person multiplayer shooter with a huge range of classes and a distinctive art style. The company had been planning a major closed beta for January 2016 but they've pushed it off into February. This doesn't sound like particularly bad news, as the developers just want to take a little more time to make sure everything is as perfect as it can be. When you're a company as big as Blizzard, you can't just release a half assed product.

Game Director Jeff Kaplan had this to say: