Just a few more days and Overwatch is here!

What is Overwatch?

Overwatch features squad-based combat with two opposing teams of six players each. Players choose one of several hero characters, each with their own unique abilities and role classes. The four character roles include: offense characters with high speed and attack but low defense, defense characters meant to form choke points for enemies, support characters that provide buffs and debuffs for their allies and enemies respectively (such as healing or speed alterations), and tank characters that have a large amount of armor and hit points to withstand enemy attacks and draw fire away from teammates. Players can switch between characters in-game following deaths, which is encouraged by the game's overall design.The game's maps are inspired by real-world locations;the first three maps unveiled ("King's Row", "Hanamura", "Temple of Anubis") are inspired by London, Japan, and the ruins of Ancient Greece, respectively.

Game modes

Overwatch currently has four main game modes, including a hybrid of assault and escort:

• Assault: The attacking team is tasked with capturing two target points on the map, while the defending team must stop them.
• Escort: The attacking team is tasked with escorting a payload to a certain delivery point before time runs out, while the defending team must stop them. The payload vehicle moves along a fixed track when any player on the attacking team is close to it.
• Assault/Escort: The attacking team has to capture the payload and escort it to its destination, while the defending team tries to hold them back.
• Control: Each team tries to capture and maintain a common control point until their capture percentage reaches 100%. This game mode is played in a best-of-three format.

Characters

Characters in Overwatch come in four varieties: Offense, Defense, Tank, and Support. These roles serve to categorize the heroes of Overwatch by similar characteristics that can be used to describe them and their playstyle. 

• Offense: Offense characters have high mobility and are known for their ability to deal large amounts of damage. To balance this, offense characters have a low number of hit points.
• Defense: Defense characters excel at protecting specific locations and creating choke points. They can also provide several means of field support, such as sentry set-up and trapping the enemy team.
• Tank: Tank characters have the most hit points out of all the characters in the game. Because of this, they are able to draw enemy fire away from their teammates to themselves, so as to disrupt the enemy team.
• Support: Support characters are utility characters that have abilities that enhance their own team and/or weaken the enemy team. They might not deal the most damage or have the most hit points, but the buffs and debuffs they provide ensure that their teammates who do will make short work of their opponents

I plan on playing this a lot. The beta has been a lot of fun. So was the alpha.

loved playing the BETA so will be joining in at some point after full release

Cleaning the room. Oiling the chair. Reinforcing the desk so it doesn't wobble.

Preparing for Launch is quite fun.

Everyone is welcome to join our channels and play with us. We should have quite a few lobbies up at all times. 

I'm sure you will see me in your channels. I enjoyed alpha through open beta. I look forward to playing with the TAW group. My battle.net tag is ppresutti#1184. Hope to get some games in with you guys!

oh please how much wobble can you make with widow?

Breaking News Overwatch will be playable on all platforms in all regions on may the 23rd at 4pm PDT 

16:00:00 Monday May 23, 2016 in US/Pacific converts to
23:00:00 Monday May 23, 2016 in GMT

It's out tonight at 4pm PT.

I played the Beta, its sad i need money to get the game and sit down, look at my tv and use my console to play this awesome game D:

Can anyone PM me the current TS password?  Looking for some TAW folks to play with (originally joined TAW through SWTOR and then moved on to FFXIV, which sadly doesn't have a division from what I've seen.)