

The game enjoyed both critical and commercial success, and garnered a devoted following. Instead, Blizzard employed a transmedia storytelling strategy to disseminate lore regarding the game's characters, releasing comics and other literary media, as well as animated media that includes short films. Released in 2016, the first video game in the series lacked a traditional story mode.

With the launch of Overwatch 2, the roster of selectable heroes has grown to 35. Both games feature hero-based combat between two teams of players vying over various objectives, along with other traditional gameplay modes. Overwatch is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment: Overwatch released in 2016, and Overwatch 2 released in 2022.

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