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Play Overwatch for Free this Weekend on PS4 and Xbox One

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Do you play Overwatch, or are you still not sure about picking it up? Well if this weekend Blizzard is allowing PS4 and Xbox One player’s download the game on their console for a free-play weekend. Players will have full access to the game, but only for a limited time.

The trial has already started (September 9 11am PDT), and will run till September 12, 4pm PDT. This would be the best time to try the game out and see if it a game you would like to pick up.

Will you be playing this weekend, or do you already own Overwatch? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Overwatch: A New Hero Approaches

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Blizzard is releasing a new hero, Ana, and she looks amazing. She is a support character who shoots her allies to heal them, and can shoot her enemies to poison them making them unable to heal for a short period of time. Her side arm can put enemies to sleep and her Ultimate can make any hero into a super solider and looks to be almost unstoppable. She also has a grenade that acts similar to her normal weapon but with a small area of effect.

Check out the Ana trailer below!

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Overwatch gets Competetive (Play)

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Battle on!

Competitive Overwatch players now have a new mode: Competitive Play.  It is available now on PC and is coming soon to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Competitive Play is designed to put your skills to the test and offers a more serious experience compared to Quick Play or Weekly Brawl. But there’s a catch: you do no unlock Competitive Play until you reach level 25.

To unlock  Competitive Play players must complete 10 placement matches in order to obtain an initial skill rating (ranked between 1-100).   The higher the value, the greater the skill.  You can see your skill rating at the beginning of every match and as you compete your rating will increase or decrease with each win or loss.  Ratings will include your own performance and the skill of the other players in the match.

Competitive Play will have four seasons that last two and a half months.  At the end of that time period stats and skill ratings will reset. A two-week off-season will follow and then a new season will start again.  Keep an eye out, because Summer 2016 will be coming soon!

Competitive Play not only allows you to show off your skills, players also earn rewards that will only be available through Competitive Play.  At the end of the season, anyone who has completed the 10 placement matches will receive a special spray, and player icon designed specially for that season.  Winning matches will also earn you Competitive Points that can be exchanged for Golden Weapons for your heroes.

Read more: https://playoverwatch.com/en-gb/blog/20167051