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Blizzard’s Team Fortress Competitor Has Run Into Some Issues

Officially announced at the last BlizzCon, Blizzard is making the jump into the shooter space with “Overwatch.” While the title enjoyed a fair reception by its fans, the same can’t be said by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Stevefantisy4152d ago

Lol oh blizzard you cheeky bastards how are you going to get out of this one?

Jacktrauma4152d ago

Eesh all that dough sunk into PR and whatnot. I wonder how they're gonna pull that off O.o

levian4152d ago

So what's the issue, just the name?

JoeIsMad4151d ago

Basically it's in the generic description of what the game is about. When your description is generic, you can fight off clones. When it's too generic, you can run into trouble like this.

levian4151d ago

That doesn't make much sense.

"Having recently suspended Blizzard’s application for a trademark on the Overwatch brand, the trademark office claims a “likelihood of confusion” with another trademark already in place."

That makes it seem like the name might get confused with something else. I don't see how anyone could trademark/copyright a game type. It would be like if Call of Duty copyrighted Team Deathmatch style gameplay.

Maybe I'm just not reading it right. Either way, looking forward to this game and I hope it doesn't have too many troubles.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Drops Must-Play Free FPS You Can Enjoy From Today

In 2023, developed by Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch 2 was released, which was basically a big, glorified update of the original game that launched in 2016. Now, it’s simply reverted to being called just Overwatch, which is probably for the best.

The second iteration of Overwatch was released on the original Nintendo Switch, and while it’s still an enjoyable game with cross-play/progression functions, it’s still lacking in terms of performance and visuals, compared to its PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S counterparts. Well, it was.

As of today, the second iteration of Overwatch is natively available on the Nintendo Switch 2, just in time for Season 2: Summit.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Overwatch will have increased resolution both in handheld and docked modes, enhanced textures and lighting, up to 60 frames-per second, improved audio and more.

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repsahj41d ago

Blizzard is readying a patch to address the issue that the game is still running in Switch 1 build and just 30 fps.

Neonridr41d ago

you'd think they'd test it before pushing it live, lol.

that being said, clearly it's not running as intended.

repsahj41d ago

They know it for sure. Maybe they didn't finish optimizing the game by the targeted release date. That's why they released the Switch 1 30fps version first. XD

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Nexon agrees to publish Overwatch in Korea

Nexon has entered a publishing agreement with Blizzard for Overwatch in Korea, with the companies working to deliver services 'tailored' for the region.

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Blizzard announces four showcases over the next two weeks for WoW, Overwatch, Hearthstone & Diablo

The four-part Blizzard Showcase will reveal “what comes next” for each series…

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