Blizzard Entertainment rende noto tramite comunicato stampa che, ad una settimana dal lancio, Overwatch (del quale trovate la nostra recensione qui) ha raggiunto una quota di utenti pari a 7 milioni, per un totale complessivo di 119 milioni di ore di gioco.

 

Qui di seguito riportiamo il comunicato integrale rilasciato da Blizzard Entertainment.

 

OVERWATCH® IS A GLOBAL HIT WITH 7 MILLION PLAYERS—AND COUNTING

 

Players around the world have fought for the future for more than 119 million hours on

PC, PS4™, and Xbox One in Blizzard Entertainment’s team-shooter phenomenon

 

IRVINE, Calif.—June 2 , 2016—The world needs heroes, and citizens from London to Xi’an to Rio de Janeiro are rising to the occasion to join the ranks of Overwatch®! Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimed team shooter launched worldwide on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and Windows PC on May 24, and since then more than 7 million players have fought for the future in Overwatch, logging more than 119 million hours combined in one of the most successful global game launches of all time—and the battle is just getting started.*“Over the months and weeks leading up to release we saw a lot of love and support forOverwatch—from Blizzard gamers, FPS fans, and people who’d never picked up a game like this before—and we’re very grateful for everyone’s incredible passion and enthusiasm,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We poured a lot of effort into creating a game—and a new universe—that anyone could enjoy. We’re ecstatic to have had such a successful launch, and we’re looking forward to all of the fun, competition, and new content still to come.”

 

Since launch, players have swapped heroes 326 million times and teamed up to deliver 11 million payloads to their destinations on the battlefields of tomorrow. In addition to being a smash with players around the world, Overwatch is a critical hit, and is one of the best-reviewed games of the year. GameSpot has called Overwatch “something spectacular,” while Forbeswrote that “Overwatch, quite simply, is a miracle” and that it’s “a game for everyone.” According to Game Informer, “Overwatch is an amazing experience,” concluding in its 10-out-of-10 review that “things will never be the same.”

 

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