Overwatch’s 2nd Closed Beta Release Date Announced

<p>Blizzard&&num;8217&semi;s second phase of the closed beta for <em>Overwatch<&sol;em> will be coming on February 9th for North America and Europe and will be available for anyone who had access to the last beta period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new beta&comma; according to a press release&comma; will have&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>An all-new <b>progression system<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Two <b>new maps<&sol;b>&comma; including a <b>new game mode<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Several hero <b>balance updates<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>And a variety of<b> Private Game<&sol;b> updates&comma; including full AI matches&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><em>Overwatch<&sol;em> is a 6v6 team based shooter which includes 21 characters at this point in time&period; In a previous press release&comma; the CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re building <i>Overwatch<&sol;i> to be the first-person shooter we’ve always wanted to play&comma; with a vibrant world&comma; awesome heroes&comma; and an emphasis on tightly focused cooperative gameplay&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Overwatch&colon; Origins Edition<&sol;em> will be available sometime this Spring for PC&comma; PlayStation 4&comma; and Xbox One&period; If you want to register for the beta&comma; you can do so <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;us&period;battle&period;net&sol;overwatch&sol;en&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">here&period; <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via Press Release<&sol;p>&NewLine;