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Nexon used its capital markets briefing to outline a busy pipeline for Dungeon & Fighter, note progress on several other games, and unveil Mono Lake, an AI system meant to feed player data back to developers.
Overwatch is back with another comic series, Overwatch: Undivided, on Webtoon, while Blizzard also says a new hero trailer will arrive on April 8 at noon EDT.
Jeff Kaplan has put more than 5,000 hours into Rust and calls it the best PvP has to offer, but the former Overwatch lead says his next game, The Legend of California, is taking its cues from calmer survival titles and from World of Warcraft rather than Rust's usual chaos.
Season 1's Conquest event ended with Overwatch winning, but only 32% of players stayed loyal to Winston. About 30% stuck with Talon and 38% flipped sides during the event.
A Blizzard China survey lists numerous anime and game franchises that players would welcome as Overwatch crossovers. Inclusion on the survey does not guarantee a deal, but it shows what Blizzard might consider.
Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan, now leading The Legend of California, joked that true free-to-play success needs an absurd scale and a content factory. His small team plans a different route: unlocks by playing and a simpler approach.
Blizzard moved Overwatch to 5v5 and paid for it. Game director Aaron Keller told GDC the delayed response to players asking for 6v6 back damaged trust, and the team is now trying to listen and act faster.
Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says Reinhardt was his main. The tank's shield, built for six-player teams, let allies shoot through it — a design choice copied by many games since.
Overwatch is handing out loot boxes, sprays, Battle Pass skips, and Competitive Points across three Twitch Drop events from Mar 10 to Apr 13. Couch potato rewards, unlocked.
Jeff Kaplan says one meeting at Blizzard pushed him out the door after the Overwatch League hype and revenue pressure reached absurd levels.