Former Blizzard President Calls Marvel Rivals An Overwatch Clone

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Former Blizzard President Calls Marvel Rivals An Overwatch Clone

As a seasoned gamer with over three decades of gaming under my belt, I must admit that I find the comments by former Blizzard President Mike Ybarra intriguing, albeit a bit confusing. While it’s true that Marvel Rivals does share some similarities with Overwatch, such as being a team-based multiplayer game featuring characters from a popular franchise, I wouldn’t go so far as to call it an “Overwatch clone.

As a passionate fan, I can’t help but notice the striking similarities between Marvel Rivals and Overwatch, as hinted at by the former Blizzard President, Mike Ybarra, in his recent social media post on December 4th.

In his post, Ybarra called the game “Overwatch Marvel Rivals” while making comparisons to a recently announced game that looks similar to Horizon Zero Dawn.

It appears that Overwatch Marvel Rivals will be delivered tomorrow, as stated by Ybarra. This is reminiscent of Light of Motiram, which seems to have originated from China. The similarity is striking, even in the character names – Widowmaker in Overwatch versus Black Widow in Marvel Rivals, it’s almost like a joke! NetEase and Tencent, it seems, are following similar paths.

One notable aspect of his remark was likening Overwatch’s character Widowmaker to Marvel’s Black Widow. Whether this comparison was intended as constructive criticism or not is uncertain from the text alone. However, users on Twitter didn’t hesitate to utilize the community note function on the post.

Black Widow, a character introduced back in 1964, is 52 years older than Widowmaker. Whether this age difference comparison was meant humorously or not isn’t clear. However, he has posted about the game before without commenting on the comparison.

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2024-12-05 19:17