Black Games Archive

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Overwatch

Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Iron Galaxy
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Release Year: 2016/2019 (Switch)
Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S

Genre: FPS
Taxonomy: Playable Black characters; fandom / community / reception,

Set sixty years into the future of a fictionalized Earth, humans developed Omnics, robots with AI. To combat the threat and restore order, the United Nations formed the Overwatch, an international task force. Squad based hero shooter.

Source: Overwatch Presskit (https://www.igdb.com/games/overwatch/presskit)
Source: Overwatch Presskit (https://www.igdb.com/games/overwatch/presskit)
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