"Overwatch" is an action shooting game

"Overwatch" is an action shooting game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. In Japan, it was released on PlayStation 4 on May 24, 2016 from Square Enix's "Extreme Edge" label. Overwatch is a transitive verb meaning "watch and monitor".

An action shooter game where you will be a hero with various special abilities, set in the future earth, and play against each other team by team of six. The number of players worldwide as of June 2016 is announced as 10 million people.

Digital comics and short animation are also released, and novelization is also scheduled .

The package illustration shows a tracer holding a pulse pistol.

Humanity has entered into an invisible war due to the revolt of the robot called the future earth, "omnic." In order to conclude this fight called "Omnic Crisis", each country's elite gathered and "overwatch" was formed. Although the war has ended, since people have advocated an overwatch-free theory, in 2042 the Petrus law was established, overwatch is considered illegal and the organization is dismantled. Members were treated as criminals and some became mercenaries. However, the conflict broke out again. People needed overwatch again.