Blizzard Overwatch

So as a long time player of Blizzard games from Warcraft-Orcs and Humans to World of Warcraft. StarCraft Brood Wars to StarCraft 2 , Diablo 1 to 3.

It seems Blizzard has been riding three great IPs for a long time now, and with a Warcraft movie on the way they don't seem to be in any hurry to slow down now.

Which is why Overwatch is the most exciting game from Blizzard for a long time now. Having watched various game play footage from Blizzard we can see that they are doing what Blizzard does best, taking an existing game in this case Team Fortress and adding to it to give it that special something that Blizzard seems to add.

For those who don't know  Overwatch is an upcoming MMO (Massively Multilayer Online) First Person Shooter which is under Development by Blizzard Entertainment. 

Overwatch will feature squad-based combat with two opposing teams of six players each player choose one of several hero characters, each with their own unique abilities and role classes. 

The four character roles include: 

offence-oriented characters with high speed and attack but low defence.

defence-oriented characters meant to form choke points for enemies.

support characters that provide buffs and de-buffs for their allies and enemies respectively, such as healing or speed alterations.

Tank characters that have a large amount of armour and hit points to withstand enemy attacks. 
Players can switch between characters in-game following deaths, which is encouraged by the game's overall design.

Plot
Overwatch is set in a near-future version of Earth, years after the resolution of the global-scale "Omnic Crisis". This crisis put all of humanity under threat of the "Omnic" robots, named as such by their very creators because of their artificial intelligence. To end it, an international task force called "Overwatch" was formed to protect humanity, ending the Crisis. In the years after, Overwatch remained as a peacekeeping force until, after accusations of corruption and sedition, the headquarters of Overwatch was suddenly struck, the attack officially taking the life of Overwatch leader Jack Morrison. After this event, the task force was eventually disbanded.

Overwatch currently has two game modes:

• Payload: The attacking team must escort a vehicle to a certain delivery point before time runs out, while the defending team must stop them. The vehicle moves along a fixed track when a player on the attacking team is close to it.
• Point Capture: the attacking team must attempt to capture points on the map, while the defending team must stop them.

  

It seems that Overwatch is looking to Team Fortress 2 as inspiration and hopefully we will see more from this epic looking game.