Overwatch Release Date UPDATE: Open Beta Set For May 2015 And Full Release On October Rumored; Is Blizzard's New FPS To Be Free-To-Play?

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Blizzard's Overwatch has a release date and it's on October 2015 with a beta launch May 2015 if the reports and rumors are to be believed.

MMOnster has reported that Blizzard is rumored unveil the beta of Overwatch this May 2015 and that its full release date has been allegedly set to October 2015.

With the beta being rumored to be this May 2015, fans are now wondering if Overwatch is going to be Free-to-play just like Team Fortress 2 or if would be a paid game just like CS:GO. Unfortunately, Blizzard still doesn't have an answer for this and they've even hinted that they might go into "paid game" route.

Jeff Kaplan had an interview with Kotaku and he unveiled new details about the game's financial model, single player campaign modes and more.

"I don't think we would ever do a single-player campaign, because the way these characters work, they're cool when you combine them together. Some don't play well alone, either. Unless we built a campaign around supporting somebody else, a support character like Mercy probably wouldn't do well,"

VG 24/7 reported that "Blizzard is not sure if the game will be free-to-play or not though, but they insist whatever model it ends up using, it has to be a 'a fair deal' without people feeling 'ripped off'."

What do you think? Should Overwatch be free-to-play or not? Are you excited for the Overwatch release date? Sound off in the comments below!

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