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Overwatch director talks challenges and goals of ranked play

Overwatch will have ranked play, but Blizzard isn't yet sure what form it will take.

The latest Overwatch developer update includes an interesting bit of insight into how Blizzard is tackling ranked play.

Game Director Jeff Kaplan doesn't have a solid vision to share yet, but you'll see why that is as he goes into the challenges involved in building a competitive league, and discusses what Blizzard wants to achieve with Overwatch in that regard.

The update also going into matchmaking, recent local server tests and the recent closed beta - including an apology to the community for how the closed beta was presented, leaving many would-be testers frustrated at not receiving an invite.

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Overwatch is expected later this year on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.
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