Ngo-2016, imboni yegeyimu yevidiyo yabona ukukhishwa okukhulu kakhulu emlandweni wakamuva: i-Overwatch. Isihloko se-Activision Blizzard sithembisa indawo yonke ebanzi kokubili ekudlalweni kwegeyimu nasendabeni ezungeze abalingisi abaziwayo abazoheha umphakathi nakanjani nangaphambi kokuthi iphume.
Isihloko simakwe ngaphambi nangemuva kwakho kokubili komdlalo wevidiyo ngokwawo kanye nemakethe, ngaleso sikhathi, eyayiqala ukugqama: esports. Kodwa, ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-6 emakethe -isikhathi esiphansi kakhulu salolu hlobo lwesihloko-, le-Overwatch yango-Okthoba 3 ivala iminyango yayo.
Namuhla kuzobe kuwusuku lokugcina ukuthi abadlali asebesele abambalwa abangaluthokozela. Isizathu? Ukufika kwengxenye yesibili leyo, emphakathini, emele isixazululo sekwephuzile futhi ehlukana nombono wasekuqaleni wokuwugcina iminyaka.
Indawo yonke "a la Pixar"
Enye yezindawo eziyinhloko ze-Overwatch, ngezinye izikhathi mayelana nemakethe, izohlinzeka ngokukhipha okungakaze kube khona lapho ukukhululwa "kwe-transmedia" kwenzeke khona. I-Blizzard yayingagcini nje ngokulinganiselwe emdlalweni, owaletha imibono ethile eyayikhanga kakhulu emphakathini njenge-DLC yamahhala, kodwa yayifuna ukudala indawo yonke ezungezile.
Ubufakazi balokhu bekuyimidlalo yokuqala 'yeShorts': izikhindi ezipopayi ezigqugquzelwe u-Pixar ezisakazwa yinkampani bukhoma sengathi uchungechunge lwezinganekwane zakudala. Lokhu bekungeke nje kwethule “amaqhawe” azodlala emdlalweni, kodwa kuzokhombisa ubuntu, ukwesaba nomlando wawo.
Eceleni kwezikhindi kanye negeyimu uqobo, i-Blizzard iphinde yashicilela amahlaya ahlukahlukene nezincwadi ukuze isize ukwakha imfundiso ezungeze isihloko. Ngisho nenkampani ngokwayo yavuma ukuthi yayinezinhlelo zokukhipha ifilimu, umbono owakhohliwe ngokuhamba kweminyaka.
Uhlobo "olusha".
'Umdubuli weqhawe' izihloko zabo zokudubula lapho kunezinhlobo ezahlukene zezinhlamvu futhi ezibuyela emuva kokwakudala njenge-Battlefield, lapho singakhetha khona phakathi kwamasosha ahlukene ngokuya ngendima yawo (ezokwelapha, izinsana, njll.).
Kodwa kwaze kwafika u-2014, ngesimemezelo se-Overwatch -kanye ne-Eclipsed Battleborn- lapho lolu hlobo oluncane lwathola incazelo enalo manje: imidlalo yokudubula eqhudelanayo lapho abalingisi benendaba yabo, amakhono namazinga.
UBlizzard uphinde watshala umdlalo lapho ukubambisana kunqobe imiphumela. Ibhekene nethrendi yezinye izihloko lapho umdlali onekhono elikhulu aklonyeliswa khona, i-Overtwatch iphakamise ifomethi lapho iqembu labelana khona ngezibalo nezimpumelelo ezitholwe phakathi negeyimu, liphromotha umsebenzi ohlanganyelwe.
Isiphetho sendaba
Lapho igeyimu ifika emakethe ngo-Okthoba 2016, yathatha imakethe ngesivunguvungu. Ngaphambilini, ngokusho kwedatha i-Blizzard ngokwayo eyabelana ngayo ngaleso sikhathi, abantu abayizigidi ezingu-9.7 baxhumeke ukudlala. Inombolo, ngengxenye yesibili yomdlalo, abakhethe ukungayabelani.
Umdlalo ububonakala ulungele ukuba “ngesinye” sezicoco eziphelezelwe abadlali iminyaka, njenge-World of Warcrat, League of Legends noma i-DOTA2, asebehlale phambili iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi.
Umbono owavela omncane kakhulu. Izinqumo eziningi ezimbi ezenziwa nguBlizzard ziholele ekutheni umdlalo wehle ngenani labadlali nababukeli.
Ngo-2020, unyaka walolu bhubhane, yonke imiqhudelwano ye-top-tier e-deportee yabona amanani abo ababukeli ekhula afaka ababukeli abengeziwe ngo-70%, njengoba abantu bephoqeleka ukuthi bachithe isikhathi esiningi ekhaya. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Overwatch League, ibone u-60% wababukeli bayo belahlekile.
Sigubha ukudlulela kwethu esahlukweni esilandelayo ngokuthi #SeeYouOnTheOtherSide! Sebenzisa i-hashtag ukuze wabelane ngezinkumbulo zakho eziyintandokazi ze-Overwatch 1 futhi ujatshuliswe ukuthi ikusasa likuphatheleni! 🎉
Izithombe ezinhle kakhulu zegeyimu, isinema oyikhonzile, indaba ehlekisayo - sifuna ukukubona konke 👀
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) Okthoba 2, 2022
Okuthile okunengqondo kusukela ngonyaka ngaphambi kokuthi u-Blizzard usevele wanikeza i-Overwatch ngokufa. Ngo-2019, eminyakeni emithathu nje ngemva kokwethulwa kwayo, inkampani yamemezela ingxenye yesibili. Nakuba empeleni baqinisekisa ukuthi zombili lezi zihloko zizoba khona, iqiniso liwukuthi namuhla, ngo-Okthoba 3, umdlalo wangempela uthi kuhle ukushiya umdlalo wawo kuphela.
Kusukela lapho, lo mdlalo usubona ukunyuka nokwehla kwawo, kanti nakuba ubona izinombolo ezingcono, wehluleka ukuheha abantu abaningi owawenza ekuqaleni kwempilo yawo. Ekuqaleni, phakathi nesigaba se-Overwatch 2 beta, ukubukwa kwe-Twitch kwehle kwaya ku-99% ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa kuqalile.
