CNN) -- Gamers rejoiced over news that Blizzard Entertainment, the company behind popular role-playing game "World of Warcraft," plans to release its first new franchise in 17 years.
"Overwatch"
is a team-based shooter game for computers set in a cartoonish version
of the not-so-distant future in which a reformed band of heroes battles
evil across the planet.
Blizzard, which has built
a global fanbase through its Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo franchises,
debuted "Overwatch" Friday in a cinematic-style trailer at BlizzCon
2014, the company's fan convention, this weekend at California's Anaheim
Convention Center.
The trailer was followed
by a gameplay demonstration showing characters such as an armed gorilla
and a pistol-wielding Reaper showing off their abilities.
A beta version of "Overwatch" will be available to the public in 2015, game director Jeff Kaplan told the crowd.
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