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The Payload Podcast: Episode 1 OverHYPE

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You know what they say: The world could always use more heroes! On The Payload, your hosts Jimmy, John, and Kevin will look at all things Overwatch: News, eSports, gameplay, and more. Join the boys every Thursday for the live stream, or download our audio episodes Fridays!

On this, the inaugural episode of The Payload we get introduced to our three hosts and their background in gaming and more specifically competitive gaming, we discuss the impending open beta on October 27th, new Blizzard Gear store items, and the revealing of Battle.net Voice Chat for Overwatch. We also took a look ahead to BlizzCon as it’s only two weeks away! Our hosts take a stab at what they think will (and won’t) be announced at BlizzCon, with a lot of debate over the pay model and potential release date information!

Continuing on to our gameplay segment our hosts broke down what will differentiate Overwatch from the pack and what kind of advantages Blizzard has with the direction they’re going in their design. We also touched on how successful Blizzard can be with Overwatch as an eSports and offered some differing opinions on where that may take the game and how well it will do.

We then hear our hosts discuss what hero, and role, they’re looking forward to playing and their favorite minor details from the game. In our Community News section we discuss the Trolden highlight video from the recent livestream.

Also please take some time to support Jake who made our awesome music over at: jakebutineau.ca

We stream ourselves recording the show live every week over at www.twitch.tv/blizzpro Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Pacific. If you have questions for the show, e-mail us at thepayload@blizzpro.com, or come find us on Twitter: @PayloadPodcast, @djtyrant, @kickedtripod, and @lackofrealism. We also greatly appreciate your support via iTunes reviews!

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JR Cook

JR has been writing for fan sites since 2000 and has been involved with Blizzard Exclusive fansites since 2003. JR was also a co-host for 6 years on the Hearthstone podcast Well Met! He helped co-found BlizzPro in 2013.


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