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Here's when the Overwatch Free Weekend begins

The Overwatch Free Weekend kicks off today, so find out when exactly you can start playing!

November 18, 2016 7:06 AM

Blizzard recently announced it would be holding a free weekend for Overwatch that will be available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One players. If you haven’t been keeping tabs on your dates, the Overwatch free weekend will be taking place later today.

The event will allow would-be Heroes a chance to check out Overwatch for free with practically no restrictions. Blizzard is making Overwatch’s full roster of 22 Heroes and 13 maps available to play on Quick Play, Custom Games, and Weekly Brawl game modes. Those who play during Overwatch’s free weekend will be able to level up as well as earn Loot Boxes, both of which are completely transferrable to the full version.

The Overwatch free weekend will begin today at 11am PT / 2pm ET and will be ending on November 21st at 4pm PT / 7pm ET. If you live outside of these regions, Blizzard has published a handy map that shows what time the free period will go live:

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  November 18, 2016 7:18 AM
  
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- Nullzero
  
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  November 18, 2016 7:19 AM
  
  Too little too late?
  
  Paladins seems to be eating Overwatch's lunch.
  
  43,000 players online now.
  
  http://steamcharts.com/app/444090
  - skankcore
    
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    November 18, 2016 7:20 AM
    
    I'd imagine Overwatch's numbers are twice that, easily.
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      November 18, 2016 10:18 AM
      
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  - RikiTiki2
    
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    November 18, 2016 7:21 AM
    
    Shut it all down blizzard, game over man
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    November 18, 2016 7:52 AM
    
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    - threeup
      
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      November 18, 2016 12:55 PM
      
      I'm sure the artists feel ashamed, and some director above them doesn't care. Games rip off other media all the time Warcraft / Warhammer, but ripping off a modern direct competitor is too obvious.
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    November 18, 2016 8:12 AM
    
    Its kinda insane, they went from burying tribes after they killed it with their shitty p2w/pricing policy to what looks like a overwatch clone and are making big bucks.
    
    Talk about the market deserving the shit they are fed. I assume overwatch has way more players than this though. Didn’t they sell like 7-10 million copies just in the first few days/weeks? Last I checked they had 20million active accounts.
    - the Scrivener
      
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      November 18, 2016 10:04 AM
      
      Hi-Rez also made Smite, which has been successful.
      - sticktastic
        
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        November 18, 2016 10:44 AM
        
        Yeah, I love smite. My favorite moba easily. But overwatch is so much better than paladins, and lol at paladins eating blizz lunch.
  - dromo5
    
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    November 18, 2016 8:35 AM
    
    Not sure if it's representative at all but on Twitch, Overwatch has 32,000 viewers to Paladins' 800.
  - waxthirteen
    
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    November 18, 2016 9:32 AM
    
    I'm not taking anything away from Paladins success, but come on man...
  - skinlab133
    
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    November 18, 2016 9:59 AM
    
    haha come on.
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    November 18, 2016 9:59 AM
    
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    November 18, 2016 10:07 AM
    
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    - atom519
      
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      November 18, 2016 10:34 AM
      
      Also Paladins is free.
    - JINKY
      
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      November 18, 2016 10:49 AM
      
      too little too late
  - Rehevkor
    
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    November 18, 2016 10:34 AM
    
    Had to double check to make sure this wasn't a Haxim post.
  - jonin
    
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    November 18, 2016 10:40 AM
    
    lol wow
  - Downforce
    
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    November 18, 2016 10:41 AM
    
    by this weekend, paladins is going to take over playing paladins in WoW
  - RevRaven
    
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    November 18, 2016 10:48 AM
    
    GG Blizzard.
  - Stimpak Chopra
    
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    November 18, 2016 11:17 AM
    
    Overwatch's lunch is still sitting in the fridge in the break room. Paladins must've walked off with someone else's.
    
    http://steamcharts.com/app/394230
    - Serpico74
      
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      November 18, 2016 3:01 PM
      
      Holy shit wow
    - Break
      
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      November 19, 2016 7:01 PM
      
      I wonder if they'll make it free to play sometime in the future
  - r_picmip 5
    
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    November 18, 2016 11:21 AM
    
    How many calories we talking about?
  - CyCo_PL
    
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    November 18, 2016 11:23 AM
    
    More like eating Overwatch's post-lunch scraps.
- Firefly1985
  
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  November 18, 2016 11:20 AM
  
  Arcade mode should be shitty nuts this weekend.
- mobab
  
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  November 18, 2016 12:06 PM
  
  Overwatch on sale right now at amazon. $35 for PC, PS4, Xbone
  
  https://www.amazon.com/Overwatch-Origins-PC/dp/B017L187YG/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_3?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1479499568&sr=1-1&keywords=overwatch&th=1
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    November 18, 2016 1:00 PM
    
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    - Firefly1985
      
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      November 18, 2016 2:45 PM
      
      Grrrr... Do not be THAT guy!