Former Blizzard boss blasts Marvel Rivals' similarity to Overwatch
Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has slammed Marvel Rivals, intimating its an Overwatch clone.
In a now-deleted tweet posted yesterday, Ybarra called NetEase Games’ free-to-play team-based PVP shooter “Overwatch Marvel Rivals”, adding that much like Tencent’s Light of Motiram is “a clear copy of Horizon Zero Dawn”, Marvel Rivals clearly took inspiration from Blizzard’s own team-based PVP shooter, Overwatch.
“Looks like Overwatch Marvel Rivals ships tomorrow,” Ybarra wrote in the now-deleted tweet. “Much like Light of Motiram (a clear copy of [Horizon Zero Dawn]) out of China.
“I mean, even the character name – Windowmaker in [Overwatch] vs. Black Widow in Marvel Rivals lol – NetEase/Tencent – all the same.”
Former Blizzard President Mike Ybarra calls Marvel Rivals “An Overwatch Clone” in a now Community Noted and Deleted tweet.
We cooked his ass 😋 pic.twitter.com/IRMxF3tQCE
— Marvel Rivals Intel (@RivalsAssembled) December 6, 2024
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Before Ybarra deleted the post, however, a community note appended to the tweet said: “Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, is a popular Marvel hero who made her comic debut in 1964, more than 50 years before Overwatch and Widowmaker were created.”