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This Is How Blizzard Is Reducing Toxicity In Overwatch

For years, Overwatch had an infamous player toxicity problem. A few years after its successful 2016 debut, the problem became especially bad whenever a new hero was added to the game, and that was an issue Blizzard wanted to solve.

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Overwatch long struggled with a notorious player‑toxicity issue that intensified each time a new hero was introduced after its 2016 launch. Blizzard identified the spikes surrounding hero releases as a key problem it needed to curb. To address this, the company added five new heroes earlier this year as part of the broader Overwatch 2 rebuild, aiming to mitigate the toxicity surge.

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