Overwatch Becomes Activision's 8th Billion-Dollar Franchise

The real payload.

By Joe Skrebels

Overwatch has earned Activision-Blizzard over $1 billion in less than a year on sale.

Announced as part of the company's most recent financial results, the figure makes Overwatch Activision-Blizzard's eighth billion-dollar franchise, sitting alongside the likes of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.

Last month, Overwatch hit 30 million registered players - perhaps unsurprisingly, the publisher says that it's become Blizzard's fastest-growing new franchise.

The game was a major part of the company's record number of Q1 online players, hitting 41 million (a 58% rise year-on-year). The recent Uprising event also apparently broke the game's record for time spent playing.

All in all, it's been a good first year for Overwatch - as you'd expect from our Game of the Year recipient - and there's seemingly much more to come, with at least three new maps planned for release in Year 2.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he promises he's getting better at Orisa now. Follow him on Twitter.

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