The Overwatch 2 beta is kind of a dud

Overwatch 2 entered closed beta this week and the hot takes are flying. This week’s roundup collects critical discourse from content creators, critics, and even our own audience. In other news, NYC sues Activision Blizzard over the Microsoft merger, America’s Army is no more, Reggie Fils-Aime wrote a book, and a Modder works magic with a toy controller. This week’s 5-Second Review has Bryan reminiscing about Rogue from the X-men and the Coming Soon section has a wild collection of neat looking indie titles as well as Evil Dead: The Game. Thanks for watching everyone and have a great weekend. 00:00 - The Overwatch 2 beta is kind of a dud 03:18 - NYC funds sue Activision over Microsoft merger 04:25 - Army recruitment game shuts down 05:16 - Reggie was the reason we got Wii Sports pack-in 06:09 - Modder turns toy controller into the real deal 06:55 - 5-Second Review 07:16 - Coming Soon Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA Listen and subscribe to Ship Hits the Fan at https://bit.ly/shiphitsthefan OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [Twitter] Overwatch 2 hits over a million concurrents on Twitch https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1519477448152342529?s=20&t=mUcyyv71Z447DqaSIy0LPg [Forbes] Overwatch 2 lost 99% of it’s viewers https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/05/03/overwatch-2-has-lost-99-of-its-twitch-audience-in-… [YouTube] Overwatch 2 Dunky video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_0PSZ2S_yw&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=videogamedunkey [Vice] Overwatch 2 makes Overwatch problems worse https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vyyn/so-far-overwatch-2-only-makes-the-biggest-problems-with-overw… [Axios] NYC sues Activision Blizzard https://www.axios.com/2022/05/04/new-york-city-sues-activision [WSJ] Bobby Kotick faces sexual misconduct allegations https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kotick-sexual-misconduct-allegations-116370… [America’s Army] America’s Army shuts down https://forum.americasarmy.com/discussion/8942/america-s-army-proving-grounds-mission-success-time-t… [Vice] America’s Army shuts down Vice article https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v5xk/americas-army-the-pentagons-video-game-shuts-down-after-20-ye… [Kotaku] Switch Sports players are breaking TVs https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-sports-broken-tv-joy-con-wii-remote-cha-1848868033 [Nintendo Life] Reggie wrote a book a won a fight with Miyamoto https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/05/reggie-had-to-fight-for-wii-sports-as-a-pack-in-and-miyamo… [Twitter] Wario 64 post toy controller https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1514958006940692480 [Twitter] Modder mods toy controller to play Elden Ring https://twitter.com/rudeism/status/1520874547205271553?s=20&t=ce67tcU8ExrflFV81T_kUw