{"id":91361,"date":"2016-05-05T08:08:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T06:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=91361"},"modified":"2016-05-05T09:31:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T07:31:27","slug":"play-blizzard-overwatch-open-beta-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/91361-play-blizzard-overwatch-open-beta-for-free","title":{"rendered":"Play Blizzard Overwatch Open BETA for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assemble your friends and try out <a href=\"http:\/\/overwatch.campaign.blizzard.com\/hero\/tracer\/eu.html?utm_source=[%tp_PublisherName%]&amp;utm_medium=DISPLAY&amp;utm_content=[%tp_PlacementName%]&amp;utm_campaign=MEC_[%tp_CampaignName%\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blizzard Overwatch<\/strong><\/a> for free during the\u00a0Open Beta\u00a0May 5\u20139 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p>The All Access phase of the Open Beta will begin on all supported platforms in all gameplay regions at the same time globally, which will be 1:00 AM in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>All players will be able to play for FREE during this period; no sign-up or code required.<\/p>\n<p>During the Open Beta, players will have access to Overwatch&#8217;s full roster of heroes, maps, and launch-day features\u2014includingCustom Games, Loot Boxes, and Weekly Brawl.<\/p>\n<p>No content will be restricted or locked, allowing players to get a feel for the complete Overwatch experience.<\/p>\n<p>To play, you\u2019ll need to download the Overwatch Open Beta on your Xbox 1, PS4 or PC, which will be available for download on May 5.<\/p>\n<p>Overwatch officially launches May 24, 2016. For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/overwatch.campaign.blizzard.com\/hero\/tracer\/eu.html?utm_source=[%tp_PublisherName%]&amp;utm_medium=DISPLAY&amp;utm_content=[%tp_PlacementName%]&amp;utm_campaign=MEC_[%tp_CampaignName%\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>OverWatch<\/strong><\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the official Overwatch cinematic teaser below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overwatch Cinematic Teaser | &quot;Are You With Us?&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pwFu8kEsUW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assemble your friends and try out Blizzard Overwatch for free during the Open Beta May 5\u20139 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":91363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17604],"tags":[2071,665,21,1860,10096],"class_list":["post-91361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-beta","tag-blizzard","tag-headline","tag-online-gaming","tag-overwatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}