{"id":93571,"date":"2016-06-01T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T11:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=93571"},"modified":"2016-06-02T06:51:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T04:51:40","slug":"overwatchs-ranked-competitive-mode-has-been-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/93571-overwatchs-ranked-competitive-mode-has-been-delayed","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch&#8217;s ranked competitive mode has been delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>Blizzard has stated that the tweet was an error, and that Competitive Play is set to arrive\u00a0later this month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianmaturell\">@adrianmaturell<\/a> Sorry about this! Competitive Play will be coming later in *JUNE*, not July. Apologies again for the error. ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\/status\/738044550371893248\">June 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Overwatch&#8217;s ranked competitive mode will only launch in <strong>July<\/strong>, according to a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/overwatchs-competitive-mode-delayed\/1100-6440369\/?ftag=GSS-05-10aaa0b\" target=\"_blank\">GameSpot report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard confirmed the delay on <strong>Twitter<\/strong>, where it stated that the ranked mode will arrive next month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianmaturell\">@adrianmaturell<\/a> We&#8217;ll be introducing our Competitive Play (hopefully) later in July. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\/status\/736331124645863424\">May 27, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously, Blizzard had stated that the ranked competitive game mode for Overwatch would arrive some time in June.<\/p>\n<p>Competitive play was an implemented feature in the Overwatch Closed Beta, although due to player feedback, Blizzard removed the game mode before the game&#8217;s official launch.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard is currently\u00a0working on overhauling the ranked game mode in order to offer players a better competitive environment.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 things you need to know before releasing your own game\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/91209-5-things-you-need-to-know-before-releasing-your-own-game.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 things you need to know before releasing your own game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 8 powerful pre-built PCs for gamers on a budget\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/92975-8-powerful-pre-built-pcs-for-gamers-on-a-budget.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">8 powerful pre-built PCs for gamers on a budget<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to AMD reveals powerful, high-value Radeon RX 480 \u2013 pricing and specifications\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/93509-amd-reveals-powerful-high-value-radeon-rx-480-pricing-and-specifications.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">AMD reveals powerful, high-value Radeon RX 480 \u2013 pricing and specifications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard confirmed the delay on twitter, where it stated that the ranked mode will arrive next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":76122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[31,665,15157,2664,10453,18027,19049,10096],"class_list":["post-93571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-blizzard","tag-competitive","tag-gaming","tag-july","tag-june","tag-mode","tag-overwatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93571","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\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93603,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93571\/revisions\/93603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}