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Blizzard's new Overwatch gameplay videos show complete, unedited matches

Hanzo! McCree! Mercy! Zenyatta!

Blizzard's spent the last week-and-a-half putting out complete, unedited 60 frames per second matches of its in-development team-based shooter Overwatch, and we've rounded them up.

Overwatch is similar to Valve's Team Fortress 2, but takes inspiration from MOBAs in terms of map mechanics and hero designs.

Each of the videos focuses on one of the game's heroes. The latest showcases Japanese bowman Hanzo, and takes place on King's Row, a Point Capture / Payload hybrid map set in England.

Cover image for YouTube videoHanzo Gameplay Preview (EU)

Here's outlaw McCree, on Watchpoint: Gibraltar, a Payload map set in an abandoned Overwatch outpost above the Mediterranean Sea.

Cover image for YouTube videoMcCree Gameplay Preview (EU)

Here's healer Mercy on defense in the Temple of Anubis, a Point Capture map located on the Giza Plateau.

Cover image for YouTube videoMercy Gameplay Preview (EU)

And here's Zenyatta, an omnic monk, on defense in King's Row.

Cover image for YouTube videoZenyatta Gameplay Preview (EU)

Overwatch is Blizzard's first new franchise in 17 years, with a launch planned for later in 2015.