Hero Shooter: upcoming dates

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• Gaming10/03/2026@GameDesk

  Marvel Rivals Launches Free-to-Play on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S

  Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaNetEase Games

  

  Starts 12/06/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.8 years agoNetEase's launch time was 00:00 UTC on 6 December 2024 per Shacknews^[1] and Esports.gg^[4], Wikipedia^[3] gives 6 December 2024, and Steam's release timestamp is 6 Dec 2024 00:00 UTC (the store page displays 5 Dec in US Pacific time).

  NetEase Games' free-to-play 6v6 Marvel hero shooter launched at 00:00 UTC on 6 December 2024 (the evening of 5 December in the Americas) and reached 10 million players within 72 hours. It is 17th on Steam's chart for the week to 2 October 2026, with a peak of 75,875 concurrent players.

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• Gaming10/03/2026@GameDesk

  Overwatch 2 Launches on Steam on 10 August 2023 With the Invasion Update

  Irvine, California, United StatesBlizzard Entertainment

  

  Starts 08/10/2023CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.1 years agoSteam's store page lists 10 August 2023. Blizzard's July 2023 announcement, reported by Windows Central^[6], named 10 August as the Steam launch date, and IGN's^[4] 14 August report and Wikipedia^[1] describe the launch as the preceding week.

  Blizzard's free-to-play hero shooter, then called Overwatch 2 and renamed Overwatch in February 2026, arrived on Steam on 10 August 2023 and peaked above 75,000 concurrent players. It ranks 14th on Steam's most-played chart, peaking at 75,899 in the week to 2 October 2026.

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• Gaming10/03/2026@GameDesk

  Apex Legends Launches on Steam, Arriving With Season 7

  Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United StatesRespawn Entertainment

  

  Starts 11/04/2020CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better5.9 years agoSteam's store page lists 4 Nov 2020; GamesRadar's^[1] report of the Switch delay (24 Oct 2020) says the Steam version launches on 4 November, and Wikipedia^[3] gives the same date, the same day as Season 7.

  Respawn's free-to-play hero shooter Apex Legends reached Steam on 4 November 2020, almost two years after its console and Origin launch, with cross-play and the start of Season 7. It is fifth on Steam's chart this week, with a peak of 205,986 concurrent players in the week to 2 October 2026.

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