Former Blizzard CEO accuses Marvel Rivals of being an Overwatch clone

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Former Blizzard CEO accuses Marvel Rivals of being an Overwatch clone

After the controversy surrounding Tencent's alleged plagiarism of Horizon Zero Dawn with the game Light of Motiram, it's now the turn of Marvel Rivals.

This time, it's Mike Ybarra, former CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, who accuses NetEase of copying Overwatch.

"Looks like Overwatch Marvel Rivals ships tomorrow. Much like Light of Motiram (a clear copy of HZD) out of China. I mean even the character name - Widowmaker in OW vs. Black Widow in Marvel Rivals lol. NetEase/TenCent - all the same."

It's hard to know whether Ybarra was trying to be funny or not, since the character of Black Widow has existed in the Marvel universe since 1964, 50 years before the release of Overwatch.

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