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[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Right, which is in the future. Which doesn't explain the present.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

They publicly announced the rename, which was the first time most people heard any Overwatch-related news in years. People remembered the game existed and went to check it out; turns out a lot had changed and word of mouth spread, bringing even more players.

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Explain people expecting things to come from future, aka marketing PR.