Adam Lobel, PhD

Games User Researcher @Blizzard_Ent @PlayOverwatch. Psych & game design background. Loves games, music, MMA, research, and games 4 mental health #payitforward

[Aaron Keller @aaronkellerOW]

Season 1 of Overwatch launches in less than an hour!!!

5 new heroes. Sub-role passives. The Talon vs Overwatch event. A new competitive year—with a new weapon! Refreshed loot boxes. A new annual story. A SANRIO collab!… and so much more.

Jump in at 11AM PST. See you soon!

[Aaron Keller @aaronkellerOW]

🎉 Overwatch 2 turns 3!🎉

In our latest Director’s Take, Dion, Alec, and I reflect on the journey so far, and share a glimpse of what’s ahead.

Read it here 👉 https://t.co/KGfmJUPE8h

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

Want to see how the team created some of Wuyang’s splashy new water animations? 🌊

Join our Heroes Team for a closer look at how they brought Wuyang’s Primary Fire and Rushing Torrent ability to life!🏄

[Adam Lobel, PhD @GrowingUpGaming]

@lakens Check out this album from their related band. More vibey, less in-your-face. Great cut too! https://t.co/gqravFngDY

[Adam Lobel, PhD @GrowingUpGaming]

@mynty_phresh nailed this shot Leo! Congrats!

[John McIntyre @JohnEvMcIntyre]

A early demo for Icarus: Climb to Olympus is live as part of the Debut Festival. Check it out and let me know what you think. If you enjoy it, please consider wishlisting it.
https://t.co/SorXOisZJR

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

Season 17 is almost here with tons of updates coming to our maps and Stadium! 🤩

Join the dev team as they give us a glimpse at the new Heroes coming to Stadium, our newest Flashpoint map, the new Stadium Forge tools, and more! ⚡️

📺 https://t.co/3Jd7AQVl3e

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

Stadium is getting Powered Up in Season 17 and the dev team can’t wait to tell you all about it! 🏟️

Check out today’s Weekly Recall blog to learn about the new content coming to Stadium in Season 17, 18, and beyond 🤩

✨ https://t.co/6WlUyZ1AkZ

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

Cultivating the garden 🌻 In today’s Director’s Take blog, Associate Game Director, Alec Dawson, is here to explain how the team is working on the ecosystem of the game and tending to the foundation of Overwatch 2 🌱

📖 https://t.co/8eoGN2f1vT

[Adam Lobel, PhD @GrowingUpGaming]

@chronofloss There's a new "Soon" in town: "Stadium Soon"

[Dylan Snyder 💙 @chronofloss]

we will be sharing a ton of info soon (real soon, not Blizzard Soon™️ 😋)! We've learned a lot and have a strong vision for the future, but at the end of the day vision means nothing if the your experience doesn't feel right. Lots more to come, so stay tuned 💙

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

It’s about time we give those crazy Stadium builds the crazy names they deserve! 🏟️🪪

Drop your over the top hero builds in the comments below, and if you’re lucky, we’ll pick our faves and give them some names 💪

[Dylan Snyder 💙 @chronofloss]

We set out to make Stadium for and with you all. You showed up for us, and we want to make good on being transparent and communicative, even early. So, here's the official Stadium roadmap!

We've got plenty cooking, and we're listening. Thank you for all of your support so far 💙

[Dylan Snyder 💙 @chronofloss]

We're excited to share more about Stadium and its future in the coming weeks, but what's top of mind right now for us is making sure we make key improvements to the experience as quickly as possible.

Don't want to run before we walk, and don't want to let anything sit too long.

[Aaron Keller @aaronkellerOW]

Hey all! I wanted to get some info out on Stadium before the weekend.

Check it out in this quick Director's Take with some of our thoughts on the feedback we've heard. 😊

We're also working on a more comprehensive one for later next week. See you then!

https://t.co/R1QGFcO6C4

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

We want Stadium to be the best game mode it can be, and that starts with us addressing your feedback! ✨

Here’s what the team had to say about the initial Stadium feedback they received, and be on the lookout for more updates and tweaks to Stadium throughout the rest of Season 16 🏟️

[Dylan Snyder 💙 @chronofloss]

Everyone who has played Stadium so far, shared feedback, noted issues, and shown off awesome builds - THANK YOU!

We'll have updates coming on what we're seeing from launch day, our top issues we're fast tracking fixes for, and next steps ASAP.

In the meantime, KEEP IT COMING!

[Adam Lobel, PhD @GrowingUpGaming]

Stadium player feedback out in the wild, oh my! The folks in our Playtests were truly fabulous

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

Since it was announced, we’ve been working to polish and tweak Stadium alongside players in its Closed Alpha Playtest 🛠️

Check out today’s blog to learn how Stadium has evolved since Overwatch 2 Spotlight before hopping in on Apr 22 🤩

✨ https://t.co/YGQvLpYEQj

[Adam Lobel, PhD @GrowingUpGaming]

Stadium is coming! It's been amazing to be a part of this and cannot wait for what our players will cook up and break

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

Big arena, bigger plays. Welcome to Stadium! 🏟️

🙌 New permanent game mode
⚔️ Best-of-7, round-based play
💵 Earn Stadium Cash & build your loadout
🎮 Third-person AND First-person modes

Stadium arrives on Apr 22 💥

[Jesper Juul @jesperjuul]

The American Journal of Play has kindly published a full interview with me about video games and my work.

It is an honor but also disorienting to have reached the advanced stage of looking back on my career. Didn't I just start (checks watch)?
https://t.co/Y4k6jA4EFp