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

Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Joined May 2012
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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!
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
🎉 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 👉 overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us…
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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!🏄
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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. store.steampowered.com/app/3…
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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! ⚡️ 📺 youtu.be/NKJi5oKQTf8
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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 🤩 ✨ blizz.ly/3FVwzgE
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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 🌱 📖 blizz.ly/4kubcSr
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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 💙
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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 💪
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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 💙
With 7.8M hours and 2.3M matches played, Stadium’s launch week was truly HEROIC 🎉🏟️ And we’re not stopping there! Check out some of the future updates coming to Stadium like new heroes, maps, modes, and more! 🔥
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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.
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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! overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us…
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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 🏟️
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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!
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Stadium player feedback out in the wild, oh my! The folks in our Playtests were truly fabulous
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 🤩 ✨ blizz.ly/3Er4E7r
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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
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 💥
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
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)? museumofplay.org/app/uploads…
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
THIS IS IT. Kickstarter for our Game Finder vs Dating App vs Deck Builder is go! If you share one of my things this year, this is the one. We'd love for this to fund and shake up game discovery. But can only do it with your help. Back and share here: kickstarter.com/projects/lud…
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
And here's what to expect from #Overwatch2 throughout the rest of 2025
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Adam Lobel, PhD retweeted
Perks are a huge game changer for Overwatch 2, so here’s a HUUUGE list of them to help you on the battlefield 🔥 Download the full list Perks for yourself today and try them all out when Season 15 starts Feb 18 📚 blizz.ly/3WU6jsj
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