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How many Programmers does Overwatch have?

Im wondering about this. I read that there are 100 developers working on the game, but how many of that is dedicated to programming?

Bill Warnecke

Posted 5 years, 11 months ago (Source)

Just chiming in to tell thanks to your netcode programmers. They did an amazing job. I wish I was that good lol.

Also, if you don't mind, what kind of technology stack do you guys have apart from your homegrown solutions?

I passed the comment along, they appreciated the kind words, thanks!

There's a lot of technology that goes into Overwatch, we've given a few talks at GDC over the years, if you haven't checked those out I highly recommend it! They do a better job outlining our tech than I could do in a quick reddit post. :)
Bill Warnecke

Posted 5 years, 11 months ago (Source)

Hey there, our engineering team is around 50. We have a few groups within engineering including gameplay, server, engine, tools, and live ops (this is generalized a bit). The development team as a whole is bigger than 100 now, back when we shipped I think we had about 30 engineers.

The credits in game is a pretty easy way usually to get team size counts for most games.

Cheers!

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    <div class="md"><p>Just chiming in to tell thanks to your netcode programmers. They did an amazing job. I wish I was that good lol.</p>

<p>Also, if you don't mind, what kind of technology stack do you guys have apart  from your homegrown solutions?</p>
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<div class="md"><p>I passed the comment along, they appreciated the kind words, thanks!</p>

<p>There's a lot of technology that goes into Overwatch, we've given a few talks at GDC over the years, if you haven't checked those out I highly recommend it! They do a better job outlining our tech than I could do in a quick reddit post. :)</p>
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<div class="md"><p>Hey there, our engineering team is around 50. We have a few groups within engineering including gameplay, server, engine, tools, and live ops (this is generalized a bit). The development team as a whole is bigger than 100 now, back when we shipped I think we had about 30 engineers. </p>

<p>The credits in game is a pretty easy way usually to get team size counts for most games. </p>

<p>Cheers!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/emc8sn/how_many_programmers_does_overwatch_have/fdnofnf">Bill Warnecke</a>)
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<p><div class="md"><p>I passed the comment along, they appreciated the kind words, thanks!</p>

<p>There's a lot of technology that goes into Overwatch, we've given a few talks at GDC over the years, if you haven't checked those out I highly recommend it! They do a better job outlining our tech than I could do in a quick reddit post. :)</p>
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<p><div class="md"><p>Hey there, our engineering team is around 50. We have a few groups within engineering including gameplay, server, engine, tools, and live ops (this is generalized a bit). The development team as a whole is bigger than 100 now, back when we shipped I think we had about 30 engineers. </p>

<p>The credits in game is a pretty easy way usually to get team size counts for most games. </p>

<p>Cheers!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/emc8sn/how_many_programmers_does_overwatch_have/fdnofnf">Source</a>)</p>
    
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