Hi Rez Studios' President Stew Chisam has hit back at accusations that Paladins: Champions of the Realm, Hi-Rez's online team-based game, copied Overwatch

Brigitte and Ash, via Stew Chisam's Twitter.

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On Twitter, Chisam drew comparisons between the look and abilities of Overwatch's latest hero Brigitte Lindholm, and those of Paladins' Ash."Quick poll," Chisam tweeted . "If I happened to notice and point out any similarities between these two characters, would that make me the Pot calling the Kettle black, or the Kettle calling the Pot black? This will keep me up tonight unless I get a clear answer."Underneath, he included a side-by-side comparison of the two heroes, and uh, a photo of a pot and a kettle.Chisam has long maintained that Paladins was not an Overwatch clone, as many asserted upon its release in 2016 . In a statement that year, he said that Paladins was an iteration of Hi-Rez Studios' TF2 inspired class-based shooter called Global Agenda from 2010, and noted that many of Paladins' characters were fully playable in a beta before Overwatch was released.Overwatch's newest hero, Brigitte, is now available on the PTR . Her strengths lie in armor and defense as a support character, including her ability to throw repair packs and use her Flail, a melee weapon allowing her to hit a number of enemies with one swing. In Paladins news, Hi-Rez Studios recently announced that it's removing the controversial loot box system introduced in the game's Cards Unbound update.

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