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10 Things You Should Never Say To An Overwatch Player
6.7.2023
When it comes to things you should never say to a gamer, we’ve covered the console wars extensively, offering you sayings to avoid in the presence of PS5 dudes and PC elitists to prevent any confrontation. Now, however, we want to give you some tips to ensure things remain copacetic between you...
Overwatch 2 Can’t Afford A Season This Mid
14.6.2023
Overwatch 2 is getting its ass beat online lately and for good reason. With the exception of its Pride event, it’s been nothing but bad news for the hero shooter between Blizzard announcing it was gutting its planned PvE suite of skill trees and replayable hero missions to charging $15 for...
Overwatch 2 Will Replace The Original, Making It Unplayable In October
23.6.2022
If you had a sneaking suspicion that Blizzard’s currently in-beta hero shooter Overwatch 2 would affect the 2016 original in some way, you were absolutely correct. It turns out that when the upcoming sequel drops on October 4, it will straight-up replace Overwatch, rendering that now seven-year-old...
Everything Shown During The Overwatch 2 ‘Reveal’ Event
16.6.2022
Today, Blizzard gave fans a look at how Overwatch 2 will move from its predecessor’s standard $60 pricing toward a free-to-play live service model. The “reveal event” stream also provided looks at the seasonal release roadmap and the newest hero: Junker Queen.Read more
Overwatch 2 Reveals New Mad Max Hero, Coming In October
12.6.2022
The sequel to Blizzard’s popular hero shooter, Overwatch 2, is officially launching in early access on consoles and PC with new PvP content on October 4. During today’s Xbox and Bethesda presentation, the studio also announced that the game will feature cross-platform play and progression across...
Everything You Need To Know About That New Overwatch 2 Scoreboard
29.4.2022
Overwatch had a nontraditional approach to keeping score. Typically, competitive shooters like Apex Legends and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds keep a running list of kills, points, and team ranking on a shared scoreboard. Overwatch, instead, used a less specific system that awarded an individual...
Overwatch 2 Beta Launches April, Will Lack PvE
10.3.2022
Today, Blizzard announced that Overwatch 2, the long-awaited sequel to its team-based hero shooter, isn’t dead and has a closed PvP beta out in late April. Read more
New Overwatch Comic Shows McCree Getting Existential On Name Change
10.11.2021
After receiving a name change last month, Overwatch’s Cole Cassidy has made his debut in a new digital comic series. The first issue of a five-part series by Dark Horse Comics, titled New Blood, sees the cowboy wrestling with his past as he embarks on a journey to become someone different. It’s...
You Can Change Your Overwatch Battletag For Free Thanks To McCree
25.10.2021
Blizzard recently announced that Overwatch players will be able to change their battletags for free through next Friday, November 5.Read more
Blizzard Is Changing McCree's Name In Overwatch Amid Lawsuit
26.8.2021
Blizzard announced today on Twitter that it will be renaming Jesse McCree and delaying the start of Overwatch’s next story arc. The change comes after the real-life developer the cowboy character was named after was let go from the company during the course of the ongoing fallout around...
Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan Leaves Blizzard
20.4.2021
As of today, the man, the myth, the meme Jeff Kaplan is no longer a member of the Overwatch team—or Blizzard, for that matter.Read more
After Almost Three Years Away, Returning To Overwatch Feels Amazing
8.3.2021
I have a confession to make: Despite being Kotaku’s number one Overwatch fan, I haven’t played it myself in two years. But buffeted by my optimism for Overwatch 2 and being unable to get my Overwatch fix because Overwatch League won’t be back for another month, I decided to play again, hoping...