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Overwatch 2’s Next Anime Collaboration Is Cowboy Bebop
7.2.2024
Overwatch 2’s second big anime collaboration is coming in season nine, and this time, it’s all about the classic ‘90s space western Cowboy Bebop. This marks the first big crossover event the game has put on in 2024, and cements that Blizzard is more than willing to go back to the anime well after...
Overwatch 2 Esports Is So Back, Baby
23.1.2024
The Overwatch League, the Overwatch 2 esports league that (somewhat ill-advisedly) adopted an NFL-like franchise model, died last year. The brainchild of former Blizzard president Bobby Kotick, it failed to flourish thanks to expensive buy-ins, the covid pandemic kneecapping in-person events,...
Overwatch 2 Introducing Massive, Controversial Change
12.1.2024
Take a breather, support players, Overwatch 2 is about to roll out an update that will make your job much easier. It looks like every character will get the self-healing passive ability once reserved for support players in the hero shooter’s ninth season. It’s certainly an interesting choice.Read...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: A Turn-Based Crime RPG And First-Person Shooters
12.1.2024
Hey, it’s a three-day weekend here in the States. That means more time for gaming. This weekend we’re taking a look at some shooters, both of the traditional “Boomer Shooter,” and team-based variety. But that’s not all. Ahead of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s release on January 26, now’s a good...
Overwatch 2 Gets A Game Mode No One Asked For This Weekend
11.1.2024
This upcoming weekend, January 12-14, embattled hero shooter Overwatch 2 will replace its popular Quick Play mode with Quick Play: Hacked, a lightning-fast version of the main game inspired by hacker character Sombra. Arcade and Competitive mode will not be affected by this change. Read more
Latest Overwatch 2 Patch Breaks Support Hero In A Hilarious Way
10.1.2024
Right as Activision Blizzard dropped a new patch for Overwatch 2 with sweeping changes to a handful of its heroes, one of them has been temporarily disabled from competitive play due to a hilarious bug. The latest support hero Illari was pulled on January 9 because her buffs were so powerful,...
Overwatch 2 Left A Trail Of Broken Promises In 2023
21.12.2023
Overwatch 2 debuted in late 2022, and the controversial sequel to Blizzard’s beloved hero shooter struggled in its first few months. Messaging around it was confusing (we were meant to get a sequel that shared a multiplayer environment with the original game, instead the original game was shut...
Overwatch 2 Season 8 Patch Buffs Mauga, Other Tanks
5.12.2023
Overwatch 2’s eighth season begins today, and Mauga, the hero shooter’s latest tank, isn’t the only major addition in season eight’s accompanying patch.Read more
Overwatch 2’s Latest Mercy Skin Sparks Fan Backlash
5.12.2023
Overwatch 2 season eight begins today, December 5, but Blizzard showed off its new skins, events, and latest tank hero, Mauga, before kick-off. And the sentiment from players about the skins for season eight has been mixed—Baptiste’s formal wear is a standout, but it’s sandwiched between some real...
Overwatch 2 Is Stripping Away What Made Mythic Skins Worth The Grind
28.11.2023
When Overwatch 2 shifted the hero shooter’s economy away from loot boxes and into a seasonal battle pass, the customizable Mythic Skins unlocked at the end of that pass were framed as the light at the end of the grindy tunnel. Unlike any other Overwatch skin, these would be somewhat customizable...
Overwatch 2 Is Buffing Mauga Before Launch To Be As Strong As He Looks
16.11.2023
Overwatch 2 let players take Mauga, the hero shooter’s new tank character, out for a test drive during BlizzCon earlier in November. I didn’t really care for him then, and I found him somehow, despite his giant frame and powerful abilities, to be a bit of a pushover. That’s not what you want in...
Roadhog’s Overwatch 2 Rework Has Me Skeptical
13.11.2023
Like Sombra before him, Roadhog is getting a rework in Overwatch 2’s seventh season. And much like Sombra’s, it highlights a problem I have with Blizzard’s approach to reworks and balance changes, giving him an ability pretty analogous to one used by other tanks in the game. Over time, this...
Venture Is Overwatch 2’s First Non-Binary Hero
6.11.2023
While the new tank hero Mauga was the headliner of Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 showing at Blizzcon this weekend, the dev team also highlighted two more playable characters coming to the hero shooter next year: a DPS character named Venture and a support hero code named Space Ranger. If you only watched...
Blizzard Teases Overwatch 2’s Next Three Heroes And Other 2024 Plans
3.11.2023
Blizzard announced three new Overwatch 2 heroes at Blizzcon 2023’s opening ceremony, and while Mauga, the next tank hero, is playable in the game this weekend as part of a test period to everyone, the company also showed off two other heroes planned to launch in 2024.Read more
Overwatch 2 Leak Suggests You Can Play New Tank This Weekend
3.11.2023
Overwatch 2’s new tank hero will be playable this weekend, at least that’s what a post on the Nintendo eShop says. Read more
Overwatch 2’s K-Pop Collab Prices Have Fans Conflicted
1.11.2023
Overwatch 2’s collaboration with K-pop group Le Sserafim is out now, and it brings a limited-time game mode, cosmetics for specific heroes, and an animated music video featuring characters attending the group’s concert. But now that the skins, emotes, and other cosmetics are out, fans are feeling...
Overwatch 2’s Latest Patch Is Nerfing The Support Heroes
31.10.2023
Overwatch 2’s latest balance patch ahead of the upcoming Le Sserafim collaboration event is hitting Support heroes hard. Blizzard said this was its plan in a developer update earlier this month, but looking at the actual patch notes, it definitely looks like medics are feeling the latest nerfs...
The Overwatch 2 Girlies Serve In K-Pop Group Le Sserafim Music Video
27.10.2023
I had never listened to the K-Pop ensemble Le Sserafim before this morning, but after the group collaborated with Overwatch 2 on a music video and skins, I may be on my way to becoming a stan.Read more
Overwatch 2 Is In Its K-Pop Era With New Collab Event
18.10.2023
Overwatch 2 has been taking a page out of Fortnite’s book lately, increasingly making cross-cultural, in-game collaborations part of its repertoire. We’ve already seen crossovers with the popular Shonen Jump anime One Punch Man, WWE superstar John Cena, and a Blizzard in-house collaboration with...
Microsoft Closes Activision Blizzard Acquisition, Making Call Of Duty Officially Part Of Xbox Now
13.10.2023
The video game industry just got a lot smaller. The long and winding saga of Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard has finally come to a close with the companies announcing the completed merger today following one last greenlight from regulators in the UK. Call of Duty is now part...