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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
Overwatch's McCree Is Now Cole Cassidy
22.10.2021
Overwatch’s McCree will now be known as Cole Cassidy, the developers announced today, further distancing the character from departed designer Jesse McCree.Read more
Overwatch 2 Debuts At Tourney, Seemingly Missing Jeff Kaplan Nod
27.9.2021
Some of the best players in the world took the reins to Overwatch 2 over the weekend during the recent Overwatch League 2021 championship. During the tourney broadcast, these pros showed off a couple of big character reworks and strategic overhauls coming to the sequel, while also highlighting...
Overwatch 2's Boss Is Quitting Blizzard For "Some Time Off"
22.9.2021
With Overwatch 2 still in development, the series’ executive producer has quit Blizzard for what the company says is “some time off”.Read more
Overwatch League Season 5 Will Use An ‘Early Build’ Of Overwatch 2
3.9.2021
Blizzard announced today that the next season of Overwatch League will begin in April 2022. And in a separate statement to Kotaku, an OWL spokesperson confirmed that this upcoming season will use an “early build” of Overwatch 2. 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...
Jesse Mcree, Diablo 4 Director No Longer At Activision Blizzard
11.8.2021
Diablo 4 game director Luis Barriga, Blizzard lead level designer Jesse McCree, and World of Warcraft designer Jonathan LeCraft were let go from Blizzard on Wednesday, two sources with knowledge of the move told Kotaku. Read more
Blizzard President J. Allen Brack Is 'Stepping Down'
3.8.2021
J. Allen Brack, the President of Warcraft and Overwatch studio Blizzard Entertainment, is leaving his position less than two weeks after an investigation by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing made public explosive allegations of harassment and discrimination within...
Final Fantasy Origins Goes Full Normcore
14.6.2021
Final Fantasy is practically synonymous with being extra, and tonally, the trailer for Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin definitely follows suit. The gang’s goal is to defeat Chaos, after all. So it’s kinda funny to see this action-packed drama features attire and character design that...
Everything We Saw At The Summer Game Fest Kickoff
10.6.2021
E3 2021 started today with Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest kickoff. In true Geoff fashion, it was deceptively stuffed with news and announcements, musical performances, and—finally—some actual Elden Ring. Here’s everything we saw.Read more
Overwatch Adds Crossplay
9.6.2021
Where once Overwatch players were divided along the lines of both platform and whether or not they’d push the damn payload, now they can at least not push the payload together.Read more
Old Overwatch Bug Let Ashe's Robot Vote On How Well You Played
25.5.2021
In Overwatch, B.O.B., Ashe’s robot companion and ultimate ability, doesn’t do much beyond shoot where Ashe tells him to. But yesterday, an AMA revealed that the Big Omnic Butler initially had a lot of thoughts on how players performed in Overwatch matches.Read more
No Need To Wait: Fans Made Their Own Version Of Overwatch 2
24.5.2021
After last week’s Overwatch 2 developer livestream, one fan created some of the changes coming in the new game in Overwatch’s workshop mode.Read more
With Overwatch 2 Reducing Team Sizes, Pros Worry About Being Cut
21.5.2021
Yesterday, Overwatch game director Aaron Keller announced that Overwatch 2’s PvP mode will field teams of five players, down from six players in the game’s current PvP mode. Now players, staffers, and fans of the Overwatch League are wondering if professional teams will be cutting down their...
Overwatch 2 Will Only Have Five Players Per Team
20.5.2021
Today, during an Overwatch 2 PVP livestream, Aaron Keller, Overwatch’s new Game Director taking over for Blizzard veteran Jeff Kaplan, announced that teams in Overwatch 2's PVP will be reduced from six players to five.Read more
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
The 10 Best Deals of April 9, 2021
9.4.2021
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Soon You'll Be Able To Clip Overwatch League Highlights On YouTube
25.3.2021
Today, the Overwatch League announced changes to the way fans can watch its streams.Read more
Blizzard Isn't Making Any More Skins For Overwatch League MVPs
24.3.2021
After this year, the Overwatch League will no longer create special skins to honor the League’s MVP. Earlier today, the Overwatch League announced the release of two special Overwatch skins celebrating the San Francisco Shock’s second championship win and Byung-sun “Fleta” Kim earning 2020’s...
I, A Hater, Can Only Endorse One Of Overwatch’s Two Latest Limited Edition Skins
23.3.2021
The fourth season of the Overwatch League is almost upon us which means it’s time to release a new MVP skin. Starting today until April 6th, you can purchase Echo’s Good vs. Evil skin made in honor of 2020’s Overwatch MVP—and my second-favorite Shanghai Dragon—Byung-sun “Fleta” Kim.Read more