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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...
This Is The Overpowered Final Fantasy XVI Build You Want To Run
23.6.2023
By the time you reach Final Fantasy XVI’s endgame after a minimum of 35 hours, protagonist Clive Rosfield can call upon the might of eight different magical beings called Eikons, each the warden of a specific element. The fire of the Phoenix offers several different ways to scorch enemies,...
Overwatch Audio Bug Sure Sounds Like This Character Is Cursing Real Bad
21.6.2023
You probably overlooked a tiny, seemingly insignificant line about an audio bug in the latest batch of Overwatch 2 patch notes. It makes sense–the patch notes included the return of the long-missed “on fire” animation along with a host of hero updates, so a single line about “audio reverb settings”...
Overwatch 2 Twitch Streamer Hits Grandmaster On Lifeweaver After 1,000+ Games
19.6.2023
Overwatch 2's fourth season blessed players with the fabulous, sexy support hero Lifeweaver. But unfortunately, for those who wanted to run around with this gloriously pink and pansexual healer, he hasn’t exactly made waves as a strong support hero. Quite the opposite, in fact, as the community...
Overwatch 2’s Pride Event Shows Blizzard's Trying To Do Better By Its Queer Community
30.5.2023
It feels like Overwatch 2 is gayer than it’s ever been. First Lifeweaver was revealed as the series’ first pansexual hero, then dialogue seemed to hint that Baptiste was also queer. Now, a Pride event has confirmed that Baptiste is indeed, queer, and veteran hero Pharah is also a member of...
Blizzard's AI Tools Sound Incredibly Depressing
23.5.2023
It hasn’t been the best week at Blizzard, so let’s check in and see how things are going with something other than Overwatch 2 like...ah, the company’s management sending out emails about how AI tools are going to be help design character outfits and “generate concept art”. Lovely.Read more
Brigitte Shows Overwatch 2 Still Doesn’t Fully Get Body Diversity
27.4.2023
Overwatch’s Brigitte, a plucky, tanky support character first introduced to the hero shooter in 2018, has always stood apart from her counterparts on the game’s roster. In comparison to both the other support characters and many other female characters in the first-person shooter, she’s got more...
How To Get The Most Out Of Lifeweaver In Overwatch 2
12.4.2023
Lifeweaver, Overwatch 2’s new support hero, has a pretty high skill ceiling. There’s an argument to be made this is because he’s not a great healer, and his support kit requires a pretty strong game sense to get the most out of. It’s still unclear how Lifeweaver might play into the competitive...
Overwatch 2’s Season 4 Seems The Most Packed Yet
6.4.2023
Overwatch 2’s fourth season is bringing a lot of new content and events to the hero shooter in mid April, and just based on what Blizzard’s teased, there’s a lot to look forward to and possibly be wary of.Read more
What Your Overwatch 2 Skin Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition
5.4.2023
When Overwatch 2 was announced as the not-so-sequel-sequel to the original 2016 first-person shooter, the first thing most players wondered was, “What about my skins?”Read more
Mercy Player Wins Competitive Overwatch Match By Hiding In A Bush
28.2.2023
According to a very disappointed Reddit user, a Mercy player recently won a competitive Overwatch game by submerging herself completely in a bush. Hey! Cut it out, stop laughing. This isn’t a product of Rule 34 or your Discord friend’s sick, twisted fantasy, it’s real life. And it’s effective—safe...
Overwatch 2 Hero Pick Rates Show Most Players Don’t Care About The Meta
24.2.2023
Hero shooters like Overwatch 2 are always in flux when it comes to character pick rates. Balance changes, reworks, and new additions throw a wrench into the machine, so a period of high usage for a character can mean a lot of things. But while Overwatch 2 only launched four months ago, we can still...
Pour One Out For Mercy Because Overwatch Just Nerfed Her Into The Ground
6.2.2023
Overwatch 2 has released a ton of news and updates today, but all anyone is really talking about is a serious Mercy nerf. While some of the support characters including Lucio, Zenyatta, and Brigitte got buffs, Mercy mains everywhere are most certainly crying while reading the contents of these...
They’re Finally Making An Overwatch Dating Sim And It Won’t Let Me Kiss Reaper
6.2.2023
Overwatch characters are hot. We know it, Blizzard knows it, porn artists know it, and after seven years, Blizzard is finally giving the people what they want: an Overwatch dating sim experience where you can date some of the heroes. Unfortunately, the choices of romance options are very limited....
In Overwatch, Healing Is The Real Gay Agenda
3.2.2023
There’s a phenomenon in the Overwatch community that has persisted through the original game’s 2016 release, its gradual decline, and the launch of the sequel. This phenomenon is an interesting one, a sort of “IYKYK” situation that requires membership in a specific community in order to recognize...
The Best Ways To Keep Your Overwatch 2 Healer Alive, As Told By Tired Mercy Mains
25.1.2023
Angela “Mercy” Ziegler has long been one of Overwatch 2’s most iconic heroes, and after years of being the scapegoat for when things go wrong in a match, the players who main this airborne healer are sick and tired of your shit. Mercy is the caretaker of the heroes of Overwatch, and as she flies...
Overwatch 2's ‘Sexual Harassment Simulator’ Mode Made A Brief Return
24.1.2023
Trigger warning: sexual assault and harassment.Read more
Competitive Overwatch 2 Is A Nightmare That I Can’t Stop Playing
12.1.2023
It’s another night, which means it’s another frustrating session of Overwatch 2’s competitive mode. My group of friends and I are all at wildly different ranks, despite playing together almost daily for the past few months. Tonight, for some reason, players keep quitting or getting booted in...
Overwatch 2’s Ramattra Embarrassed My Mains And Reignited My Competitive Spirit
8.12.2022
Yesterday I cranked up the old sadness machine to play Overwatch 2 and see what season 2’s new hotness, Ramattra, was talkin’ about against my mains. What I quickly discovered was that the game’s latest tank hero not only kicks their asses in one-on-one bouts more often than not, but that he’s also...
Cameroonian Fintech Ejara Raises $8 Million in Series A Investment Round
30.11.2022
Just over 12 months after raising $2 million, the Cameroonian fintech whose app allows users to buy and store crypto assets recently said it had received $8 million in its Series A investment round. According to Ruth Foxe Blader, partner at Anthemis, Ejara aims to become the one-stop platform where...