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Here’s What’s Going On With Your Overwatch 2 Rank
12.4.2023
Although Blizzard promised that the dreaded Overwatch 2 rank decay would not happen in its latest season, some players are finding that their competitive rankings are, well, decaying. They’ve taken to Twitter, Reddit, and the Blizzard forums to complain about what appear to be drastic drops...
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
Overwatch 2's Unhinged April Fools Patch Notes Will Activate Your Fight Or Flight Response
31.3.2023
Overwatch 2 players are very particular about balance and fairness and their perception of both those things. So when I looked at these new patch notes and started skimming them, I was so concerned with seeing what changes were being made that I missed the “OVERWATCH 2 WIP VERY SERIOUS PATCH NOTES...
A Letter To The Fortnite Weirdos Who Play Past Midnight
29.3.2023
Dear Weirdos Who Dance Emote Past Midnight,Read more
What To Know About Getting Roadhog's Pachimari Skin In Overwatch 2
22.3.2023
Roadhog’s love for the Pachimari character is well-documented throughout Overwatch 2. It’s a love that shines so bright that the Overwatch 2 team crafted an entire game mode and event surrounding it, allowing players to kill their enemies and plunder their Pachimari plush toys in a twisted...
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...
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...
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...
Drama: New Overwatch 2 Patch Buffs Moira’s Pee Charge
6.1.2023
The latest Overwatch 2 patch notes have dropped alongside a cool, Ancient Greece-themed limited time mode, and the Moira detractors are absolutely going to hate this announcement. Alongside a few bug fixes, several characters got adjustments in this latest update, and Moira’s will only add to...
The Best First-Person Shooters You Can Play In 2023
6.1.2023
Despite having been the industry’s driving force of graphical fidelity and use of technology since the early 90s, the first-person shooter is paradoxically one of the most timeless genres. 30-year-old classics remain just as playable as the most cutting edge contemporary releases. Which is all...
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...
Overwatch 2 Continues Franchise Tradition Of Putting Characters In Cop Skins
23.11.2022
Overwatch 2 may be a sequel, but it seems that it loves cop skins just as much as the original game. A brand-new bundle recently dropped in the in-game shop called Constable Tracer, which puts Tracer in a goofy British cop outfit, complete with absurd hat and twirly mustache. The $10 bundle also...
Overwatch Slang Is Its Own Special Brand Of Twisted
22.11.2022
I play almost exclusively competitive shooters and I always wear a headset, so the only gaming sounds you’d hear if you walked past my apartment window would be the piercing shrieks of my own voice. Without context, the things I yell at games like Warzone 2.0 and Halo Infinite would still make...
Who Is She? She's Kotaku's New Senior Editor
7.11.2022
Hello there, I’m Alyssa. I’m the newest senior editor here at good ol’ Kotaku, as you’ve probably already ascertained from the headline. But did you know I’m also Italian? Don’t worry, I bring it up so often you’ll soon be convinced that pure tomato sauce runs through my veins.Read more
Damage-Focused Moira Mains Have Overwatch 2 Fans Squabbling Over Healers, Bad Teamwork
13.10.2022
Overwatch 2, released last week, has three types of heroes: Tanks, Damage/Attackers, and support. Naturally, players who prefer attacking are mad at support players for not healing them. And healers are, in turn, frustrated by tanks and attackers who run off to die, ignoring how Overwatch 2 is...
Overwatch 2 Was Barely Playable Last Night, But At Least The Memes Were Dank
5.10.2022
If you weren’t able to log in and play Blizzard’s highly anticipated hero shooter sorta-sequel, Overwatch 2, you weren’t the only one. After months of developer updates the free-to-play game’s launch day was met with not just one, but two DDoS attacks, forcing players to suffer through ungodly-long...
The Internet's Biggest Overwatch 2 Questions, Answered
22.9.2022
I’m not necessarily looking forward to Overwatch 2, Activision Blizzard’s follow-up and replacement to its team-based 2016 shooter. Read more