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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...
Meet The Star Wars Game That Feels Like It's Never Coming Out
9.11.2023
Back in 2021, developer Zynga (FarmVille, Words With Friends) unveiled a squad-based, Overwatch-like hero shooter using the Star Wars license. Dubbed Star Wars: Hunters, this free-to-play PvP experience was originally slated to launch later that year, but was delayed to 2023 in July 2022. Now,...
That's The End Of Activision Blizzard's $120 Million Overwatch League
8.11.2023
Activision Blizzard has confirmed the end of the Overwatch League, its massive bet to cash in on the rise of esports with an NFL-style franchise system. It will reportedly pay the 20 teams involved $120 million as everyone quietly parts ways from what was reportedly a financial debacle—despite...
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...
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...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Escape From Reality With
13.10.2023
Another weekend draws near, this time preceded by a Friday the 13th, in October of all months. Spooky vibes for sure, but if you’re looking to ward off some bad luck, might I suggest playing some video games? Read more
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...
Excuse Me, They Gave The Overwatch Hamster Nipple Rings
11.10.2023
Overwatch 2’s newest season is now live and suitably spooky, featuring demons, monsters, Diablo characters, and nipple rings on a hamster. Wait, what?Read more
Overwatch 2 Players Raise Hell Over Moira's Pricey Lilith Skin
11.10.2023
Overwatch 2’s Halloween-infused seventh season, Rise of Darkness, went live on Monday, bringing with it a swath of creepy new skins for its heroes, including a hotly anticipated skin based on Diablo IV’s Lilith for sardonic healer Moira. Unfortunately, players who eagerly dived into the season...
Overwatch 2’s New Patch Has A Lot More Than Sombra’s Rework
10.10.2023
Overwatch 2’s seventh season is upon us, and while a new battle pass, new map, and the questionable Sombra rework headline the season, we’ve also got a lot more to unpack in the latest patch notes.Read more
Diablo IV Is Coming To Steam In 2 Weeks
4.10.2023
Today, during Blizzard’s Diablo IV Developer Update livestream, members of the game’s dev team dove right into the myriad changes expected to arrive with the game’s next big update: Season of Blood. But tweaks to loot drops and XP rewards won’t be the only new experience for PC players, as the game...
Sombra’s New Overwatch 2 Rework Is Here, And I Hate It
4.10.2023
Sombra, Overwatch 2’s hacking, harassing, stealthy damage hero, has been one of my favorite characters on the hero shooter’s roster since I started playing in 2019. Her cloaking and hack-based kit is distinct, and even after her rework leading into Overwatch 2, I’ve still had a lot of fun with...
Overwatch 2 One Year Later: Why Am I Still Doing This?
4.10.2023
The path leading up to the October 4, 2022 release of Overwatch 2 was tough to navigate, like a half-cleared trail in a dense wood. The messaging around the game was winding and discombobulating (it wasn’t clear if it was a standalone sequel, if the original Overwatch would shut down, if/when...
Overwatch 2's Diablo IV Crossover Finally Gives Moira A Good Skin
2.10.2023
Overwatch 2 announced its creepy season seven, Rise of Darkness, in a teaser trailer on October 2. The full trailer will go live on October 4, but, for now, fans should prepare for a Diablo IV crossover. Read more
The Overwatch League Grand Finals Were Both Beautiful And Depressing
2.10.2023
On Sunday, October 1, the Florida Mayhem defeated the Houston Outlaws in the 2023 Overwatch League Grand Finals in Toronto, Canada. It was the team’s very first championship, and it could very well be their last—as well as the last championship awarded in the once massively popular esports league...