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'Overwatch' Will Be Fixing An Accidental Nerf To Reinhardt
Reddit went insane with comments about the changes when there was no notice made saying this would happen and cited it as a bug. credit//Blizzard Bill Warnecke, the Overwatch lead engineer jumped online and replied that the nerf was in fact not supposed to happen and that they would immediately look to fix the issue[...]
Blizzard Is Launching A Minor League For 'Overwatch' called "Overwatch Contenders"
Multiple reports have been coming from pro teams that they're not happy with the way the new league is being developed, and now we've learned from Blizzard today that they're launching a new program called "Overwatch Contenders," which is essentially a minor league compared to the players who will be signed up for the official[...]
WoW Tokens Hit An All Time High, Possibly Thanks To Destiny 2
credit//Blizzard After Activision and Blizzard revealed on Thursday that Destiny 2 will be available for PC through Blizzard's Battle.net platform, the price of tokens in World of Warcraft jumped to an all-time high. Destiny 2 being on Battle.net has had some interesting repercussions so far, even though the announcement is only days old[...]
Overwatch halloween
Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan took part in a moderator run subreddit interview that Blizzard will focus more on refining the events they already created and not produce any new ones in the coming year. The team are already creating special events to fill in the gaps between seasons and are making sure to avoid "event fatigue" by[...]
The Ownership Of 'Dota 2' Is Going To Be Decided By Jury
But the case will also examine if Blizzard's End User License Agreement had any rights to the mod to begin with since it prohibits mods from being distributed for commercial purposes Granted, Blizzard and Valve settled their end of things years ago, but now a jury must decide whether or not Valve has any legal standing to[...]
Hoping To See 'Destiny 2' On The Switch? Keep Hoping, Devs Have Zero Plans For Nintendo
You'd think after all the hype surrounding Destiny 2 yesterday, there'd be nothing but great news coming from Bungie and Blizzard about the upcoming game Well… not so much for Nintendo users a Bungie rep has confirmed that the game will not be coming to the Nintendo Switch. credit//GamePress In an interview with IGN, project lead Mark Noseworthy[...]
Details For 'Overwatch' Season 5 Revealed As Season 4 Draws To A Close
With the one-year anniversary of Overwatch on the way, Blizzard has released details about the start of Competitive Season 5 Season 4 will wrap up on May 28, and with only couple days of breathing room, Season 5 will launch on May 31, PDT, the rewards for Season 4 being added on June 1. Provided you actually[...]
'Overwatch' To Release New Maps & More For One-Year Anniversary
Including what appears to be Sombra's private workstation as a spawn area. Here's a sneak peek at three new ARENA MAPS coming soon to our Overwatch Anniversary celebration. The party begins May 23! 🎉🎂 pic.twitter.com/umXbr0bq7k — Overwatch (@OverwatchEU) May 18, 2017 The game will also have a free play weekend starting on May 26 for all consoles and PC,[...]
The Art Of Overwatch And The Overwatch Anthology Coming This October
Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment have joined together to publish The Art of Overwatch, The Art of Overwatch Limited Edition, and Overwatch: Anthology, Volume 1 These are the latest additions to Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment's line of critically acclaimed publications, preceded by World of Warcraft Chronicle (volumes I and II) and a series of Overwatch[...]
Why Would You Throw A 'Hearthstone' Tournament At Buffalo Wild Wings?
Kotaku has a rather lengthy piece about an odd gaming plan from Blizzard that will be happening in a couple weeks The short version: several U.S playoff spots for the Hearthstone Spring Championship happening in Shanghai will be taking place in Buffalo Wild Wings locations Let that sink in for a second… People who are playing[...]
Genji's Ultimate Now Overpowered Via Glitch Due To Latest 'Overwatch' Patch
credit//Blizzard If you're a Genji main, you might want to jump online and play the hell out of him before Blizzard finds a way to fix their latest "fix." Check out the video below if you don't believe the hype we're about to drop, but it is possible to now have an unlimited ultimate from Genji[...]
How D.Va Will Work In Heroes Of The Storm
Blizzard's continued growth of champions in Heroes of the Storm puts the onus on them to make the heroes unique in more than just look What would the purpose be of adding a new character if its just going to play the same as one already in the game? Well, the designers are doing a[...]
The 'Overwatch' Loot Box Issue: Is It Fair?
Meanwhile, unless someone manages to hack Blizzard's system, we don't know anything about how our system is set up A quick look at their own forums and Reddit feeds will show you people believe the North American system is probably unfair. So we're posing the question to you, our readers who play Overwatch Do you believe[...]