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One of the most annoying things about the Overwatch continuity is that no one can ever really tell us what the hell Blackwatch is, does, or serves a purpose to beyond being a recruitment wing for Talon This month we may have some sort of a clue what its original purpose was, as the latest[...]

Things are looking pretty dicey for the Blackwatch group in the latest Overwatch event Along with the Uprising event you get to play from last year's journal with Tracer, this year you get a brand-new mission with the whole Blackwatch crew that slightly ties into the new comic released this week The mission, dubbed Retribution,[...]

Blizzard has released the latest issue of the Overwatch comic from Matt Burns and Gary Shuko Issue #16 is titled Retribution and explores Blackwatch's past and the events that may have led to the end of Overwatch The summary teaser reads, "When Overwatch is unable to apprehend a prominent member of Talon, Reyes gathers the members of Blackwatch to[...]

Before Stage Three kicks off tomorrow in the Overwatch League, a pair of teams have finalized a trade that on the surface may not look like much, but it could be a game changer for everyone involved The Dallas Fuel and Los Angeles Valiant, two teams that have been having their own set of ups and[...]

Today has been fun of different bits of Overwatch news, but to us, the best piece of all of this comes from Kotaku, where they've learned that the developers at Blizzard are trying to train their computers to detect bad players in the community According to an interview with director Jeff Kaplan, the crew have been[...]

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has talked about the possibility of a Battle Royale mode in the game and says the idea excites him, but that we probably shouldn't expect anything like it anytime soon. Battle Royale is everywhere right now The PUBG and Fortnite steam trains are still rolling pretty fast and others are already jumping on[...]

The Overwatch crew released a new video last night, giving us some details as to what the next Uprising event will be — and it appears that this time around we may actually be getting much more than we bargained for The video (featuring game director Jeff Kaplan and lead engineer Tim Ford) isn't very[...]

Blizzard released a new trailer today for Overwatch's upcoming event in April, which will be the second Uprising event that happens on King's Row However, this time around it looks like there's more to it we're not being told yet If you watch the video below it talks about Archives File 0382, which its accesses[...]

And for the wife of one angry Overwatch player, the sheets worked. https://twitter.com/erasmusNYT/status/976461413685264384 As the Daily Dot reports: According to the gamer, who posted his story on Reddit, his wife noticed how upset he would get when he lost a match on Overwatch He would rage out at his opponents, his teammates, and himself, and he seemed to believe the game was[...]

We kinda knew this was coming, but today Blizzard confirmed the news that the company will be launching Overwatch's second Uprising event, kicking off on April 10th The news sort of came down today with a brand new tweet letting fans know that an event taking place seven years ago at King's Row will be[...]

After having what would be considered a successful inaugural year in 2018, Blizzard announced today that they would bring back the Overwatch World Cup for 2018 today A lot of the details as to where and when the events will be held weren't revealed, simply that they would be happening in France, South Korea, Thailand, and the[...]

The New York Excelsior have won the Stage 2 playoffs of the Overwatch League in a stellar series with the Philadelphia Fusion. It was a pretty wild weekend in the Overwatch League Coming into the final week of Stage 2, it was all pretty wide open with who would end up taking the final spot in the playoffs[...]

We got some good news for those of you who wish there was a way for you to not be paired with certain players on Overwatch, but it's not going to be as satisfying as some of you may wish, as the developers are adding an "Avoid as Teammate" option to the game The reveal[...]

Give some respect to esports broadcaster Richard Lewis who took the initiative in posting what he says is the complete Code Of Conduct for Overwatch League, after he scanned the entire document and posted it online As some of you may recall, the League commissioner Nate Nanzer said they would post the rules so everyone was[...]

Overwatch League, Dallas Fuel's monumental tank woes have continued as recent signing Minseok 'OGE' Son has been suspended for account boosting. Dallas Fuel has been a calamity of a team since the Overwatch League started Many expected the outfit to be one of, if not the best non-all-Korean team when things kicked off, but that hasn't been the[...]

Overwatch's Reaper and Mei are the next characters getting looked at and improved according to lead designer Geoff Goodman.  Brigitte has just been added to Overwatch, and it's not clear yet just how she is going to shift the meta As a character that was designed to provide some counter to the stubborn dive meta, it seems[...]

After a couple weeks of testing in the PRT servers, Brigitte has finally been added to Overwatch's hero list in the main game today, and Blizzard went all out to introduce her to you Below is a formal introduction video as well as her bio, and the devs added this new page about her so[...]

Of all the apologies we probably should have received from people who did bad things during the Overwatch League, today we have one for something you and I would most likely view as an accident Los Angeles Gladiator's coach David "dpei" Pei accidentally bumped into a couple players from the Huston Outlaws backstage during their most[...]

Before the Overwatch crew adds Brigitte to the game this Tuesday, March 20th, the art department decided to show off a couple things for fans who are curious how the design of the 27th hero came about In their latest "Inside The Art" video, we get a quick chat with Ben Zhang, the lead concept[...]

It looks like the devs at Overwatch have moved on from nerfing Mercy all the time to now nerfing Sombra all the time After already being tweaked in the latest patch, Overwatch developer Geoff Goodman took to their forums to let fans know more changes would come in the next patch The changes aren't going to[...]

Blizzard formally announced today that Brigitte will finally move out of the PTR and into Overwatch's main roster as the 27th hero starting on Tuesday, March 20th The character will be available for all modes of play, but like all updates, will not be included in the Overwatch League until Stage Two is finished Below[...]

In the Overwatch League, Dallas Fuel has decided to part ways with popular player Félix "xQc" Lengyel. xQc was always going to be a hot button topic coming into the Overwatch League He is one of the league's most popular players, at least in the West He's not like most in the league, with a huge streaming[...]

Four members of the Overwatch League have received warnings and in three cases fines from the league today for various infractions on social and streaming media, all for offensive, racial, and homophobic content We have the list of offenses below and the actions they've taken, courtesy of the league's website Considering how toxic some of the Overwatch[...]

Overwatch League Stage 1 Champions London Spitfire have parted ways with their head coach in the middle of Stage 2. London Spitfire is one of the best teams in the Overwatch League Of that, there is no doubt While there is an argument to be had about if they are 'the best', what can't be argued is that[...]

I've fired shotguns in H1Z1, COD, Overwatch, PUBG, Fortnite, Star Wars, Gears Of War, Halo, the list goes on… and I've fired real shotguns, as well as an AK-47, a revolver, a hunting rifle, and an old machine gun in my lifetime. A video game does not prepare you for the kickback to a gun, for[...]

World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo and, of course, StarCraft games will all be getting a little something over the next few weeks to show off your love of the series Perhaps the biggest cross-game promotion will be a new Widowmaker skin coming to Overwatch It's based on Kerrigan as a Ghost and brings Widowmaker's StarCraft[...]

Paladins developer Hi-Rez's President Stew Chisam has posited online that Overwatch's newest hero, Brigitte is pretty similar to one of their own. Paladins relationship with Overwatch has always been an odd one The similarities between the games are obviously there, but developer Hi-Rez has often maintained that their game was in development long before Overwatch's reveal[...]

Blizzard has finally revealed Overwatch's 27th hero and as expected, it is long sought after character Brigitte. This has been coming for a while From the official teases (to the accidental leaks) people have been expecting the long canonised character Brigitte to be the next Overwatch character It turns out, those expectations were well founded as[...]

For the past week or so, we've been getting teases about who the new Overwatch hero could be and what role that person will be playing in filling that vital #27 slot Turns out, Blizzard's own PR team may have just given it away Earlier today we got this lovely image below, showing off another piece[...]

Good news for those of you who play Doomfist and Mei, but bad news for Sombra fans, as Overwatch just loaded up all the changes they had been working with on the PTR to the main game today We have the full details of the heroes below, and you can check out the full amount[...]