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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[...]

The Overwatch team dropped another new clue about Hero #27 today with a fresh tweet showing off a new weapon We already talked about how Torbjörn lost his arm, as well as missing team member Emre Sarioglu, but now feast your eyes on this brand-new beauty that appears to be drawn up by Torbjörn. "I'll knock some sense[...]

credit//Blizzard Have you ever been playing Overwatch and wondered to yourself, "what happened to Torbjörn's arm?" We now have some of the answers as Blizzard posted a new teaser for an upcoming character addition to the game, in the form of a letter from Torbjörn to his wife Ingrid. Below are the letter and the full translation, which comes[...]

Blizzard has responded to a sign in Overwatch League and decided to let Zenyatta walk to rather hilarious effect. Blizzard has been having some social media fun with the Overwatch League audience recently Several fans have been bringing in signs with… inventive suggestions for the development team on how to improve heroes Most famously was a[...]

Welcome back to Overwatch League Spotlight, a little section where we highlight the best matches of Overwatch League just so you can watch the good stuff. It's been a tick since we've taken a moment to champion a game in the Overwatch League, but what better way to get back in than by highlighting a gem from[...]

We've been teased about seeing a new DPS character in Overwatch clear back to before BlizzCon this past November until they revealed Moira as the latest attack-support character who caught on like fire with healers looking to also do damage Now a brand new tweet sent out today hints toward a possible DPS character under[...]

If you've enjoyed watching the Overwatch League matches, you have even more reason to tune in, because viewers will now receive in-game benefits for watching the League. Blizzard has announced that the Overwatch League and Twitch are teaming up again, and starting today viewers will be able to earn skins, emotes, and team-themed items, as well as League[...]

In case you had any worries that Blizzard may not be working on more Overwatch content for years to come, take a gander at this new job listing on their website as the company is looking to hire a new writer to their staff The details of what this position could be in charge of[...]

Overwatch has been out for over a year and a half and people are still coming up with new ways to pay homage to Blizzard's first-person shooter While seeing the game adapted to versions of an RPG, a battle sim, and even a game of Pokémon, none are as epic as the fighting game version[...]

Up until now, there have been only two ways to earn loot boxes in Overwatch: Earn them and Buy them Now a new website called GammaNow is allowing you to take the bitcoin route and offer a third option: Mine them To be more specific, your computer would be doing all the work in order to[...]

Next thing you know, we have Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl pulling obscene ratings on "Super Bowl Sunday," both during the live broadcast and follow-up rebroadcast. Leave it to the good folks at Blizzard to take it to the next level with Puppy Rumble, an Overwatch-theme game of puppy-vs.puppy capture-the-flag Starting at 6:00 p.m ET/3:00 p.m[...]