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When the word got out that the highly skilled Zarya player Kim "Geguri" Seyeon would be joining the Shanghai Dragons int he Overwatch League, making her the first and only woman in the league to join, people saw it as an amazing sign and hope for the 0-10 Dragons Unfortunately, you may be waiting a little[...]

The Wonder Woman Nendoroid figure is really cute too, rounding out their DC Comics pieces. Along with The Little Mermaid, Tinker Bell, Overwatch, and Naruto, Good Smile Company has a really strong line-up of products coming out or already available for collectors Now to hunt down those TMNT statues… Check out all of this stuff below. #gallery-1 { margin:[...]

In this post, we look at a new wave of Overwatch, a Weird Al Yankovic Pop, more Bendy Pops, Atomic Blonde, and two very special releases for Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Weird Al looks so perfect! man, when real people are made into Pops they really nail them and their look Especially rock stars. Bendy and the Ink Machine[...]

A couple of characters who haven't really been toyed with in a while in Overwatch are now getting some changes on the Public Test Servers today If you love playing as Mei, Hanzo, Doomfist or Sombra, you might wanna take a moment to see Jeff Kaplan's latest Developer Update video The first big change comes[...]

The new season for Capture The Flag in Overwatch has its first update that's sure to anger many a player, as Blizzard has removed the ability for you to use Lúcio to Wall Ride while holding the flag all the way to the goal Why is this an issue? Because players have been using the[...]

A report has come out saying that Overwatch League's membership fee could be about to rise almost triple for any teams looking to join in Season 2. Before the Overwatch League launched in January, news seemingly slipped out that teams had to pay around $20 million to buy a spot in the competition For a game[...]

Blizzard has a habit of showing off what Overwatch can do every few months and February will be no different as the company will offer another free weekend this week The announcement came out this week via their Twitter feed. HEROES WANTED! Play Overwatch FREE Feb 16–19 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. 💻 🎮 https://t.co/Pq264DygsZ pic.twitter.com/dw31d2Z2Do —[...]

After playing three rounds of matches over 10 hours and 14 different games, the London Spitfire emerge as the champions for Stage One of the Overwatch League, beating the top-seeded New York Excelsior in the finals If you didn't think this team earned it, let's recap their day First, they faced off against New York[...]

While you may be eyeing a certain skin for Overwatch's latest Lunar event where they celebrate the Year Of The Dog, the event came with a new patch that fixed up a number of bugs and added some changes to a few characters Specifically Doomfist, who has been nerfed a bit, and Reaper, who now[...]

Blizzard has announced that starting today, coming alongside the Year of the Dog event the game is putting on, players will be able to switch skins at will at the start of a match in Overwatch. While Overwatch players like myself will say they continue to play the game to get better, their lying[...]

Just 48 hours before the next Lunar event kicks off in Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan took to YouTube to update fans about the next additions to the game, which will include a brand new map and capture the flag options First off, you're getting a brand new map to fight on called Ayutthaya which will put you on a[...]

When the Overwatch League first kicked up, one of the biggest criticisms of the league was its lack of female players Specifically, people were concerned about the lack of the well-known Zarya player Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon Early reactions from the Overwatch League teams stated that they did not sign Geguri because she had no experience[...]

Top-tier Overwatch player Geguri has been signed to a team in the Overwatch League, although it is not clear which yet This would make her the first woman signed to an Overwatch League franchise. When the Overwatch League started, it came under fire as an esports venture based on a game that was full of characters from[...]

We've been wondering when Blizzard would get around to doing their next Lunar event for Overwatch, otherwise known as the Chinese New Year event, and we finally got an answer today via Twitter The next event will be kicking off on February 8th, celebrating the Year of the Dog. 🎊 Wishing you prosperity in the Year of[...]

The long awaited 'Mercy nerf' patch of Overwatch has now gone live, bringing with it 4K on Xbox One X. credit//Blizzard Mercy has been a bit of a problem since her massive rework a few months back She is the most popular hero in the game, the most played according to Blizzard, but she was also seen[...]

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. This one was always going to be a pretty big deal It's generally agreed upon at this point that there are three favorites for the league and they are the[...]

We've all done it once or twice in the time we've played Overwatch Getting a little angry or frustrated, maybe said something we shouldn't have, coming just a wee bit too close to being one of those trolls who spread salt everywhere like they own a salt mine For many players, that's where it ends[...]

And if you're really feeling ambitious and you're feeling like "Hell yeah, I'm addicted!", dive right in. credit//Rooster Teeth I saw you're an Overwatch fan, they just put out a bunch of new skins Are there any you've seen from the new set that you want to jump on to make? I know that they released a Nova[...]

The state of Hawaii has launched an investigation into EA for the loot boxes in Star Wars: Battlefront II, Overwatch must now report drop rates for its loot boxes, and the UK Gambling Comission has released a statement indicating that they do not consider loot boxes to be a form of gambling, which is the same line[...]

My oh my, the Overwatch League just seems to never catch a break with the players they've chosen Yesterday night, Joon-Yeong Park, better known by his name Profit was doing a sound check for the London Spitfire with some results that the crew wasn't expecting to see All of the game's players have their own[...]

credit//Blizzard Because we just can't get enough loot box controversies, this one features Blizzard's hero shooter Overwatch which had a major cosmetics update this week consisting of over 100 items for all 26 heroes The problem is that all of the new items are pretty scarce, and some players are arguing that the loot box odds have changed.   The official[...]

We're back with a new spotlight on another fantastic Overwatch League game featuring both home Los Angeles teams. It's been a little bit since I've highlighted an Overwatch League game A lot has been played since my first one, and there have been some truly excellent games in the league We are starting to get a[...]

Blizzard World, alongside some pretty impressive new cosmetics, has hit Overwatch after months of waiting. credit//Blizzard Overwatch's newest maps has been a long time coming Announced at November's BlizzCon, the map has been available to PC players on the PTR for some time, but for everyone else, and those who want to play matches that count, it's been[...]

Blizzard's Korean Overwatch forums released a statement this week informing fans that they have helped track down and turn over to police several individuals selling illegal hacking software that messed with the game A year-long investigation nabbed 13 players for distributing programs like aimbots, another in a list of players that Blizzard and the Overwatch[...]

The first year of the Overwatch League has its first controversy As we reported two days ago, the Dallas Fuel deactivated Felix "xQc" Lengyel after he went online and made what has now been confirmed by multiple sources as homophobic remarks toward an openly gay player, Austin "Muma" Wilmot of the Huston Outlaws, after the Fuel[...]

Overwatch players might want to start tuning up their skills and playing as many maps as possible in the weeks ahead, as Blizzard are going all-out on revealing more Epic Skins that you can download in the game Today the company revealed five more on Twitter, featuring new looks for Reaper, McCree, Junkrat, Zenyatta, Symmetra[...]

The two biggest stories coming out of the Overwatch League this week have to deal with player and personnel issues, one from the Dallas Fuel and the other from the Shanghai Dragons We'll start with the Fuel who, according to ESPN, benched Felix "xQc" Lengyel and put him down as "deactivated" against their match against the[...]

The Overwatch League is well into their second week of competition and we're starting to see who are the stronger teams and where people's skills really sit as some of the best in the world take each other on But while all of the players are doing their best to make the league sizzle for[...]

Overwatch is about to get a bunch of new skins and to celebrate, Blizzard will be showing off a new skin every day until it comes out. credit//Blizzard One of the complaints about Overwatch skins is that all the new ones often come as part of events This means not only are they only available for a limited[...]

Overwatch League saw huge numbers in its first week, with Activision claiming it reached 10 million viewers. There were a lot of questions around Overwatch League before it launched Questions about the production value, level of competition and importantly, would anyone watch it? The early signs were very, very good though with the first day blowing[...]