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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[...]

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[...]