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Blizzard has announced its Blizzard World Overwatch map is on its way to the live version of the game next week. credit//Blizzard It's been a bit of a long road for Blizzard World The map was revealed all the way back in November at BlizzCon The map, which brings together a ton of Blizzard franchise into one[...]

Whenever Jeff Kaplan speaks on the subject of Overwatch, people tend to listen because he doesn't really add a lot of unnecessary junk to what he says When he tells you a hero is getting nerfed, there's a reason why (Although, I would really love to hear why Mercy needs to be tweaked every three[...]

It's been reported that Twitch, who recently announced an exclusivity deal for the Overwatch League, paid a whole bunch of money for the privilege. The Overwatch League is kicking off today, and there is a lot riding on it It's almost certainly one of the most ambitious and expensive esports ventures ever, and a lot of very[...]

Check out one of the most enthralling and high-quality matches in Overwatch League so far, right here. The Overwatch League kicked off two days ago now, and we are beginning to now understand it, its audience, and the quality of matches In just about every one of those cases, it has impressed It's been a really[...]

credit// Blizzard The Overwatch League might just be the thing to really put eSports on the map of notable sporting events However, the league is lacking something obvious Not a single member of any of the Overwatch League teams is female If you don't believe me, you can check out the official list of players on[...]

The Overwatch League flew past expectations on its opening night, racking up a massive 415k viewers at its peak viewing times on Twitch. The league kicked off last night, and not that many people knew how it was going to go It was all pretty untested, and even though it's was the start of one of[...]

Those of you who have been patiently waiting to find out when Overwatch will finally release Blizzard World and give you a fresh map to play on, Jeff Kaplan just stepped in and gave you an answer The question was brought up in their forums this week, to which Kaplan responded with the text below. credit//Blizzard Blizzard World[...]

The Overwatch League is set to kick off today, bringing one of the most ambitious esports ventures to an open. Last night, Overwatch saw a pretty big overhaul with a whole load of new skins supporting each team, so if you've played the game, you know how inescapable the launch is Blizzard has been pushing the league[...]

After already making fans angry this week over the whole Mercy thing, Blizzard and the Overwatch team decided to do something that's earned them just as much criticism Today, a new update was added to the game that introduced a new set of skins related to the Overwatch League that will be kicking off tomorrow[...]

It appears as if Twitch and Blizzard are banking on the idea that the Overwatch League is going to be around for more than just a minute Both companies announced this morning that they have signed a multi-year media partnership, "ensuring that every match of the world's first major global city-based esports league will be readily[...]

Overwatch League has a new mobile app, that will allow viewers to keep up with Blizzard's ambitious esports competition. There are a lot of eyes on the Overwatch League which is starting tomorrow It probably is one of the wildest, most ambitious esports ventures out there, creating an international league composed of teams who reportedly needed[...]

It's been announced that Overwatch's biggest tournament to this point, APEX, has been cancelled by organiser OGN. The announcement came today that the South Korean based competition wouldn't continue to survive as Overwatch refocuses all of its esports efforts squarely into the Overwatch League ecosystem OGN say they were planning to run season 5 of the[...]

Overwatch's Mercy and Junkrat have both seen nerfs on the Public Test Realms, with the one for everyone's favourite guardian angel being particularly massive. credit//Blizzard Mercy has been a topic of hot debate in the Overwatch community for a while Since her radical rework a few months ago, she has become an almost essential pick, especially in higher levels[...]

Near the start of winter, Jinx finally released the first wave of amazing Overwatch Ultimate Hoodies that they had been teasing for several months These are specially designed hoodies that reflect one specific character on each, and the minute they hit the net, people were clamoring for them! We were lucky enough to be sent the[...]

Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan has said in a developer update that Hero 27 is going to be a very important one to the game. Speaking in the video, the director makes mention of the next hero in the game, offering a few details on what to expect Although Moira has only just been added to the[...]

So we've pulled all the highlights and pulled out the best of the best for you with our GOTY awards. And yes, we put the most important one on top. Game of the Year – Horizon: Zero Dawn Best Shooter – PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds Best RPG – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Best Action/ Adventure Game – Horizon: Zero Dawn Best Strategy Game[...]

For Bleeding Cool's Best Character in a Video Game award, our esteemed judges were tasked with ranking the top characters features in a video game in the entirety of 2017. The nominees are: Senua – Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice BJ Blazowicz – Wolfenstein II Moira – Overwatch Scott Ragowski – HQ Trivia Vetra Nyx – Mass Effect: Andromeda Aloy – Horizon: Zero Dawn The[...]

The brutal competition included major fan favorites like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, and even Dying Light. The full list of nominees is: Dying Light Tom Clancy's The Division Dark Souls III Overwatch Uncharted 4 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Our judges' scores were: Games Madeline's Score Patrick's Score Gavin's Score Total Dying Light 3 3 3 9 Tom Clancy's The Division 6 5 6 17 Dark Souls III 4 6 4 16 Overwatch 1 1 1 3 Uncharted 4 5 4 5 14 Tom Clancy's Rainbow: Six Siege 2 2 2 6 Despite having two Tom Clancy games on the list,[...]

But first, time to check out the competition. The categories and nominees are as follows: Game of the Year Cuphead Destiny 2 Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds Super Mario Odyssey Horizon Zero Dawn Best Shooter Prey Destiny 2 PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds Ghost Recon: Wildlands Call of Duty: WWII Resident Evil VII: Biohazard Best RPG South Park: Fractured But Whole NeiR: Automata Mass Effect: Andromeda Torment: Tides of Numenera Legend of Zelda, Breath of[...]

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan is currently sitting in front of a yule log fire on Twitch, and he has been at it for a while now. Earlier today, PlayOverwatch's channel started suddenly streaming, and to everyone's elation and equal confusion, it featured Kaplan just sitting in front of a fire not doing much It's not clear if[...]

In case you were hoping for something cute from Overwatch during the holiday season, you're in luck! Blizzard has released a brand new webcomic for the series, featuring Mei and Winston in a bit of a winter fight called "Yeti Hunt" It's short and cute and doesn't really have any backstory going into it; it's[...]

There's a smaller sale that includes the big titles like PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds, The Division, and Grand Theft Auto Online. GOG's sale is mostly focusing on Telltale games today, but also has Battlechasers: Night War, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, Absolver, and even the complete Icewind Dale III. In terms of publisher sales, Square Enix and Blizzard have some decent deals going on. Blizzard's winter sale nets[...]

Game director Jeff Kaplan has said that movement changes are coming to Overwatch which will affect every hero in the game. Speaking on the forums, Kaplan said the changes have come to PTR and were put in place to fix a couple heroes, but in the end, it will affect everyone The changes don't seem massive,[...]

As an Overwatch player and fan, I have respect for Jeff Kaplan for two reasons First, he talks like a cool gamer in every respect and tries not to be standard "corporate dude" trying to act cool And second, to put it bluntly, Kaplan doesn't take shit from anyone! If you frequent the Overwatch forums,[...]

None are as anticipated as Overwatch's though, which is gearing up for its second season Last year, we got a whole lot of skins and a Mei centric mode, and… well, I hope you liked it because we are getting it again. Winter Wonderland is now live in the game, bringing in skins, emotes, sprays, map makeovers[...]

Overwatch has had a toxicity problem since day one I suppose that is nothing surprising for an online game, but it has been around for long enough now that everyone thinks they're an expert with a deep understanding of the meta It can get heated when a discussion (flaming) happens around suggesting (demanding) players switch heroes. Thankfully, the game[...]

A little bit of moving news in your gaming news this weekend, as the latest trailer for Ready Player One shows Tracer from Overwatch as one of the playable characters people have in the global game Oasis You can find her at 2:05, but depending on the kind of fan you are, this is either[...]

Oh hey look at that murderous doll Chucky taking down some ioi dudes Parzival and Art3mis in the Delorean (the Ecto-88) during the battle Parzival reaches towards what we think may be the nuke held by Nolan Surrento's avatar A grand explosion during what we think is the attack and defense of the third and final gate. Lara Croft[...]

Overwatch League has a lot of people pretty excited While not without its detractors, I think most people in the eSports scene are at least intrigued to see how it works out We are set to get our first taste over the next 24 hours or so, too. While we are still five weeks out from[...]

Back at PAX West, I came across a few people wearing this awesome looking Overwatch army jacket I had to have one, but only one shop had them at the con and it was a size too small Thankfully, Blizzard recently restocked their supply and I was able to snag one for review from them! The[...]