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Step into the dojo, indeed! Down in Brazil, a church has been dedicated to the Overwatch character Hanzo, and no, it is not a joke Well… actually, it is a joke! But the fact that it exists and is certified isn't. Brazillian publication Adrenaline is reporting that a group has officially been certified as the Hanzo National Church,[...]

The amount of Overwatch hype behind Doomfist's arrival has slowly started to evaporate as people now experiment with a character who kinda lives up to the hype, but also kinda doesn't And that's totally okay, because not everything that people built up in their heads can survive what you pictured in your head But for[...]

If you've been playing on the Overwatch PRT servers, chances are every single match you've been playing lately has been with people experimenting with Mercy's ultimate and everyone else trying out Doomfist The character is an instant hit with many people on the server, but like a lot of characters, there's just no escaping one[...]

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan took to the Battle.net forums yesterday to address the ever constant complaint about nerfing characters What fans got was a very candid opinion from one of the most active directors in gaming today, with some unexpected opinions people may or may not enjoy In short, he believes that at this moment,[...]

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that Doomfist, the latest hero to join the Overwatch lineup, is now love on the PTR (Public Test Realm) One of the most anticipated heroes to join the game, Doomfist's cybernetics make hi a highly-mobile and powerful frontline fighter He can do ranged damage with his Hand Cannon, slam the ground[...]

Today, Overwatch posted a news entry on their website, detailing events that took place in Nubani Which events? The ones you've been staring at since Orisa was added to the game Here's a quick reminder, in case you've already forgotten about it having passed this scene hundreds of times now. You can read the full blog[...]

  A shocking but reasonable turn of events took place this week as eSports organization Evil Geniuses announced they are disbanding their Overwatch team While it may comes as a shock to some, the reasoning is actually pretty sound: "This comes after a dialogue where the result was one that both the roster and EG management felt[...]

The latest change to an Overwatch character is happening at the moment, but thankfully it's only happening on the Public Test Region servers… for now According to player reports on Reddit and the Overwatch forums, Mercy's ultimate ability has been given a slight tweak that may irk some people, but right now it doesn't seem[...]

Making the rounds this weekend are a pair of logos we have below, both leaked on Reddit in the Overwatch forums, depicting the upcoming Summer Games event that will probably take place in August, and the next logo for Competitive Play's Season Six. The Summer Games we already knew about as another leaked piece of data[...]

The cutest Overwatch tank in the game now has her own high-end collectible statue, priced out at $450! credit//Blizzard To some fans, that may be staggering and not worth the money However, there are a lot of fans with cash to burn, and if D.va is your main squeeze for capping points and escorting limos, then this[...]

By far, of everything Overwatch fans have been demanding and salivating over, this character has been one of the longest teasers in the game's brief history Every time someone brings up the character's name, it just seems like the never-ending speculation of who they are and what we'll get continues You could make a weekly podcast[...]

Played a few rounds of Overwatch, scored ourselves a new level and with it, a new Loot Box drops down to us ready to be opened We're anxious, giddy, anticipating what treasures it could hold and… You get three spray paints and a voice line, all of which you already friggin' own! It is the[...]

The two have signed a two-year worldwide deal that includes"third-party live streaming rights to select Blizzard eSports content, as well as special game content for Twitch Prime subscribers," essentially making several tournaments broadcasts exclusive to the social networking broadcaster. Twitch will be airing the Heroes of the Storm Global Championship (HGC), StarCraft II World Championship Series[...]

As a player who has Overwatch on PS4, I've had a number of friends come over and want to do co-op fights Sadly, the game doesn't offer that option, which has lead to many asking on a near-weekly basis on Reddit and the Overwatch forums for the mode to be added to the game Yesterday,[...]

Gotta give credit to the heads at Overwatch — they don't mess around when it comes to pros who cheat At least that's the lesson Dafran from Team Selfless is learning today, as he has been indefinitely suspended from tournament play due to encouraging his fans to cheat on his behalf. credit//Blizzard You're probably looking at that and[...]

Okay, so it isn't really anything super pressing on the Overwatch news end of things But considering that you, me, and everyone else on this site are about to be bombarded with E3 news leading up to and during the event, I think we deserve a little bit of fluff Fluff isn't so bad, it[...]

Calling all Overwatch fans! Finally we are going to start seeing higher-end collector focused figures of all our favorite characters from the ever-popular game It is really hard to believe this game has only been out for a little over a year First up in the new line, from Good Smile Company, is Tracer Tracer[...]

Well, today Twitch came out swinging first as they revealed the schedule for their entire Twitch ESports Arena, which will be presented by T-Mobile and broadcast live on Twitch's special eSports channel. A new set of tournaments will be happening across all three days of E3, featuring new players every round for Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Injustice[...]

Nothing, and I mean nothing, ruins a game of Overwatch quicker (especially during Competitive Play) than when someone bails during a match Unless your team is the Seal Team Six of Overwatch at that given moment, it's an automatic death sentence on your SR score before the match is even finished — because 5 vs[...]

Prior to Overwatch, Blizzard really wasn't in the business of making first-person shooter games Now that their first venture is a total success beyond anyone's imagination, it appears they're working on a second and are hiring some people to do it. NeoGAF were the first to spot three job listings for Blizzard that specifically deal with[...]

If you're like me, you probably looked at your 5th Season starting score of Overwatch and wondered what the hell was going on In the past, whether I've done great or poorly, the SR numbered I earned reflected on what happened One season I started a miserable 3-7 and got 1208, the next I went 8-2[...]

As if you need any more reasons to be angry with Overwatch and Blizzard while their anniversary wraps up this weekend, here's another one for you that we're slowly awaiting the anger to flow on their message boards over The company partnered with ARTtitude to create 48 custom controllers based on the characters of Overwatch for[...]

Still don't have all those Overwatch skins? Need a little boost to try and get everything you possibly can? Blizzard is giving you a chance to make it happen in the fastest way possible without giving you a total path to success Over the next few days, to wrap up the Anniversary event, Overwatch will[...]

A couple weeks ago I got some really cool news sent my way: J!nx (or Jinx, if you prefer) came out with a set of Overwatch clothing and gear to celebrate the game's anniversary Naturally, being a player, I couldn't resist — I asked what we could snag for review Below are some of the awesome[...]

Recently, Overwatch killed off their one-to-three-star match rating system in the latest PTR patch 1.12, which is basically setting up to remove it entirely from the game Most players didn't really notice or care, but the ones who did really, really cared So much so that they went to the forums to get answers The[...]

Today on the latest Developer Update video from Blizzard and Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan goes into greater detail over the request for new maps and story, as well as what you can expect to see in the new map teased yesterday: Horizon Lunar Colony. But that's not the only good news to come from the company[...]

The crew at Overwatch are putting together something new involving the Horizon Lunar Colony, and it doesn't look like it's going to be a happy chapter in the game's history Today on the Overwatch website, a set of final emails were released from Lucheng Interstellar, detailing newly found documents of the last set of transmissions[...]

Overwatch fans have not been happy with Reinhardt ever since the Anniversary event kicked off this week The latest patch apparently screwed up his overall hit power and swing with the hammer, and his only really registering after a full swing of the hammer in the middle of the screen Essentially nerfing him and making[...]

Time to add another level of controversy to the Overwatch eSports league onion Multiple reports have been coming from pro teams that they're not happy with the way the new league is being developed, and now we've learned from Blizzard today that they're launching a new program called "Overwatch Contenders," which is essentially a minor[...]

Did you enjoy all the events Overwatch did this year? The Olympics, Halloween, Christmas, Chinese New Year, etc Would you like them to do more? Sorry, that's not happening Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan took part in a moderator run subreddit interview that Blizzard will focus more on refining the events they already created and not produce[...]